 Ou atMong Kok Stadium in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ou Chuliang | ||
| Date of birth | (1968-08-26)26 August 1968 (age 57) | ||
| Place of birth | Guangzhou,Guangdong,China | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Guangdong Youth | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1997 | Guangdong Hongyuan | 63 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | Shanghai Shenhua | 45 | (0) |
| 2000–2003 | Yunnan Hongta | 102 | (0) |
| 2004 | Chongqing Qiche | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 211 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 1992–2002 | China | 75 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2005 | China U-23 (assistant) | ||
| 2006–2008 | Shanghai Shenhua (assistant) | ||
| 2008–2016 | China (goalkeeping) | ||
| 2012 | Henan Jianye (goalkeeping) | ||
| 2020-2022 | China (goalkeeping) | ||
| 2022 | China Women (assistant) | ||
Medal record | |||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ou Chuliang (simplified Chinese:区楚良;traditional Chinese:區楚良;pinyin:Oū Chǔliáng;Jyutping:Au1 Cho2 Leung4; born 26 August 1968 inGuangzhou,Guangdong) is an assistant coach and formerChinese internationalfootballgoalkeeper. As a player, he was goalkeeper forGuangdong Hongyuan,Shanghai Shenhua,Yunnan Hongta andChongqing Qiche while internationally he was a participant of theChinese football team that took part in the2002 FIFA World Cup.
Ou started his football career withGuangdong Hongyuan F.C. during the 1988 football league season. With them Ou would see Guangdong establish themselves as a professional football club in the Chinese league system and also help them come second in the 1993 league season.[1] Guangdong, however were relegated in the 1997 league season and Ou Chuliang was transferred toShanghai Shenhua at the beginning of the 1998 league season.[2] With Shanghai Ou Chuliang would make an immediate impact by helping them come second within the league as well as aiding them in theirChinese FA Cup win.Yunnan Hongta who were a newly promoted football team wanted to take Ou Chuliang in their attempt to establish themselves within the top tier and Ou would help them do this by quickly establish himself in the team by playing in 26 league games and aiding Yunnan Hongta avoid relegation.[3] Qu would spend several more seasons with Yunnan before being transferred toChongqing Lifan F.C. in 2004 eventually ending his career with them.
Ou made his international debut in a friendly match againstCanada on 2 April 1992 in a 5–2 defeat.[4] Despite the defeat, Ou would be given the chance to play in several other friendlies which were enough to be called up to the Chinese squad that took part in the1992 AFC Asian Cup where he played understudy toFu Yubin. Ou would rise to prominence when he replaced Fu Yubin as the first choice goalkeeper for China in the1996 AFC Asian Cup by starting the first game of the tournament againstUzbekistan.[5] After a disappointing1998 World Cup qualifying performance, Ou found himself increasingly replaced byJiang Jin leading up to the2000 AFC Asian Cup. Jiang eventually cemented his position at the2002 FIFA World Cup.
After he retired he would move to the United Kingdom and Germany to study for and achieve aFIFA coaching licence. When he returned in 2005 he was offered an assistant goalkeeping position for theChinese U-23 football team to help them prepare for theFootball at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Ou would only stay for a short period before he returned to Shanghai Shenhua to become their goalkeeping coach. By 2008 he was offered another assistant position, this time with the Chinese senior team as their new goalkeeping coach.
Ou Chuliang's grandfather Ou Shounian (Chinese:区寿年) was a general of theNational Revolutionary Army of theRepublic of China.[6]
