The client of Chinanews.com, June 23rd, on the morning of the 23rd, Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Football Club issued an announcement saying that Zheng Zhi was hired as the first team assistant coach of the club. This also means that Zheng Zhi, who is about to turn 40, officially transitions from an excellent professional player to a professional coach.

Profile picture: Zheng Zhi (left) shoots in the game. China News Agency reporter Chen Jimin

  As an Evergrande player, Zheng Zhi has won 17 championships since joining the team in 2010, including 8 Super League titles, 2 AFC Champions League titles, 4 Super Cup titles and 2 FA Cup titles. Was elected "Mr. Asian Football".

  In addition, Zheng Zhi played 108 games and scored 15 goals on behalf of the national football team. He is also the Chinese player who scored the most goals in the English professional league. It is a well-deserved "evergreen tree" in Chinese football.

  It is worth mentioning that before that, Li Tie, Hao Wei and Fu Bo had all served as assistant coaches of the Hengda team. Through learning and absorbing the advanced technical and tactical concepts of Lippi, Scolari and other world famous masters, he quickly grew into an outstanding local coach.

  Some professionals believe that Zheng Zhi is the only player in China who has played in the top European leagues. He has played for the world champion team coaches such as Lippi and Scolari for 10 years. As a first-team assistant, this time Will further improve its coaching level.

  As Cannavaro’s contract to coach Evergrande will end in November 2022, it is also worth paying attention to whether Zheng Zhizhi, who has been trained for three years, will become the first local team coach of Evergrande. (Finish)