{{short description|Chinese footballer and coach}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{family name hatnote|[[Qi (surname)|Qi]]|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Qi Wusheng <br />戚务生 | image = | fullname = Qi Wusheng | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|5|20|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Weihai]], [[Shandong]], China | height = {{convert|1.83|m|abbr=on}} | position = [[Defender (association football)#Centre-back|Centre back]] | currentclub = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = [[Liaoning F.C.|Liaoning Youth]] | years1 = 1962–1964 | years2 = 1964–1965 | clubs1 = [[Liaoning Workers F.C.|Liaoning Workers]] | clubs2 = [[Liaoning F.C.|Liaoning team]] | caps1 = | caps2 = | goals1 = | goals2 = | nationalyears1 = 1965–1976 | nationalteam1 = [[China national football team|China]] | nationalcaps1 = 11 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | manageryears1 = 1978–1979 | manageryears2 = 1979–1986 | manageryears3 = 1980–1982 | manageryears4 = 1983–1985 | manageryears5 = 1986–1988 | manageryears6 = 1989–1993 | manageryears7 = 1994–1997 | manageryears8 = 1998 | manageryears9 = 1999–2003 | manageryears10 = 2004 | manageryears11 = 2006 | manageryears12 = 2015 | managerclubs1 = [[Somalia national football team|Somalia]] | managerclubs2 = [[China national under-19 football team|China U19]] | managerclubs3 = China Hopes | managerclubs4 = [[China national football team|China]] (assistant) | managerclubs5 = [[Guangzhou F.C.|Guangzhou team]] | managerclubs6 = [[Dalian Shide|Dalian team]] | managerclubs7 = [[China national football team|China]] | managerclubs8 = [[Wuhan Hongjinlong]] | managerclubs9 = [[Yunnan Hongta F.C.|Yunnan Hongta]] | managerclubs10 = [[Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C.|Tianjin Teda]] | managerclubs11 = [[Guangzhou F.C.|Guangzhou Pharmaceutical]] | managerclubs12 = [[Meizhou Hakka F.C.|Meizhou Hakka]] | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[association football|football]]}} {{MedalCountry | {{CHN}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[[AFC Asian Cup]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[1976 AFC Asian Cup|1976 Iran]]|[[1976 AFC Asian Cup squads#China|Team]]}} }}
'''Qi Wusheng''' ({{zh|s=戚务生|p=Qī Wùshēng}}; {{small|Mandarin pronunciation:}} {{IPAc-cmn|q|i|1|.|wu|4|-|sh|eng|1|}}; born 20 May 1944, in [[Weihai]]) is a [[Chinese people|Chinese]] [[Association football|football]] [[coach (sport)|coach]] and a former international player.
==Playing career== Despite being born in [[Shandong]], Qi would go on to play for teams within [[Liaoning]] before he would be selected for the [[China national football team|Chinese national team]]. As a footballer, he played as a [[Defender (association football)#Centre-back|centre back]] and was known for his extraordinary ability and superb running game. His wealth of experience was limited due to the Chinese [[Cultural Revolution]]. However, he was still able to play within the [[1976 AFC Asian Cup]] and help China to a third-place finish before he retired.
== Managerial career == After he retired from playing, Qi took the [[Somalia national football team|Somalia]] head coach position with little success before returning to China, where he mainly took on numerous coaching positions for youth teams or as assistant manager for adult clubs.
After years of working his way up through these positions, in the 1986 league season he took on his first major job within China as the [[Guangzhou F.C.|Guangzhou team]] Head coach where he guided them to seventh in the league.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chinahist.html |title=China 1986 |date=22 Oct 2009 |access-date=2012-08-09 |url-status=live |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022111824/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/chinahist.html |archive-date=October 22, 2012 }}</ref> His management saw Guangzhou become a mid-table team for the next several years until [[Dalian Shide|Dalian]] became interested in Qi Wusheng's coaching style of a focused, solid defense to act as the basis for the team's attack.
After winning the [[Chinese FA Cup]] in 1992 with Dalian, the Chinese national team became interested with his services after they replaced [[Klaus Schlappner]] as the head coach. Qi would go on to manage the national team to a silver medal in the [[1994 Asian Games]] football tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/star/qi_wusheng/|title=姓名：戚务生|publisher=sports.sina.com.cn|access-date=2012-08-09}}</ref> While he experienced some success with the team, he could not guide China to a place in the [[FIFA World Cup]] and was replaced by [[Bob Houghton]] after he resigned. He would take a position with [[Wuhan Hongjinlong]] before spending several seasons with [[Yunnan Hongta F.C.]] until the club merged with [[Chongqing Lifan F.C.]] and Qi was released.
After a short spell with [[Tianjin Teda F.C.]] he would return to Guangzhou to help manage them to push for promotion back into the top tier; unable to achieve this, he would leave at the end of the 2006 league season.
==Honours==
===As a player=== '''[[China national football team|China]]''' *[[AFC Asian Cup]] Third Place: [[1976 AFC Asian Cup|1976]]
===As a manager=== '''Dalian''' *[[Chinese FA Cup]]: 1992<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china92.html|title=China 1992|date=2009-10-22|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=2019-08-06}}</ref>
'''[[Meizhou Kejia F.C.|Meizhou Kejia]]''' *[[China League Two]]: [[2015 China League Two|2015]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.163.com/15/1010/19/B5JDHCL700051C8L.html#p=B5JI0CF508QP0005|title=中乙决赛-超越120分钟闷平 客家点球8-7险胜夺冠|publisher=sports.163.com|date=2015-10-10|access-date=2019-08-06}}</ref>
'''[[China national football team|China]]''' *[[Asian Games]] Silver medal: [[Football at the 1994 Asian Games|1994]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://elite.youth.cn/qlk/201308/t20130823_3765112.htm Qi Wusheng Interview (1)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716185934/http://elite.youth.cn/qlk/201308/t20130823_3765112.htm |date=16 July 2020 }} * [http://elite.youth.cn/qlk/201308/t20130823_3765112_1.htm Qi Wusheng Interview (2)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714161558/http://elite.youth.cn/qlk/201308/t20130823_3765112_1.htm |date=14 July 2020 }} * [http://elite.youth.cn/qlk/201308/t20130823_3765112_2.htm Qi Wusheng Interview (3)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714181842/http://elite.youth.cn/qlk/201308/t20130823_3765112_2.htm |date=14 July 2020 }} * [http://sports.sina.com.cn/j/2003-05-07/1158436810.shtml Qi Wusheng Interview with Sina]
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