Liu Zhongchang (; born 31 August 1962) is a

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former football player and current manager.

Club career

Liu entered Dalian youth team in 1974. He moved to Liaoning youth team in 1976. Between 1983 and 1987, he played for Liaoning. In 1988, he returned to Dalian. Dalian relegated in the 1988 season and faced poor performance in the 1989 season. Liu was moved from forward to midfielder by

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, and had outrageous performance. Dalian promoted in the 1989 season as runner-up. In 1992, he decided to retire. He was recruited by Dalian Wanda in 1993 season, and after hard training, he was able to pass the stamina test, to play for the team between 1994 and 1995, and won Dalian Wanda's first professional league champion. In 1996, he retired again, and started to work as manager for Shaanxi Guoli. He also played for Shenzhen Jinpeng in the 1996 Jia-B League.

International career

In 1986, Liu participated in the

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representing China. In the 5–1 victory against Bahrain, he scored a goal.

Managerial career

In 2001, he became the manager of Dalian Women's FC. In 2002, he joined Sichuan Better City as assistant manager. He became the manager in the 2005 season. The team was dissolved after that season. Between 2006 and 2012, he worked at Dalian Shide as assistant manager for the first team and women's team. In 2010, he shortly took the caretaker position for Dalian Shide after

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was sacked. In 2013, Liu joined the newly established Dalian Transcendence in the China League Two. The team gained promotion into the China League One in 2015. He resigned in

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due to poor performances in the League One. In 2017, he joined Zhejiang Yiteng and worked as team official. He joined Dalian Yifang during the

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as team official. In the 2018 season, he left the team as Ma Lin was sacked.

Managerial statistics

Honors

Player

Liaoning FC Liaoning Football Club (), officially known as Liaoning Hongyun (), was a professional association football club with a long history in Chinese football. The club can predate their formation to 1953, when Shenyang government sports body joined ex ...

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 ...

: 1985, 1987 *

Chinese FA Cup The Chinese FA Cup (, abbreviated as CFA Cup) is the national knockout cup competition in China organized by the Chinese Football Association. The current holders are Shanghai Port, having beaten Shandong Taishan in 2024 for their first title. H ...

: 1984, 1986 Dalian *

: 1992

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 ...

: 1994

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