Gao Jinggang

Gao Jinggang
高敬刚
Personal information
Full nameGao Jinggang
Date of birthJanuary 8, 1971
Place of birthDalian, Liaoning, China
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 12 in)
Playing positionRetired Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Changchun Yatai
Youth career
Dalian Team
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1994–1995Dalian Wanda7(0)
1996–1999Shaanxi Guoli
Teams managed
2013Changchun Yatai (caretaker)
2014Changchun Yatai (caretaker)
2014–Changchun Yatai
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Gao.

Gao Jinggang (Chinese: 高敬刚; born 8 January 1971, in Dalian) is a Chinese football manager and former football player. He is currently the manager of Chinese Super League side Changchun Yatai.

Career

Gao Jinggang bagan his professional career with Dalian Wanda in 1994.[1] He transferred to China League Two club Shaanxi Guoli in 1996.[2]

Gao became the youth team coach of Shaanxi Guoli after his retirement. He joined Changchun Yatai youth team system in 2004.[1] He was called into the first team to assist temporary manager Li Xuchuan after Gao Hongbo's resignation in July 2007.[3] Gao officially became the assistant coach of Changchun Yatai first team in December 2008.[4] On 18 May 2013, he was appointed as the temporary manager after Li Shubin resigned from the club and led Changchun tied with Dalian Aerbin 2–2.[5] On 22 April 2014, Gao took over as caretaker manager again after Svetozar Šapurić's departure. He took charge of two games. His first game resulted in a 0–0 away draw at Guizhou Renhe and second saw Changchun Yatai beat Shandong Luneng 1–0.[3][1] Gao was promoted as the director of Changchun after Dragan Okuka became the new manager of the club in May 2014.[6] On 21 December 2014, Changchun Yatai announced that Gao Jinggang became club's new manager for 2015 Chinese Super League.[7]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 亚泰新帅:怕下课就不当主帅 盼杨旭留队和鲁能谈 at sina 2014-12-25. Retrieved 2015-03-27 (Chinese)
  2. 欣慰与悲怆 回首国力成立十年后的无奈失败at sohu 2005-04-03. Retrieved 2015-03-27 (Chinese)
  3. 3.0 3.1 萨布利奇主动请辞领队救火 亚泰新帅瞄准德拉甘 at sina 2014-04-23. Retrieved 2015-03-27 (Chinese)
  4. 长春亚泰“扶正”李树斌 救火教练正式就任主帅 at sohu 2008-12-27. Retrieved 2015-03-27 (Chinese)
  5. 李明无奈阿尔滨痛失好局 亚泰领队满意客场一分 at netease 2013-05-18. Retrieved 2015-03-27 (Chinese)
  6. 亚泰困境下求变领队升总经理 德拉甘老搭档进教练组 at sina 2014-05-07. Retrieved 2015-03-27 (Chinese)
  7. 亚泰宣布球队老总出任主帅 曾三度临危受命 at sina 2014-12-21. Retrieved 2015-03-27 (Chinese)