Pei Encai (; born 1 December 1953) is a Chinese

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manager and a former player.

Playing career

Pei Encai would spend his youth within the Chinese military where he rose to be a

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. While in the army he would show to be promising midfielder and would work his way up to play for countries top army football team

Bayi Football Team The Bayi or August First Football Team () or its full name the People's Liberation Army Bayi Football Club () was a football team under the sport branch of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) that played in China's football league system between 1 ...

where he spent his whole career for them. At Bayi he would have a successful career where he won several league titles, however despite these trophies he never received an international call-up and unfortunately had to retire early due to injury.

Management career

Pei became a coach of the youth team in the

in 1983 and won his first title in a national youth league in 1985. He led

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to the second division in 1998, and became the

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of the Bayi Football Team in 2003. However, the Bayi Football Team, together with several other military-owned teams, were dismantled as part of the reorganization of the

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in 2003, and Pei left the team. Pei became the head coach of

Wuhan Huanghelou Wuhan Optics Valley Football Club () is a defunct football club that was located in the city of Wuhan, Hubei province, China. The club's home stadium was Xinhua Road Sports Center, while the important matches were played at the more modern stadi ...

in June 2003, and led them to the top of the

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and the promotion to

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in 2004. After the promotion, the team had an incredible start of seventh consecutive victories in the 2005 season before he was summoned by the

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(CFA). Pei was the national coach of the

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between May 2005 and November 2005. Pei resigned from women's national football team at November 2005, and is succeeded by

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, the former head coach of the team between 2001 and 2003. He returned to the Wuhan team afterwards. On September 25, 2007, Pei resigned from Wuhan. A week later,

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announced him as the replacement of the head coach

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. After finishing the season, he was replaced by

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in December. He was the head coach of Chinese club Jiangsu Sainty from season 2008 to 2010.

Honours

Player

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: 1974, 1977, 1981

Manager

: 2004 Jiangsu Sainty *

: 2008

References

External links

Pen Encai Profile
on

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Pei Encai to Be Head Coach of Women's Soccer Team
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pei, Encai 1953 births Living people Chinese footballers Footballers from Tianjin Bayi Football Team players Chinese football managers China women's national football team managers Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic F.C. managers Jiangsu F.C. managers Tianjin Tianhai F.C. managers Association football midfielders Chinese Super League managers Guangxi Pingguo Haliao F.C. managers Hunan Billows F.C. managers