Sichuan Jiuniu Official Bo released a poster.

  China News Service, July 22nd. On the 22nd, Li Yi, the official of the Sichuan Jiu Niu Club of China League One, will be the head coach of the team. In the 2020 season, he will lead the team in the China League One.

  Li Yi was born in Anhui in 1979 and is a professional coach of the AFC. He was a representative player in the first ten years of the 21st century in the first ten years of the A and Chinese Super League. He has a very eye-catching performance in the national team and the Olympic team. In 2003, he won the last A Golden Boot Award.

  Starting from the Lokomotiv Youth Football Team, Li Yi has played for many Chinese Super League (A) clubs such as Beijing Guoan, Shenzhen Pingan, Shaanxi Chanba, etc., and is the absolute core player who won the first Chinese Super League championship.

  After retiring, Li Yi began his coaching career. He studied under French coach Trussier and served as the assistant coach of the Shenzhen Red Diamonds. In the 2013-2015 season, Li Yi succeeded Trussier as the head coach of the Shenzhen Red Diamond Football Club. In the 2014 season, he led the Shenzhen Football Club to rank first in the Chinese League 8 people. Since 2019, he has served as the assistant coach of Hebei China Fortune.

Screenshot of Li Yi's Weibo.

  The Sichuan men's football team he is about to coach has experienced many peaks and valleys in recent years. Since the cancellation of Sichuan Champion City in early 2006, Sichuan football has been unable to return to the peak of the professional A era.

  Since its establishment in 2017, Sichuan Jiu Niu Club has taken root in Sichuan for three years and entered the ranks of the Chinese League in the fourth season. There are many local youth training players in the team.

  On the evening of the 21st, Li Yi sent a message to say goodbye to Hebei Huaxia Happiness: "Thanks to the China Happiness Club, thanks to Mr. Li, thank you for pointing me to this platform for allowing me to learn a lot of things. Heart to start a new journey!" (End)