Xu Hong
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| Full name | Xu Hong | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | May 14, 1968 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Liaoning, China | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Manager (Former Defender) | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 1992-1993 | Team Liaoning | ||||||||||||||
| 1994-2000 | Dalian Wanda FC | 142 | (6) | ||||||||||||
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| 1992-1998 | China | 35 | (2) | ||||||||||||
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| 2001-2002 | Dalian Sidelong | ||||||||||||||
| 2003-2004 | Sichuan Guancheng | ||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Chongqing Lifan F.C. | ||||||||||||||
| 2008-2010 | Dalian Shide F.C. | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Dalian Aerbin F.C. | ||||||||||||||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Xu Hong (Chinese: 徐弘; pinyin: Xú Hóng; born May 14, 1968 in Liaoning) is a retired Chinese football player and football manager. He was most recently the manager of Chinese Super League team Dalian Aerbin F.C. for 63 days before he had to resign on February 19, 2013 because it was discovered by the Chinese Football Association that he manipulated a match while as a manager at Sichuan Guancheng and was given a 5-year suspension from all football activity.
Xu Hong rose to prominence in the 1994 league season with Dalian Wanda FC, when they won the first professional Chinese Jia-A League title. With Dalian, he would win several more top tier league titles in his career in a dominant Dalian team. As one of the most consistent members of the Dalian team he was also named in several senior Chinese national teams, captaining his country against England in 1996.
After he retired, Xu Hong began managing the newly formed Chinese team Dalian Sidelong in the third tier. He quickly managed to get them immediately promoted to the second tier in 2002 and was able to take Dalian Sidelong second in the league. However the Chinese Football Association, in there attempt to improve the league system did not allow any promotion or relegation in this season and Dalian Sidelong remained in the same league.
Xu Hong caught the attention of top tier team Sichuan Guancheng in the 2003 league season where he took them eighth and then ninth the following season in the league. These unremarkable performances saw Xu Hong leave at the end of the 2004 league season. He would not work in management until the 2006 league season with consistent relegation contenders Chongqing Lifan F.C., however despite his best efforts his reign at Chongqing was extremely disappointing and they were relegated at the end of the season, which saw the immediate departure of Xu Hong.
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