Zhu Jiong (Chinese:朱炯, born August 5, 1973) is a Chinese
football
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manager and a former player.
Club career
Zhu Jiong began his career playing for
Shanghai Shenhua youth team and would graduate to the senior team during the dawn of full professionalism at the beginning of the
1994 Chinese Jia-A League
The 1994 Chinese Jia-A League season is the inaugural season of Professional sports, professional association football and the 33rd top-tier overall league season held in China. The league was expanded to twelve teams and started on April 17, 199 ...
season. His ability at left back would see him gain significant playing time and by the end of the
1995 Chinese Jia-A League season he would go on to win the league title with Shenhua. His career was cut short when it was discovered that what he and the club thought was a minor meniscus injury was in fact a major cruciate ligament, which ended his career.
Management career
With his career cut short he would move into youth management and would receive his first major assignment in 2006 when he became the manager at the Shanghai Shenhua youth team. By 2007 he would move into assistant management when he joined
Shaanxi Baorong Chanba
Beijing Chengfeng Football Club () was a professional Chinese football club that last participated in the Chinese League One under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team was based in Fengtai District, Beijing and their hom ...
where he was reunited with his old teammate from Shanghai Shenhua,
Cheng Yaodong
Cheng Yaodong (; born June 6, 1967 in Shanghai) is a Chinese football manager and a former international football player.
As a player, he won the Chinese league and Cup with Shanghai Shenhua before ending his career with Shanghai COSCO Huili. ...
who was the club's manager. At the start of the 2009 Chinese league season Zhu got his first management position at second tier club
Nanchang Bayi Hengyuan
Shanghai Shenxin Football Club () was a professional football club that participated in China's football league system between 2003 and 2019 under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team was based in Jinshan District, Shangh ...
and in his debut season helped guided the club to a runners-up spot and promotion to the top tier.
Honours
Player
Shanghai Shenhua
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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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1995
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References
External links
Profileat Shanghai Shenxin website
1973 births
Living people
Chinese footballers
Footballers from Shanghai
Shanghai Shenhua F.C. players
Chinese football managers
Beijing Renhe F.C. managers
Shanghai Shenxin F.C. managers
Association football defenders
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