{{short description|Chinese footballer and manager}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{family name hatnote|Tang|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Tang Yaodong<br>唐尧东 | fullname = Tang Yaodong | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|2|17|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Shenyang]], [[China]] | position = [[Centre forward]] | currentclub = | youthyears1 = 1976–1982 | youthclubs1 = [[Liaoning F.C.|Liaoning team]] | years1 = 1983–1991 | years2 = 1992 | years3 = 1993–1995 | clubs1 = [[Liaoning F.C.|Liaoning team]] | clubs2 = [[Tokushima Vortis|Otsuka Pharmaceutical]] | clubs3 = [[Liaoning FC]] | caps1 = ? | goals1 = ? | caps2 = ? | goals2 = ? | caps3 = ? | goals3 = ? | nationalyears1 = 1985–1990 | nationalteam1 = [[China national football team|China]] | nationalcaps1 = 37 | nationalgoals1 = 4 | manageryears1 = 1996–2001 | manageryears2 = 2002 | manageryears3 = 2005 | manageryears4 = 2005–2007 | manageryears5 = 2008 | manageryears6 = 2008–2010 | manageryears7 = 2012 | manageryears8 = 2013–2014 | manageryears9 = 2016 | manageryears10 = 2017 | managerclubs1 = [[Liaoning Liaoqing]] | managerclubs2 = [[Liaoning Xingguang]] | managerclubs3 = [[Liaoning FC]] (assistant) | managerclubs4 = [[Liaoning FC]] | managerclubs5 = [[Henan F.C.|Henan Jianye]] (assistant) | managerclubs6 = [[Henan F.C.|Henan Jianye]] | managerclubs7 = [[Chongqing Lifan]] | managerclubs8 = [[Henan F.C.|Henan Jianye]] | managerclubs9 = [[Shenzhen F.C.|Shenzhen FC]] | managerclubs10 = [[Wuhan Yangtze River F.C.|Wuhan Zall]] | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[association football|football]]}} {{MedalCountry | {{CHN}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[[AFC Asian Cup]]}} {{MedalSilver |[[1984 AFC Asian Cup|1984 Singapore]]|[[1984 AFC Asian Cup squads#China|Team]]}} }} '''Tang Yaodong''' ({{zh|s=唐尧东}}; born 17 February 1962 in [[Shenyang]], [[China]]) is a Chinese football manager and former [[China national football team|Chinese]] international [[Association football|footballer]]. He mainly played as a [[centre forward]] for [[Liaoning FC]].
==Playing career==
===Club career=== Tang Yaodong began his football career playing for his hometown football club [[Liaoning FC|Liaoning]]'s youth team and would later graduate to the senior team in the 1983 league season. After several seasons he would later rise to prominence when he would help them win the 1985 league title. This was to be the first of many trophies that were to follow and Tang Yaodong would play an integral part in a dominant Liaoning team that also saw them win the 1990 [[Asian Club Championship]]. Despite winning another league title he would transfer to a second tier Japanese club [[Tokushima Vortis|Otsuka Pharmaceutical]] in the 1992 league season. After only one season with them he would return to [[Liaoning FC]] until he retired.
===International career=== Tang Yaodong would make his senior debut in a friendly against [[Korea DPR national football team|Korea DPR]] on 24 August 1986, in a 0–0 draw.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://teamchina.freehostia.com/en/match.php?date=1986-08-24|title=China PR 0-0 Korea DPR|publisher=teamchina.freehostia.com|date=1986-08-24|access-date=2012-08-25}}</ref> Under head coach [[Gao Fengwen]] he would quickly become an integral member of the Chinese team and score his first goal against [[Singapore national football team|Singapore]] in a friendly on 1 September 1986, in a 3–0 win.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://teamchina.freehostia.com/en/match.php?date=1986-09-01|title=China PR 3-0 Singapore|publisher=teamchina.freehostia.com|date=1986-09-01|access-date=2012-08-25}}</ref> Tang played all three games for China at the [[Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Olympics]] in [[Seoul]], [[Korea]] as they were eliminated in the first round.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=3351/teams/team=1889781.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071123225631/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=3351/teams/team=1889781.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 23, 2007|title=Mens Olympic Tournament, Seoul 1988, China PR squad list|publisher=FIFA|access-date=28 December 2009}}</ref> He appeared also in the [[1988 AFC Asian Cup]] and help China come 4th within the tournament, however when China were unable to qualify for the [[1990 FIFA World Cup]] Tang Yaodong's appearances became limited and effectively ended once Gao Fengwen left the Chinese team.
==International goals== {| class="wikitable" |- ! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || 28 February 1989 || [[National Stadium (Thailand)|National Stadium]], [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]] || {{fb|THA}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 3–0 || [[1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round|1990 FIFA World Cup qualification]] |- | 2. || 17 October 1989 || [[National Stadium, Singapore|National Stadium]], [[Kallang]], [[Singapore]] || {{fb|UAE}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 1–2 || [[1990 FIFA World Cup qualification#Final round|1990 FIFA World Cup qualification]] |- |}
== Management career ==
===Liaoning Liaoqing and Liaoning Xingguang=== After he retired he would take the position of head coach for the [[Liaoning Liaoqing]], the youth team of [[Liaoning FC]], in 1996 until 2001 when the youth team were allowed to participate in the third-tier [[China League Two]]. However, in 2002, they're forbidden to play in the second-tier [[Jia B]] after their promotion to it, and as a result they transferred their place in Jia B to a newly created club named [[Liaoning Xingguang]], which Tang also moved to. He was allowed to stay with the team throughout the 2002 league season to help the team in their transition within the professional league system and took them to a respectable 6th within the league.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china02.html|title=China 2002|date=30 Mar 2003|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=2012-08-25}}</ref> The 2003 league season would see the team sold off to SVT Group and move to [[Nanjing]], Tang Yaodong did not follow them and remained in [[Liaoning province|Liaoning]] with [[Liaoning FC]] where he was offered an assistant position within the team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.qianlong.com/4713/2005/07/05/1520@2706227.htm|title=唐尧东肝肠寸断后面对现实 战昔日老友要打出虎威|publisher=sports.qianlong.com|date=2005-07-05|access-date=2012-08-25|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301175030/http://sports.qianlong.com/4713/2005/07/05/1520%402706227.htm|archive-date=2012-03-01}}</ref>
===Liaoning FC=== After spending a short period as an assistant he was promoted to head coach after Liaoning's poor start to the [[Chinese Super League 2005|2005 Chinese Super League]] season. In his first season at Liaoning he was unable to achieve much success except to stabilize the club and lead them to midtable in his first attempt at managing a top-flight team. Liaoning's relatively poor performance even saw Tang Yaodong willing to step down before the beginning of the [[Chinese Super League 2006|2006 Chinese Super League]] season, however the club stood by him throughout the season even though results did not improve throughout the season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.people.com.cn/GB/22134/22137/59581/62103/62124/4363724.html|title=唐尧东态度坚决提出辞职 辽足队员难舍纷纷挽留|publisher=sports.people.com.cn|date=2006-05-11|access-date=2012-08-25|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232637/http://sports.people.com.cn/GB/22134/22137/59581/62103/62124/4363724.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> This would continue once more throughout the [[Chinese Super League 2007|2007 Chinese Super League]] season, however Liaoning lost patience at the end the season and with Tang Yaodong's contract up for renewal they decided not to renew it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.sohu.com/20071231/n254391763.shtml|title=唐尧东闪电下课 辽足教练班子洗牌改走洋帅路线|publisher=sports.sohu.com|date=2007-12-31|access-date=2012-08-25}}</ref>
===Henan Jianye=== On 7 January 2008, new head coach [[Jia Xiuquan]] brought in Tang Yaodong as his assistant for ambitious [[Chinese Super League]] club Henan Construction, however their reign was considered unsuccessful and Jia Xiuquan resigned on 15 June while Tang Yaodong left soon after.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.sohu.com/20080108/n254513220.shtml|title=唐尧东闪电加盟建业 前辽足主帅当助教辅佐贾帅|publisher=sports.sohu.com|date=2008-01-08|access-date=2012-08-25}}</ref> When [[Portugal|Portuguese]] Head coach [[Acácio Casimiro]] was sacked during the 2008 league season Tang Yaodong was brought back into the club as a short-term solution to help salvage the season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.eastday.com/s/20080915/u1a3869175.html|title=河南建业宣布卡西米罗下课 唐尧东任执行主教练|publisher=sports.eastday.com|date=2008-09-15|access-date=2012-08-25}}</ref> At the beginning of the 2009 league season he remained as their manager and surprisingly the team's form dramatically improved. His reign would see Henan achieve their best ever league position of third and he would personally win the Coach of the year award.
===Chongqing Lifan === On 19 April 2012, Tang was appointed as the new manager of [[China League One]] side [[Chongqing Lifan F.C.|Chongqing Lifan]], replacing [[Lawrie McKinna]] who was sacked from the club five days before.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.qq.com/a/20120419/000844.htm|title=力帆宣布唐尧东任新帅 高层称其执教经历丰富|publisher=sports.qq.com|date=2012-04-19|access-date=2012-08-25}}</ref>
==Honours== ===Player=== *[[Chinese Jia-A League]]: 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991 *[[Chinese FA Cup]]: 1986 *[[Asian Club Championship]]: 1990
===Manager=== *[[Chinese Super League]]: 2009 3rd Place
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://allsoccerplayers.com/eng/coaches/76235.html?PHPSESSID=669d259cbc9898332275552eaa889fba Profile and Statistics] *{{FIFA player|58749|Tang Yao Dong}}
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