Hong Yuanshuo (; 31 March 1948 – 1 August 2015) was a
Chinese football manager and a former player. Throughout his playing career he spent all of it with
Beijing
Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...
where he won the 1973 league title with them. Since retiring he would move into scouting before moving into management with third-tier club
Beijing Kuanli in 1997. By 2009 he would return to his former club as a manager to aid them in their successful push for the
2009 Chinese Super League title.
Player career
At the early 70s, Hong Yuanshuo joined
Beijing football team. He played for
winger and became the team captain. In 1973, Hong selected by head coach
Nian Weisi
Nian Weisi (; born 11 May 1933) is a Chinese football manager and former player.
As a player he played for the North China team as well as the China national team before he moved into management. As a coach he intermittently managed the Chines ...
into the
China national football team
The China national football team ( zh, s=中国国家足球队, t=中國國家足球隊, p=Zhōngguó guójiā zúqiú duì), recognised as China PR by FIFA, represents China in men's international association football and is governed by the Ch ...
.
Management career
Early management career
After he retired he was worked in the youth team of Beijing from 1980. In that years he scouts many important player of
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 ...
and national team, including
Gao Feng,
Cao Xiandong,
Deng Lejun,
Tao Wei and
Huang Bowen.
Beijing Kuanli
Hong Yuanshuo was appointed the manager of
China League Two club
Beijing Kuanli in the 1997 league season. Under Hong Yuanshuo, Beijing Kuanli successfully promoted to
Chinese Jia-B League.
Beijing Guoan
After round 23 of the 2009 league season Hong Yuanshuo was appointed as caretaker manager of Beijing Guoan who required a manager after
Lee Jang-Soo left. Finally, Beijing Guoan won the championship of
China Super League 2009 without losing any games from round 24 to 30.
At the beginning of season 2010, Hong officially appointed head coach of Beijing Guoan. He was sacked by the club on 21 September 2010.
Personal life
Hong Yuanshuo is the son of Chinese
philosopher
Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...
Hong Qian (, 1909–1992).
Death
Hong was diagnosed as
colorectal cancer
Colorectal cancer (CRC), also known as bowel cancer, colon cancer, or rectal cancer, is the development of cancer from the Colon (anatomy), colon or rectum (parts of the large intestine). Signs and symptoms may include Lower gastrointestinal ...
in 2011. He died on 1 August 2015, aged 67.
Honours
Player
Beijing
*
Chinese Jia-A League: 1973
Manager
Beijing Guoan
*
China Super League: 2009
References
External links
Hong Yuanshuo's News
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hong, Yuanshuo
1943 births
2015 deaths
Chinese men's footballers
Footballers from Beijing
Chinese football managers
Beijing Guoan F.C. players
China men's international footballers
Beijing Guoan F.C. managers
Deaths from colorectal cancer
Deaths from cancer in the People's Republic of China
Men's association football wingers
Chinese Super League managers
20th-century Chinese sportsmen