Zhao Faqing ( zh, s=赵发庆, t=趙發慶, p=Zhào Fāqìng; born 3 January 1964) is a former Chinese footballer.

Club career

Born in

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, Zhao joined provincial team

. During his time with Liaoning, Zhao won one Chinese National League title in 1985 and five Jia-A League titles. In 1996, Zhao joined Qianwei Huandao. Zhao played for the club for three seasons before retiring in 1998 to focus on coaching. In 2000, Zhao briefly came out of retirement to play for the club due to an injury crisis, and renamed Chongqing Lifan following his takeover.

International career

On 3 August 1990, Zhao made his debut for

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in a 1–1 draw against

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International goals

:''Scores and results list China's goal tally first.''

Managerial career

Zhao began coaching when he was a player at Qianwei Huandao. In 2001, Zhao moved to Shenyang Ginde and became a manager in 2002. In 2007, Zhao became an assistant coach at former club Liaoning, before becoming a player for

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in 2009. On June 21, 2011, Zhao was announced the manager of

Chongqing ChongqingPostal Romanization, Previously romanized as Chungking ();. is a direct-administered municipality in Southwestern China. Chongqing is one of the four direct-administered municipalities under the State Council of the People's Republi ...

. During the

2013 China League Two The 2013 Chinese Football Association Division Two League season is the 24th season since its establishment in 1989. It is divided into two groups, North and South. There are 15 teams participating in the league, 8 teams in North Group and 7 team ...

season, Zhao managed Shenyang Dongjin following the club's relegation from the

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. In 2014, Zhao was appointed a manager of Nanjing Qianbao, and remained in the club for a season after their relocation to

Chengdu Chengdu; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ; Chinese postal romanization, previously Romanization of Chinese, romanized as Chengtu. is the capital city of the Chinese province of Sichuan. With a ...

. In February 2019, following a stint as coaching at Inner Mongolia Zhongyou, Zhao was named as one of the coaching staff at Dalian Chanjoy.

References

1964 births Footballers from Dalian Men's association football defenders Chinese men's footballers China men's international footballers Chinese football managers Liaoning F.C. players Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic F.C. players Guangzhou City F.C. managers Living people Chinese football coaches Footballers at the 1990 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for China Hunan Billows F.C. managers 20th-century Chinese sportsmen {{PRChina-footy-defender-stub