Su Maozhen
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- This is a Chinese name; the family name is Su.
Su Maozhen (宿茂臻)(born 30 July 1972) is a former Chinese professional football player, who played as a forward, who is currently Assistant Manager of the Chinese Olympic football team.
He played mostly for Shandong Luneng and was their captain. After winning his first international cap against Saudi Arabia on 1 January 1994 he went on to represent the China national football team over fifty times including at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
Early on in his career, he had two brief trial periods with Manchester United in the 1989/90 and 1991/92 seasons, during which made a number of appearances for the Junior A team alongside future stars such as Ryan Giggs, David Beckham and Paul Scholes.
In 2006 he graduated from the University of Salford in the United Kingdom, having completed a Masters degree in Management. In November 2006 he was appointed as Assistant Manager of the Chinese Olympic football team by the Chinese Football Association (CFA) in their preparations for the 2008 Beijing Games.
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- World Cup footballer graduates from Salford
- Salford graduate appointed as Olympic football coach
- BBC Sport World Cup 2002 profile
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1 An Qi | 2 Zhang Enhua | 3 Yang Pu | 4 Wu Chengying | 5 Fan Zhiyi | 6 Shao Jiayi | 7 Sun Jihai | 8 Li Tie | 9 Ma Mingyu | 10 Hao Haidong | 11 Yu Genwei | 12 Su Maozhen | 13 Gao Yao | 14 Li Weifeng | 15 Zhao Junzhe | 16 Qu Bo | 17 Du Wei | 18 Li Xiaopeng | 19 Qi Hong | 20 Yang Chen | 21 Xu Yunlong | 22 Jiang Jin | 23 Ou Chuliang | Coach: Milutinović |
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