{{short description|Chinese footballer and coach}} {{family name hatnote|[[Guo (surname)|Guo]]|lang=Chinese}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Guo Ruilong <br/> 郭瑞龙 | image = | full_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|12|1|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Kunming]], [[Yunnan]], [[Republic of China (1912-1949)|China]] | height = | position = [[Midfielder]] | currentclub = | youthyears1 = 1960–1963 | youthclubs1 = Beijing Youth | youthyears2 = 1964 | youthclubs2 = Beijing Workers | years1 = 1965–1975 | clubs1 = [[Beijing Guoan F.C.|Beijing Team]] | caps1 = | goals1 = | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | manageryears1 = 1976 | managerclubs1 = Inner Mongolia | manageryears2 = 1977–1985 | managerclubs2 = Beijing Youth | manageryears3 = 1986 | managerclubs3 = [[China national under-17 football team|China U17]] | manageryears4 = 1988–1989 | managerclubs4 = [[China national under-20 football team|China U-20]] | manageryears5 = 2000–2001 | managerclubs5 = [[Chengdu Wuniu]] | manageryears6 = 2005 | managerclubs6 = [[Shenzhen Jianlibao]] (caretaker) | manageryears7 = 2005 | managerclubs7 = [[Shenzhen Jianlibao]] (caretaker) | manageryears8 = 2008 | managerclubs8 = [[Anhui Jiufang]] | manageryears9 = 2008 | managerclubs9 = [[Wenzhou Provenza|Wenzhou Tomorrow]] | manageryears10 = 2013 | managerclubs10 = [[Hebei Zhongji]] }}
'''Guo Ruilong''' ({{zh|s=郭瑞龙|t=郭瑞龍|p=Guō Ruìlóng}}; born 1 December 1943) is a Chinese [[association football|football]] coach and former player.
==Playing career== Born in Kunming, Guo returned to his hometown Beijing in 1946 after the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]] ended. He began his football career for [[Beijing Guoan F.C.|Beijing Team]]'s youth team and later graduated to the senior team in 1965. He became a football coach after his retirement in 1975.
==Managerial career== Guo served for Inner Mongolia, Beijing Youth and China national youth between 1976 and 1989.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hsw.cn/sports/2005-06/21/content_1985673.htm |title=深足为何选择郭瑞龙？ 独特的生活哲学是主因 |access-date=5 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224010908/http://www.hsw.cn/sports/2005-06/21/content_1985673.htm |archive-date=24 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1990, Guo was appointed as the assistant coach of Beijing Team. On 9 May 2000, Guo joined [[Chinese Jia-B League]] club [[Chengdu Wuniu]] who struggled in the bottom of league,<ref>[http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/200005/1040415.shtml 五牛：郭瑞龙接掌帅印]</ref> and helped the club stay in the second tier for the next season. He was sacked by Chengdu on 16 September 2001.<ref>[http://sports.sohu.com/81/32/sports_news163523281.shtml 成都五牛星夜换帅 余东风顶替郭瑞龙]</ref> He became the assistant coach of top-tier club [[Shenzhen Ping'an]] in December 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ycwb.com/gb/content/2001-12/26/content_293940.htm |title=郭瑞龙加盟深圳队 身兼领队教练两职 |access-date=5 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221142835/http://www.ycwb.com/gb/content/2001-12/26/content_293940.htm |archive-date=21 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was appointed as the team's manager on 17 May 2005 after [[Chi Shangbin]]'s dismission.<ref>[http://www.chinanews.com/news/2005/2005-05-17/26/575167.shtml 深圳健力宝解除迟尚斌主教练职务 由郭瑞龙接替]</ref> Despite severe financial problems, Guo led Shenzhen to reach the [[2005 AFC Champions League]] semi-finals before heavily defeated by UAE champions [[Al Ain FC|Al Ain]] 6–0. He was suddenly sacked on 14 October 2005.<ref>[http://sports.qq.com/a/20051014/000396.htm 郭瑞龙被解职内幕 拒绝“出卖”弟子惹恼俱乐部]</ref>
Guo returned to football in December 2007 when he accepted the invitation of [[China League One]] club [[Anhui Jiufang]].<ref>[http://sports.qq.com/a/20071204/000086.htm 郭瑞龙执掌中甲新军 安徽九方招揽国安老臣]</ref> On 15 April 2008, he resigned from the team due to "health problems".<ref>[http://sports.sohu.com/20080416/n256325705.shtml 郭瑞龙身体欠佳交辞呈 九方高层批准赵昌宏救火]</ref> He joined [[China League Two]] club [[Wenzhou Provenza|Wenzhou Tomorrow]] in June 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fa.org.cn/bulletin/clb/2008-06-11/325899.html |title=2008年中乙级联赛有关俱乐部人员调整通知 |access-date=5 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221174250/http://www.fa.org.cn/bulletin/clb/2008-06-11/325899.html |archive-date=21 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Guo became the manager of League Two club [[Hebei Zhongji]] on 16 August 2013.<ref>[http://www.hebeifootball.com/2013/gonggao/826.html 关于任命郭瑞龙为中基队主教练的公告] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20140205155010/http://www.hebeifootball.com/2013/gonggao/826.html |date=5 February 2014 }}</ref> Although Hebei Zhongji won promotion in the 2013 season by finishing the runners-up in League Two, he didn't extent his contract and left the club.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://news.gmw.cn/newspaper/2013-12/03/content_2529396.htm |title=河北中基昨日赴昆明冬训 不排除选外籍主帅 |access-date=5 February 2014 |archive-date=5 February 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140205155128/http://news.gmw.cn/newspaper/2013-12/03/content_2529396.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Honours== ===Player=== '''Beijing Team''' *China national league: 1983<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chinahist.html|title=China 1973|date=2 February 2017|website=[[RSSSF]]|accessdate=30 January 2018}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
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