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China News Service, August 4th. On the 4th, the Chinese Super League Qingdao Yellow Sea Club officially announced that it would hire Wu Jingui as the club's new coach. Previously, the former coach Ma Qin was unable to come to China to coach due to his personal reasons and major family changes.
In the first two rounds of the Chinese Super League, Qingdao Huanghai lost 0:2 to Wuhan Zall, and drew 2:2 with Shijiazhuang Yongchang, currently ranking second to last in the Suzhou Division.
The announcement is as follows:
According to the team’s work needs, after the club’s research and approval by the board of directors, it was decided to appoint Mr. Wu Jingui as the head coach of the Qingdao Huanghai Qinggang first team. He will take the assistant coaches Li Chengming, Cheng Liang and technical analyst Chen Zhiyuan to take full charge of the team Coaching work.
Special announcement.
Qingdao Yellow Sea Football Club
August 4, 2020
Wu Jingui was born in Shanghai on January 10, 1961. He studied in Beijing Institute of Physical Education for 4 years, studied in Germany for 6 years, and worked as an assistant for Yangshuai for 6 years. He can use English and German fluently. As the coach, he led Shanghai Shenhua to win the championship in the last generation A. During his tenure, he served as the head coach of Shanghai Shenhua and Hangzhou Greentown.
In September 2012, he served as the technical director of Shandong Luneng and the acting head coach of the team. In 2013, he ceased to be the acting head coach and continued to serve as the technical director of the team. In February 2014, he resigned from the position of technical director of Luneng Club. On September 11, 2017, the Shanghai Greenland Shenhua Club officially announced that coach Poyet had resigned, and Shenhua agreed to Poyet's application for resignation.
The technical director Wu Jingui will serve as the team's head coach. On December 25, 2018, Shanghai Greenland Shenhua Football Club decided to hire Mr. Wu Jingui as the club sports director after research. In 1996, he joined the Shanghai Shenhua coaching staff as an assistant coach. With the team, he won four A League runner-ups in 1997, 98, 00, and 2001, runner-up in the FA Cup in 1997, champion in the Football Association Cup in 1998, and champion in the China Super Cup in 1999.
In 2002, he served as the head coach of the Shanghai Shenhua team and led the team to win the 2003 A League Championship and the second place in the Super League in 2007 and 2008. In 2004, he joined the Chinese national team as an assistant coach and won the 2004 Asian Cup runner-up with the team.
In 2009, he joined Zhejiang Greentown as the head coach. In 2010, he led his team to historic 4th in the Chinese Super League and entered the AFC Champions League. During the period, he also led the Zhejiang U20 National Games team into the top 8 National Games. In 2012, he served as the acting head coach of Shandong Luneng team and led the team to the top 4 of the FA Cup. In 2017, he served as the acting head coach of the Shanghai Shenhua team and led the team to win the 2017 FA Cup championship. In 2018, he served as the technical director of Shanghai Greenland Shenhua Team. Distinguished professor of Tongji University International Football Academy.