Xu Genbao
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Xu Genbao | ||
| Date of birth | January 16, 1944 | ||
| Place of birth | Shanghai, China | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1961–1965 | Nanjing Army Football Team | ||
| 1965–1975 | Bayi Football Team | ||
| National team | |||
| 1966–1975 | China | 4 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1978–1979 | Shanxi Provincial Football Team | ||
| 1980–1981 | Huochetou Football Association | ||
| 1982 | Yunnan Provincial Football Team | ||
| 1987–1990 | China national football team B in Jia A | ||
| 1991 | China national under-23 football team | ||
| 1992–1993 | China national football team | ||
| 1994–1996 | Shanghai Shenhua | ||
| 1997 | Guangzhou Songri | ||
| 1998–1999 | Dalian Wanda | ||
| 2001 | Shanghai Zhongyuan | ||
| 2002 | Shanghai Shenhua | ||
| 2000– | Genbao Football Academy | ||
| 2006–2014 | Shanghai East Asia(as General Coach) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Xu Genbao (simplified Chinese: 徐根宝; traditional Chinese: 徐根寶; pinyin: Xú Gēnbǎo; born January 16, 1944 in Shanghai) is a Chinese football manager and a former international football player. He is the current founder, chairman and general coach of Shanghai East Asia football club as well as also being the owner of the Genbao Football Academy. While Xu Genbao was a Chinese international footballer, it was not until he became a manager and won the Chinese Jia-A League title with the China B team that he started to gain attention within Chinese football. This early success would lead to a Chinese national team appointment and then successful spells at Shanghai Shenhua and Dalian Wanda.
Predominately a left back throughout his career, Genbao would mainly play for Nanjing Army Football Team and Bayi Football Team. The Chinese Cultural Revolution saw his career severely shortened, however once it ended he was able to resume his career and help win the league title for Bayi Football Team in 1974. He was even able to play for the Chinese football team in their successful qualification for the 1976 AFC Asian Cup.
After he retired he was given the opportunity to manage second tier club Shanxi Provincial Football Team in 1978, where after two seasons he was unable to help the team win promotion. He would take a position with the Huochetou Football Association until third tier club Yunnan Provincial Football Team offered him a position to manage them in the 1982 league, however he was unable to lead them to promotion and left soon after.
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