Hao Wei (; ; born 27 December 1976) is a Chinese football coach and former international

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. He is the manager of the

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side

Shandong Luneng Shandong Taishan Football Club () is a professional football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Jinan, Shandong and their home stadium is th ...

Player career

Club career

As with many of the most promising youth players from China, Hao Wei was sent to Brazil for a training programme sponsored by Jianlibao in 1997 with fellow youth prospects

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and

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. When he returned to start his professional football career he would join

in 1998, however he found it difficult to immediately break into the team due to injury, though he was able to play in 11 league games and score 1 goal. It was not until the 1999 league season that Hao Wei would rise to prominence when he established himself as Shandong's first choice right back and help them to a league and cup double. His importance to the Shandong team would quickly fade when new manager

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preferred the emerging

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as his first choice right back and by the end of 2002 league season Hao Wei was allowed to leave. Hao Wei would join

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at the beginning of the 2003 league season where despite being an immediate regular for the team he was unable to help them in their relegation battle to remain in the top tier. Unable to hold on to Hao Wei, Shanxi Guoli would allow him to leave the club for

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at the beginning of the 2004 league season where he would fight for the right back position with

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for the next two seasons before going to

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where he ended his playing career.

International career

Hao Wei would make his senior debut in a friendly against

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on April 25, 2000 in a 1–0 win. He would play in another friendly in preparation for the

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, however when the squad was chosen for the tournament he was unable to be included. With the emergence of

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and

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as the preferred options at right back Hao Wei saw his playing time severely limited. He was brought in to play a Fifa World Cup Qualifier on September 8, 2004 against

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in a 1–0 win, however this was to prove to be his last game.

Management career

After he retired his playing career with

he would take an assistant management position with them. This was a position he held on to until October 12, 2009 when the Changsha Ginde head coach

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was sacked and he was named as the new head coach to replace him. Under his reign he would guide the club from away relegation, however the following season he was unable to improve the teams' performances and on 16 June 2010, Hao became the assistant coach to Serbian manager

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. Hao would soon leave Changsha to take up a position within the Chinese Women team, however when they were unable to qualify for the

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and the manager Li Xiaopeng resigned, which saw Hao promoted. Hao was banned from the national team's round of 16 match at the

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because he interfered with a New Zealand player during his team's last group stage match.

Honours

Player

Chinese Jia-A League The National Football Jia A League (simplified Chinese, 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 the Chinese Football Associ ...

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Manager

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References

External links

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