Hao Haitao (, born December 3, 1968) is a Chinese football coach and a former

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player. He last managed

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. He previously played for Qingdao Manatee, Shanghai Pudong and

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. After retiring, he would move into assistant management before becoming the head coach of

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Hao haitao and former China national player

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are cousins.

Club career

Hao Haitao and his cousin Hao Haidong were first scouted by the top military football team

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as youngsters. He, however, missed the chance as he have to play for Qingdao, but Hao Haidong was signed instead. He later joined Nanjing Army football club. By 1994 the Chinese FA demanded full professionalism and Hao Haitao joined second tier club Qingdao Manatee where he saw the club win the division title and promotion to the top tier. The following season saw Qingdao struggle within the top division and Hao would be part of the squad that finished eleventh at the end of the season and in the relegation zone.

Shanghai Pudong

While Qingdao would go on to win back promotion the following season, Hao moved to another second tier football club Shanghai Pudong at the beginning of the 1997 league season. The team relegated in the 1997 season.

Tianjin TEDA

Hao was loaned out to second tier club

in 1998. With Tianjin Teda in the 1998 league season Hao would have an extremely successful loan period when he went on to win the division title with the club at the end of the season. Hao would return to Shanghai Pudong the following season where he spent a further two seasons playing for them before he would retire.

Managerial career

Hao worked as assistant manager in Shanghai for a period of time. In 2011, Hao joined Tianjin Songjiang as the assistant manager of Patrick de Wilde, and replaced the Belgian during the season in June. In 2013, he moved to Chengdu Blades as the head coach. His position was soon replaced in April due to reported conflicts with players. Hao returned to Tianjin in 2016 to manage the Tianjin Quanjian youth team. Hao joined Chongqing Lifan by the end of 2017 season as assistant manager. As Paulo Bento was sacked on 23 July 2018, he took the position as the caretaker, but resigned after 3 losses. In the 2019 season, Hao signed with Guizhou Hengfeng. He served as caretaker for 1 match, and became the official head coach on 9 April 2019.

Honours

As a player Qingdao Manatee *Jia B League: 1994

*Jia B League: 1998

References

External links

Player profile
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