Liu Zhicai (; born October 20, 1954) is a Chinese

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coach and a former international player. As a player he was a defender who represented Shenyang Army and

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while internationally he played for

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in the 1980 Asian Cup.

Management career

Liu Zhicai would manage amateur minor-league club Tianjin Runyulong in the 2010 league season, however the recently formed ambitious club would decide that they wanted to be a professional unit the following season and buy

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's position within the second tier of Chinese football. This would then see a turbulent period in Liu's career where he would see the club move to

Shenyang Shenyang,; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ; formerly known as Fengtian formerly known by its Manchu language, Manchu name Mukden, is a sub-provincial city in China and the list of capitals in China#Province capitals, provincial capital of Liaonin ...

and rename themselves as

Shenyang Shenbei Shenyang Zhongze F.C. ( zh, s=沈阳中泽, t=瀋陽中澤, p=Shěnyáng Zhōngzé) was a former professional Chinese football club that participated in the Chinese League One division. History The club was founded in August 2009 as Tianjin Runyu ...

while having to overhaul his squad to compete with professional football. In the 2011 league season Liu looked like he was able to produce a team that were able to fight for promotion, however it would soon be clear that the club would finish in mid-table and despite finishing in a respectable sixth there would be rumours that Liu would be sacked at the end of the season. Unfortunately these rumours would be true and the ambitious club would hire

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winning coach

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Team China Stats
at Sodasoccer {{DEFAULTSORT:Liu, Zhicai 1954 births Living people Chinese football managers Chinese men's footballers Footballers from Dalian China men's international footballers 1980 AFC Asian Cup players Bayi Football Team players Asian Games bronze medalists for China Asian Games medalists in football Men's association football defenders Footballers at the 1978 Asian Games Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games 20th-century Chinese sportsmen