Qi Wusheng (; ; born May 20, 1944 in
Weihai
Weihai (), formerly called Weihaiwei (), is a prefecture-level city and major seaport in easternmost Shandong province. It borders Yantai to the west and the Yellow Sea to the east, and is the closest Chinese city to South Korea.
Weihai's popula ...
) is a
Chinese
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football
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coach
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and a former international player.
Playing career
Despite being born in
Shandong
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Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...
, Qi would go on to play for teams within
Liaoning
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before he would be selected for the
Chinese national team. As a footballer, he played as a
centre back
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
and was known for his extraordinary ability and superb running game. His wealth of experience was limited due to the Chinese
Cultural Revolution
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. However, he was still able to play within the
1976 AFC Asian Cup
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and help China to a third-place finish before he retired.
Managerial career
After he retired from playing, Qi took the
Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...
head coach position with little success before returning to China, where he mainly took on numerous coaching positions for youth teams or as an assistant manager positions. After years of working his way up through these positions in the 1986 league season he took on his first major job within China as the
Guangzhou
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Head coach where he guided them to mid-table seventh within the league. His management saw Guangzhou become a mid-table team for the next several years until ambitious side
Dalian
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became interested in Qi Wusheng's coaching style of a focused, solid defense to act as the basis for the teams attack. After winning the
Chinese FA Cup
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in 1992 with Dalian the Chinese national team became interested within his services after they replaced
Klaus Schlappner
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as the Chinese Head coach. Qi would go on to manage the national team to a silver medal in the
1994 Asian Games
The 1994 Asian Games ( ja, 1994年アジア競技大会, ''Senkyūhyakukyūjūyon-nen Ajia kyōgi taikai''), also known as the XII Asiad and the 12th Asian Games ( ja, 第12回アジア競技大会, Daijūni-kai Ajia kyōgi taikai), were held from ...
football tournament. While he experienced some success with the team he could not guide China to a place in the
FIFA World Cup
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and was replaced by
Bob Houghton
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after he resigned. He would take a position with
Wuhan Hongjinlong before spending several seasons with
Yunnan Hongta F.C.
Yunnan Hongta (Simplified () was a football club who played in the Chinese Jia-A League who were founded by the Shenzhen Kinspar Group in 1996 and named Shenzhen Kinspar (Simplified (). The club predominantly played within the lower leagues unti ...
until the club merged with
Chongqing Lifan F.C.
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The club was founded in 1995 as Wuhan Qianwei before making their debut in the newly developed fully professional Chinese football league syst ...
and Qi was released. After a short spell with
Tianjin Teda F.C.
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he would return to Guangzhou to help manage them to push for promotion back into the top tier, unable to achieve this he would leave at the end of the 2006 league season.
Honours
As a player
China
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AFC Asian Cup
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Third Place:
1976
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As a manager
Dalian
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Chinese FA Cup
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: 1992
Meizhou Kejia
Meizhou Hakka Football Club (; Hakka language: Mòi-Chû Hag-Ga chuk-khiù khî-lo̍k-phu) is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under license from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). ...
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China League Two
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2015
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China
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Asian Games
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Silver medal:
1994
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References
External links
Qi Wusheng Interview (1)Qi Wusheng Interview with Sina
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1944 births
Living people
People from Weihai
Chinese footballers
Footballers from Shandong
Liaoning F.C. players
China international footballers
Chinese football managers
Somalia national football team managers
China national football team managers
1996 AFC Asian Cup managers
Guangzhou F.C. managers
Footballers at the 1974 Asian Games
1976 AFC Asian Cup players
Association football defenders
Meizhou Hakka F.C. managers
Asian Games competitors for China
Chinese expatriate football managers
Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Somalia
Expatriate football managers in Somalia
Dalian Shide F.C. managers
Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C. managers