Hong Yuanshuo (; 31 March 1948 – 1 August 2015) was a

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football manager and a former player. Throughout his playing career he spent all of it with

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where he won the 1973 league title with them. Since retiring he would move into scouting before moving into management with third-tier club

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in 1997. By 2009 he would return to his former club as a manager to aid them in their successful push for the

2009 Chinese Super League The 2009 Chinese Super League season was the sixth season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League, the sixteenth season of a professional football league and the 48th top-tier league season in China. Beijing Guoan won their first eve ...

title.

Player career

At the early 70s, Hong Yuanshuo joined Beijing football team. He played for winger and became the team captain. In 1973, Hong selected by head coach

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into the

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Management career

Early management career

After he retired he was worked in the youth team of Beijing from 1980. In that years he scouts many important player of

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and national team, including Gao Feng,

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, Deng Lejun, Tao Wei and

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Beijing Kuanli

Hong Yuanshuo was appointed the manager of

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club

in the 1997 league season. Under Hong Yuanshuo, Beijing Kuanli successfully promoted to

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Beijing Guoan

After round 23 of the 2009 league season Hong Yuanshuo was appointed as caretaker manager of Beijing Guoan who required a manager after Lee Jang-Soo left. Finally, Beijing Guoan won the championship of China Super League 2009 without losing any games from round 24 to 30. At the beginning of season 2010, Hong officially appointed head coach of Beijing Guoan. He was sacked by the club on 21 September 2010.

Personal life

Hong Yuanshuo is the son of Chinese

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Hong Qian (, 1909–1992).

Death

Hong was diagnosed as

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in 2011. He died on 1 August 2015, aged 67.

Honours

Player

Beijing *

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: 1973

Manager

Beijing Guoan *

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: 2009

References

External links

Hong Yuanshuo's News

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