Li Chunman (; ; born 30 May 1962) is a

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manager and former football player of

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descent. He is currently the assistant coach of

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Guizhou Renhe Beijing Chengfeng Football Club ( zh, s=北京橙丰, t=北京橙丰, p=Běijīng Chéngfēng) was a professional Chinese Association football, football club that last participated in the Chinese League One under licence from the Chinese Footbal ...

Playing career

Li Chunman began football training when he studied at primary school and was selected to city's youth team in 1976. He was scouted by

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coach Ni Jide in 1977. Li was promoted to the first team of Liaoning in 1983 but failed to established himself within the team. He announced his retirement in the middle of 1986.

Management career

Li went to Beijing University of Physical Education in September 1986 where he received his bachelor's degree in 1990 and master's degree in 1992. He stayed at Beijing University of Physical Education (later changed its name as

Beijing Sport University Beijing Sport University (BSU; ) is a public university located in Beijing, China. It is part of the 211 Project and Double First-Class Construction. The university is affiliated with the General Administration of Sport of China. History BSU wa ...

) as a teacher and coach of school football team after his graduation. He studied abroad at

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between 1996 and 1999 and received his doctor degree of sports psychology. He became a professor of football department at Beijing Sport University. In February 2001, Li recommended himself to

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Chongqing Lifan Chongqing Previously romanized as Chungking ();. is a direct-administered municipality in Southwestern China. Chongqing is one of the four direct-administered municipalities under the Central People's Government, along with Beijing, Shanghai ...

. Chongqing Lifan accepted his recommendation and appoint him as the interpreter and assistant coach of Korean manager Lee Jang-soo. He followed Lee Jang-soo to join another Jia-A League team

Qingdao Etsong Hainiu Qingdao Hainiu Football Club () is a Chinese professional Association football, football club based in Qingdao, Shandong, that competes in . Qingdao Hainiu plays its home matches at the Qingdao Youth Football Stadium, located within Chengyang, Q ...

in December 2001. He left Qingdao at the end of 2003 season after Lee Jang-soo's resignation. He joined

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club

Henan Construction Henan Football Club (), currently known as Henan F.C. Jiuzu Dukang () for sponsorship reasons, is a Chinese professional football club based in Zhengzhou, Henan, that competes in . Henan plays their home matches at the Hanghai Stadium, located wi ...

as team leader and assistant coach in December 2013. However, he was taken place by

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on 15 April 2004. In December 2006, Li became the assistant coach of

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Beijing Guoan Beijing Guoan Football Club (), known in AFC competitions as Beijing FC, is a Chinese professional football club based in Beijing, that competes in . Beijing Guoan plays its home matches at the Workers' Stadium, located within Chaoyang Distr ...

, rejoining Lee Jang-soo. He was sacked together with Lee Jang-soo on 16 September 2009. Lee Jang-soo invited him again after Lee became the manager of China League One side

Guangzhou Evergrande Guangzhou Football Club (), previously Guangzhou Evergrande (), was a Chinese professional football club based in Guangzhou, Guangdong. Historically, Guangzhou FC played its home matches at various grounds in their home city, most notably at T ...

, but Li was unable to join Guangzhou due to the heavy task of teaching at the university. Since Lee Jang-soo haven't the

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at the time, Li agreed to register as the manager of Guangzhou Evergrande in name. In January 2013, Li became the assistant coach of Super League club

. He joined Henan Jianye in early 2014, assisting

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. He left Henan after

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became the new manager of the club in June 2014. He returned to Guizhou Renhe and became their team leader for 2015 league season. On 28 April 2015, Li was appointed as the temporary manager after

Zhu Jiong Zhu Jiong ( zh, s=朱炯; born 5 August 1973) is a Chinese football manager and a former player who is currently the manager of Guizhou Zhucheng Athletic. Club career Zhu Jiong began his career playing for Shanghai Shenhua youth team and would ...

was sacked. He became the assistant coach again on 8 July 2015 when Gong Lei gained the manager position of the club.人和再换帅宫磊回归接替李春满任总经理兼主帅
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References

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