Ou Chuliang (; born 26 August 1968 in

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) is an assistant coach and former

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international football

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. As a player, he was goalkeeper for Guangdong Hongyuan,

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and

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while internationally he was a participant of the Chinese football team that took part in the

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Club career

Ou started his football career with

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during the 1988 football league season. With them Ou would see Guangdong establish themselves as a professional football club in the Chinese league system and also help them come second in the 1993 league season. Guangdong, however were relegated in the 1997 league season and Ou Chuliang was transferred to

at the beginning of the 1998 league season. With Shanghai Ou Chuliang would make an immediate impact by helping them come second within the league as well as aiding them in their

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win.

who were a newly promoted football team wanted to take Ou Chuliang in their attempt to establish themselves within the top tier and Ou would help them do this by quickly establish himself in the team by playing in 26 league games and aiding Yunnan Hongta avoid relegation. Qu would spend several more seasons with Yunnan before being transferred to

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in 2004 eventually ending his career with them.

International career

Ou would make his international debut in a friendly match against

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on 2 April 1992 in a 5–2 defeat. Despite the defeat, Ou would be given the chance to play in several other friendlies which were enough to be called up to the Chinese squad that took part in the

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where he played understudy to

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. Ou would rise to prominence when he replaced Fu Yubin as the first choice goalkeeper for China in the

1996 AFC Asian Cup The 1996 AFC Asian Cup was the 11th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held in the United Arab Emirates between 4 and 21 Decemb ...

by starting the first game of the tournament against

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. After a disappointing

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, Ou found himself increasingly replaced by

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and was replaced as first choice goalkeeper in the

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. When China qualified for the

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Jiang Jin remained the first choice goalkeeper throughout the tournament.

Management career

After he retired he would move to the United Kingdom and Germany to study for and achieve a FIFA coaching licence. When he returned in 2005 he was offered an assistant goalkeeping position for the Chinese U-23 football team to help them prepare for the

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. Ou would only stay for a short period before he returned to Shanghai Shenhua to become their goalkeeping coach. By 2008 he was offered another assistant position, this time with the Chinese senior team as their new goalkeeping coach.

Personal life

Ou Chuliang's grandfather Ou Shounian () was a general of the

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of the

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Honours

Player

: 1998

References

External links

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2002 World Cup profile
at BBC.co.uk {{DEFAULTSORT:Ou, Chuliang 1968 births Living people 2002 FIFA World Cup players China international footballers 1992 AFC Asian Cup players 1996 AFC Asian Cup players 2000 AFC Asian Cup players Chinese footballers Footballers from Guangzhou Association football goalkeepers Guangdong Winnerway F.C. players Shanghai Shenhua F.C. players Yunnan Hongta players Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic F.C. players Chinese football managers Asian Games silver medalists for China Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 1994 Asian Games