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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1949-09-25)25 September 1949 (age 75) | ||
| Place of birth | Shanghai,China | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1961–1972 | Bayi Football Team | ||
| 1972–1980 | Shanghai Football Team | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1980–1984 | Shanghai junior youth team | ||
| 1985–1992 | China junior youth team | ||
| 1993–1998 | Jianlibao youth team | ||
| 1998–1999 | China (Assistant) | ||
| 2000–2005 | Shenzhen Jianlibao | ||
| 2005–2007 | China | ||
| 2008 | Wuhan Guanggu | ||
| 2009–2010 | Shaanxi Chanba | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Zhu Guanghu (simplified Chinese:朱广沪;traditional Chinese:朱廣滬;pinyin:Zhū Guǎnghù; born 25 September 1949, inShanghai,China) is aChinesefootball coach and a former player. As a player, he was predominantly remembered for his time atShanghai Football Team before going into management where he started off as a youth coach before becoming an assistant. He would get his chance at being a Head coach withShenzhen Jianlibao where he won the2004 Chinese Super League title. He would receive recognition for this accomplishment with theChina national team position before leaving on 22 August 2007. Since then he has gone on to manageWuhan Guanggu andShaanxi Chanba.
Zhu Guanghu would play as amidfielder for the top tier clubShanghai Football Team. He played for the national B team on some occasions, but was never a top national player.
He chose to coach after retiring as a player and became more known to the public when the Jianlibao youth team, a sponsored Chinese youth team to study and play inBrazil, returned to China in 1998. The team produced promising future stars such asLi Jinyu andLi Tie. Later, Zhu joined the China national football team and served as an assistant to the English head coach,Bobby Houghton. The team then later failed to qualify for theOlympic football tournament. Houghton was replaced byBora Milutinovic and Zhu left to coach theShenzhen Football Team.
On 9 March 2005, theChinese Football Association named the Zhu Guanghu as the successor of the Dutch coach,Arie Haan. Earlier in 2004, Mr. Haan's contract expired as the result of his failure to lead the China national football team into qualification for theFootball World Cup 2006. Zhu's appointment was due to his success in theChinese Super League withShenzhen Jianlibao Football Club by winning the league's first championship. Other factors also attributed to Zhu's appointment. As a native, Zhu was expected to accept a much lower wage package than a foreign coach and there would be no language barrier. A number of people, includingFIFA presidentSepp Blatter suggested that a native coach would have better communication with the players.
Zhu's short-term goal was to look for talented players and organize a new national football team. His ultimate goal was to lead the China national football team to qualify for the2010 Football World Cup inSouth Africa.
In 2005, under Zhu's coach, the China national football team won theEast Asian Cup, recording two draws (againstSouth Korea andJapan) and one win (againstNorth Korea). The title, though having not much significance, was the first official championship won by the China national football team.
Zhu has been criticized for his style of play, which tends to be over-defensive, according to some. Many fans of the national team have called for his resignation due to the team's decline in theFIFA World Rankings and several poor performances. On 18 March 2007, fans attacked his car while he was leaving aCSL match, which he had watched. They verbally insulted him, and the referee of that match who was with him was physically assaulted.
In the2007 AFC Asian Cup, just needing a draw in the last match, the Chinese side conceded three goals from free-kicks in the closing stage of the game againstUzbekistan. The first time not to qualify for the second round in 27 years, Zhu is strongly criticized for his tactics and submitted his resignation shortly after.
On 5 August, it was confirmed that after a three-month negotiation, Zhu was expected take the position of manager atShenzhen Asia Travel again that weekend before the match againstGuangzhou GPC. But on 31 August 2009, he signed a three-year contract withShaanxi Chanba, succeeding newly resignedCheng Yaodong.
Zhu Guanghu has acted in at least four films since 1980.[1]
| Year | English title | Original title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Ace! Soccer | 飞吧，足球！ | Ding | |
| 1981 | Spring and Autumn in a Small Town | 小城春秋 | Bei Xun | |
| 1982 | Morning Song | 晨曲 | Swimming coach | |
| 2015 | Magic Card | 魔卡行动 | Scorekeeper |
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