Peng Weiguo
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| Date of birth | October 3, 1971 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Guangzhou, Guangdong, China | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 1990–1997 | Guangzhou Apollo | 85 | (21) | ||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Chongqing Longxin | 25 | (6) | ||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Shenzhen Pingan | 35 | (4) | ||||||||||||
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| 1992–1997 | China | 53 | (11) | ||||||||||||
| Teams managed | |||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Shenzhen Pingan (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Shanghai Stars | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Hangzhou Lücheng (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2013 | Guangzhou Evergrande (youth team) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Guanghzhou Evergrande (caretaker) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | China U22 (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Guangzhou Evergrande (reserve team) | ||||||||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 1, 2010. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of March 28, 2009 |
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Peng Weiguo (simplified Chinese: 彭伟国; traditional Chinese: 彭偉國; pinyin: Péng Wěiguó; Jyutping: Pang4 Wai5 Gwok3; born October 3, 1971 in Guangzhou, Guangdong) is a retired Chinese football player who was known as one of the best midfielders in China in the 1990s. He is now a football coach.
Born into a respectable family of Hakka Jiexi, Guangdong ancestry, Peng Weiguo and his brother Peng Weijun showed a lot of sporting potential and both would join then graduate from the Guangzhou Apollo youth team. After breaking into the Guangzhou Apollo senior team, Weiguo would quickly become an integral member of the team and then rise to prominence during the 1994 league season when he was named as their captain then lead them to a runners-up position as well as personally winning the Golden Ball award. Known for his brutal soccer style he controversially fouled and seriously hurt promising soccer star Zhang Haitao, which ultimately caused Zhang Haitao to retire. Peng Weiguo remained with Guangzhou until the 1997 league season when Chongqing Longxin were willing to pay 2,350,000 Renminbi for him, however despite his high transfer he was unable to live up to expectations and would return to the Guangdong province with Shenzhen Pingan where he was also offered a training position.
Originally part of the Chinese youth team he would make the transition to the senior team when he made his debut against Indonesia on April 20, 1992 in an Asian Cup qualifier that China won 2-0. He would immediately become an integral member of the Chinese team and would play in the 1992 AFC Asian Cup where he aided China to a third-place finish as well as also scoring his first goal against Qatar during the tournament. In the 1994 Asian Games he would continue to aid China to this time a runners-up position, however when it came to the 1996 AFC Asian Cup he was unable to help China improve upon their previous results and China were knocked out during the quarter-finals. Unable to help China qualify for the 1998 FIFA World Cup Peng Weiguo would play his last international game in the final game of qualifying.
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