Zhang Xiaorui
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Zhang Xiaorui | ||
| Date of birth | March 5, 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Tianjin, China | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–1998 | Jianlibao Youth | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2004 | Tianjin Teda | 78 | (7) |
| 2001 | →Alemannia Aachen (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Shanghai Zobon | 46 | (6) |
| 2007 | Shanghai Shenhua | 6 | (0) |
| 2008 | Tianjin Tuanbo New City | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1997 | China U-20 | ||
| 1997–2001 | China | 12 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2008–2010 | Tianjin Tuanbo New City | ||
| 2012 | Tianjin Teda U-19 | ||
| 2013 | Tianjin Songjiang (Caretaker) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 Feb 2012. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 Feb 2012 |
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Zhang Xiaorui (simplified Chinese: 张效瑞; traditional Chinese: 張效瑞; pinyin: Zhāng Xiàoruì; born March 5, 1976 in Tianjin) is a Chinese football manager and a former professional player who used to play for Tianjin Teda, Alemannia Aachen, Shanghai Zobon and Shanghai Shenhua. His first management assignment was with third tier club Tianjin Tuanbo New City where he was initially brought in as a player-manager before leaving the club at the end of the 2009 Chinese league season.
As with all the most promising young Chinese players Zhang Xiaorui would quickly be included in the short-lived Chinese national youth team program to study football abroad in Brazil for a five-year training programme sponsored by Jianlibao and called the Chinese Jianlibao Youth Football Team. After graduating through the Jianlibao Youth Team he would move to Tianjin Teda F.C. to start his professional football career. He would show his potential when he would quickly establish himself as an integral member of the team and would personally win the Young Player of the Year award at the end of the 1999 league season.
He would attract the interests of German side Alemannia Aachen and play in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga during 2001 as part of a loan deal. He, however found it differcult to establish himself within the team and would only make five league appearances before he returned to Tianjin Teda F.C. His return to China however saw his performances fluctuate due to injury the club allowed him to leave at the end of the 2004 league season.
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