Zhu Bo

Zhu Bo (Chinese: 朱波; Pinyin: Zhū Bō; born on September 24, 1960 in Dalian, Liaoning) is a Chinese football manager and a former international football player. As a player he was a consistent defender who predominantly played for Bayi Football Team as a right-back and won several league titles captaining his team before ending his career with Shenzhen Feiyada. As a manager he has worked his way up through the Chinese football divisions and is currently the manager of for China League Two side Shenzhen Fengpeng.

Playing career

Zhu Bo began his football career playing Bayi Football Team after he was drafted in from the club's youth team. Showing great reliability and consistency within the team's defence he would go on to have a fruitful career with the team and go on to win the league title in the 1981 league season.^[1] He would soon receive a call up to the Chinese national team and make his debut in a friendly against Australia on December 4, 1983 in a 2-1 victory.^[2] His performance would see him become a regular within the national team and see him included in the 1984 AFC Asian Cup squad where he was a vital member of the team that came runners-up in the tournament. After that campaign Zhu would later become the team's captain and lead them to several further tournaments, however none were as successful. Back at his club he would continue with his reliability and captain his team to another league title during the 1986 league season.^[3] After spending his whole career with the same team and nearing the end of career Zhu would decide to leave the club at the beginning of the 1994 league season for a new challenge in joining recently created football club Shenzhen Feiyada and aid them in establishing themselves within the football league pyramid.

Coach career

After he retired Zhu Bo would take up coaching and go to Italy to gain his coaching badges where after a year once he achieved this he would become an assistant at Wuhan Hongtao, however he unexpectedly became the temporary manager of Wuhan for a short period during the 1999 league season while the club found a permanent coach. Only staying for one season he would instead join the exiting Wuhan coach Milorad Kosanović and join him as an assistant within Dalian Shide. After spending a few years at Dalian Zhu would take his first manager appointment at second tier club Hunan Xiangjun where he achieved little success before joining another lower league side Yunnan Lijiang Dongba and then Nanchang Bayi before becoming an assistant again with top tier side Changsha Ginde F.C. where he was once again given the opportunity to become the team's manager when the previous coach Slobodan Santrač left. This time Zhu's reign lasted considerably longer and he guided the club to an eleventh-place finish.^[4]

Honours

As a player

Bayi Football Team

• Chinese Jia-A League: 1981, 1986

Shenzhen Feiyada

• Chinese Jia-C League: 1994
• Chinese Jia-B League: 1995

References

External links

• Profile at sodasoccer.com
• Profile at sina.com
• Player stats at nationalfootballteams.com

v t e China football squad – 1988 Summer Olympics 1 Kong Guoxian 2 Zhu Bo 3 Gao Sheng 4 Guo Yijun 5 Jia Xiuquan 6 Wu Qunli 7 Xie Yuxin 8 Tang Yaodong 9 Liu Haiguang 10 Ma Lin 11 Zhu Ping 12 Wang Baoshan 13 Cui Guangri 14 Huo Jianting 15 Zhang Xiaowen 16 Li Hui 17 Mai Chao 18 Duan Ju 19 Wang Jun 20 Zhang Huikang Coach: Gao Fengwen

v t e China squad – 1988 AFC Asian Cup Fourth Place 1 Kong Guoxian 2 Zhu Bo 3 Gao Sheng 4 Guo Yijun 7 Xie Yuxin 8 Tang Yaodong 10 Ma Lin 11 Wu Wenbing 12 Wang Baoshan 13 Shi Lianzhi 14 Cui Biao 15 Zhang Xiaowen 16 Huang Chong 17 Mai Chao 18 Duan Ju 19 Dong Liqiang 20 Zhang Huikang 21 Tu Shengqiao Coach: Gao Fengwen

v t e China squad – 1992 AFC Asian Cup Third Place 1 Fu Yubin 2 Feng Zhigang 3 Dong Liqiang 4 Fan Zhiyi 5 Xu Hong 6 Li Bing 7 Wu Qunli 8 Gao Hongbo 9 Hao Haidong 10 Cai Sheng 11 Li Xiao 12 Xie Yuxin 13 Li Ming 14 Gao Zhongxun 15 Zhao Lin 16 Jia Xiuquan 17 Peng Weiguo 18 Cheng Yaodong 19 Zhu Bo 20 Ou Chuliang Coach: Schlappner