Zhu Guanghu

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Zhu Guanghu (Simplified Chinese: 朱广沪) (born September 25, 1949 in Shanghai, China) is a Chinese football coach and is currently the head coach of the China national football team.

Zhu was a Midfielder for the Shanghai football team. He played for the national B team in some occasions, but was never a top-class 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 in Brazil, returned to China in 1998. The team produced promising future stars such as Li Jinyu and Li Tie. Later, Zhu joined the China national football team served as an assistant to the English head coach, Bobby Houghton. The team failed to qualify for the Olympic football tournament. Houghton was replaced by Bora Milutinovic and Zhu went to coach the Shenzhen football team.

On March 10, 2005, the Football Association of the People's Republic of China 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 qualifying for Football World Cup 2006. Zhu's appointment was due to his success in the Chinese Super League with Shenzhen 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 than a foreign coach. A number of people including FIFA president Sepp Blatter suggested that a native coach would have a 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 the 2010 Football World Cup in South Africa.

In 2005, Under Zhu's coach, the China national football team won the East Asian Cup, recording two draws (against South Korea and Japan) and one win (against North Korea). The title, though having not much significance, was the first official championship won by the China national football team.

[edit] Career as Football Player

[edit] Career as Football Coach

  • 1980 - 1984 Shanghai junior youth team
  • 1985 - 1992 China junior youth team
  • 1993 - 1998 JianliBao youth team
  • 1998 - 1999 assistant coach of the China national football team
  • 2000 - 2005 Shenzhen Jianlibao Football Club
  • 2005 - China national football team
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