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  China News Service, August 14th. On the 14th, the Shenzhen Football Club announced that it will hire Mr. Jordi Cruyff as the head coach of the Shenzhen Kaisa team. Cruyff plans to start on the 16th of this month. Arrived in China and underwent medical observation for epidemic prevention. Before he joined the team, Zhang Xiaorui continued to act as the head coach.

  Jordi Cruyff was born in the Netherlands in 1974. He played for the five major European league clubs including Barcelona, ​​Manchester United, Alaves and Espanyol. He helped Manchester United win 3 Premier League titles, 1 FA Cup title and 2 Community Shield champions helped Barcelona win the Spanish Super Cup. He was also selected for the Dutch national team and participated in the 1996 European Cup.

  In 2010, Cruyff retired and started his career as a sports director and coach. He served as sports director at AEK Larnaca, Cyprus and Maccabi Tel Aviv, Israel. During his six years in Maccabi, Cruyff helped the team to win the Israeli Super League championship and runner-up three times each. He is known for his unique vision and good at mining young players.

  In August 2018, he served as the head coach of the Chinese Super League Chongqing Contemporary Lifan team in the middle of the season, helping the team complete the 2018 relegation task; in 2019, he led the team to the top ten of the league. At the beginning of 2020, he was invited to serve as the head coach of the Ecuador national team.

  The Shenzhen Football Club wrote: "Mr. Cruyff has long served in the first-tier clubs in Europe. He understands the frontier dynamics of world football, has extensive team management and coaching experience, and is familiar with the Chinese Super League. I believe Mr. Cruyff and his team The arrival of Shenzhen Kaisa can enhance the overall competitiveness of the Shenzhen Kaisa team and help the Shenzhen Kaisa team achieve great results."

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  In addition, Shenzhen Football announced on official social media that Gao Lin will serve as the assistant coach and captain of the Shenzhen Kaisa team. ​​​​(End)