Gong Lei (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gong Lei | ||
| Date of birth | 15 October 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Beijing, China | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1980–1983 | Beijing Team | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1989 | Beijing Team | ||
| 1990–1996 | AS Pirae | ||
| 1997 | Toronto Lynx | 22 | (2) |
| 1997–1998 | South China | ||
| 1998 | Toronto Olympians | 14 | (17) |
| 1999–2001 | Beijing Kuanli | ||
| National team | |||
| 1983–1986 | China U-20 | 4 | (2) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2003 | Gansu Tianma | ||
| 2007–2009 | Shaanxi Chanba (assistant) | ||
| 2009 | Shaanxi Zhongjian (caretaker) | ||
| 2010–2012 | Guizhou Renhe (assistant) | ||
| 2012–2014 | Guizhou Renhe (caretaker) | ||
| 2015 | Guizhou Renhe | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Gong Lei (Chinese: 宫磊) (born October 15, 1965) is a Chinese football Head coach currently at Chinese Super League side Guizhou Renhe as well as also being a former player and a media pundit. As a player he was predominantly remembered for his time at the Beijing Team as well as Tahiti club AS Pirae before he retired and moved into coaching. His first coaching position would be with Gansu Tianma F.C. where he had a short spell with them before becoming an assistant at Shaanxi Zhongjian.
As a youth player Gong Lei was considered a promising youngster and was part of the Beijing Football Team that won the 1984 Chinese Jia-A League title. This soon saw him called up to the Chinese U-20 team squad that took part in the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship, where China were knocked out in the quarter-finals on September 1, 1985 by the Soviet Union. After several seasons with Beijing, Gong then went abroad to Tahiti and joined AS Pirae, where he experienced significant success by winning several league and cup titles with them.He was nominated for FIFA World Player of the Year in 1993 and is the only Chinese football player to be nominated for this award. Nearing the end of his career, he then spent a short time with Canadian club Toronto Lynx, Hong Kong team South China, Toronto Olympians and Beijing Kuanli before he retired.
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