Li Guoxu (; born 11 April 1978) is a Chinese

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manager and former player. He is the current head coach of Dalian Yingbo.

Club career

Li Guoxu started his career at

Dalian Wanda Wanda Group (), or the Dalian Wanda Group (), is a Chinese multinational conglomerate founded in Dalian, Liaoning, and headquartered in Beijing. The conglomerate's core businesses are a private property developer and an entertainment compan ...

. In 1999, he left Dalian Wanda to join

Chongqing Hongyan 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 ...

in the Chinese Jia B league. In 2000, he moved to Shaanxi National Power. In 2001, he returned to Chongqing and joined

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 ...

. He scored 4 goals in the 8–1 victory against Công an in the

Asian Cup Winners' Cup The Asian Cup Winners' Cup was an Asian football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-Asian club competition organised by Asian Football Confedera ...

. In March 2004, he joined

Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is best known for its men's professional Association football, football team which, since its promotion in 1913 ...

on a short loan. He suffered phalanx fracture, and did not have appearances. He returned to Chongqing in July 2004. In 2007, he transferred to

Chengdu Blades Chengdu Tiancheng F.C. () was a Chinese professional football club based in Chengdu, China, who last played in the 26,000 seater Shuangliu Sports Center in the China League One division. The club was founded on 26 February 1996 and was formerly ...

Managerial career

Following Li's retirement in 2009, he joined

Dalian Aerbin Dalian Professional Football Club (), known as Dalian Pro, was a Chinese professional Association football, football club based in Dalian, Liaoning, which mostly competed in the Chinese Super League. Dalian Pro played its home matches at various ...

as assistant coach. He also managed Dalian Aerbin's reserve team from 2012. In 2017, Li was appointed as the reserve manager of

Dalian Transcendence Dalian Transcendence Football Club () was a Chinese football club based in Dalian, Liaoning. Founded in 2013, the club played in the Chinese professional league between 2014 and 2018. They quit from the professional league and turn as amateur in ...

. He was promoted to first team manager during the season. In the 2018 season, he was officially appointed as manager but was sacked soon due to poor performances. In 2019, Li returned to the renamed Dalian Yifang as reserves manager, but left the team not long after Benitez's arrival. In 2022, Li sided with the newly established Dalian Duxing in the

Chinese Champions League The Chinese Football Association Member Association Champions League (), referred to as the Chinese Champions League or CMCL, is the fourth-tier football league of the People's Republic of China. The league is under the auspices of the Chinese Fo ...

, and promoted into the

China League Two The Chinese Football League 2 (), or China League Two, is the third-tier association football league of the People's Republic of China. The league is under the auspices of the Chinese Football Association and operated by the Chinese Professional ...

by the end of the season.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

Chinese Jia-A League The National Football Jia A League (simplified Chinese: 全国足球甲A联赛), commonly known as Jia-A, was the highest tier of professional football in the People's Republic of China, during 1994 through 2003, operating under the auspices of th ...

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

Chinese Super Cup The Chinese FA Super Cup (), formerly named Chinese Football Super Cup (), is a Chinese football super cup competition that takes place every year before the start of the new season. It is contested between the champions of the previous Chinese Su ...

: 1997 Shaanxi National Power * Chinese Jia-B League:

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Li, Guoxu 1978 births Living people Chinese men's footballers Footballers from Dalian Dalian Shide F.C. players Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic F.C. players Boca Juniors footballers Chengdu Tiancheng F.C. players Chinese Super League players Argentine Primera División players China League One players Men's association football midfielders Chinese expatriate men's footballers Chinese Super League managers China League One managers