{{short description|Chinese footballer and coach}} {{family name hatnote|[[Wu (surname)|Wu]]|lang=Chinese}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Wu Qunli <br/>吴群立 | image = | fullname = Wu Qunli | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|3|20|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Guangzhou]], [[China]] | height = {{height|m=1.75}} | position = [[Midfield|Left midfield]], [[Forward (association football)|Striker]] | currentclub = | years1 = 1983–1993 | years2 = 1994–1998 | years3 = 1998–1999 | years4 = 2000–2001 | clubs1 = [[Guangzhou F.C.|Guangzhou FC]] | clubs2 = [[South China AA|South China]] | clubs3 = [[Sun Hei SC|Golden]] | clubs4 = Tung Po | caps1 = | goals1 = | caps2 = | goals2 = | caps3 = | goals3 = | caps4 = | goals4 = | totalcaps = | totalgoals = | nationalyears1 = 1985–1993 | nationalteam1 = [[China national football team|China]] | nationalcaps1 = 36 | nationalgoals1 = 6 | manageryears1 = 2001–2002 | manageryears2 = 2002 | manageryears3 = 2006 | managerclubs1 = [[Guangzhou F.C.|Guangzhou FC]] (assistant) | managerclubs2 = [[Guangzhou F.C.|Guangzhou FC]] | managerclubs3 = [[Hunan Billows F.C.|Hunan Billows]] | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[association football|football]]}} {{MedalCountry | {{CHN}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[[AFC Asian Cup]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[1992 AFC Asian Cup|1992 Japan]]|[[1992 AFC Asian Cup squads#China|Team]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[FISU World University Games|University Games]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[1985 Summer Universiade|1985 Kobe]]|[[Football at the 1985 Summer Universiade|Football]]}} }} {{Infobox Chinese | s = 吴群立 | p = Wú Qúnlì | mi = {{IPAc-cmn|wu|2|-|q|yun|2|-|l|i|4|}} | j = Ng4 Kwan4 Lap6 | ci = {{IPA|yue|ŋ̭̍ kʷʰɐ̏n lɐ̀p̚|}} }}
'''Wu Qunli''' (born 20 March 1960 in [[Guangzhou]]) is a Chinese football coach and former international midfield player. As a player he represented [[Guangzhou Evergrande F.C.|Guangzhou FC]] and [[Hong Kong First Division League]] side [[South China AA|South China]], while internationally he also played for his country in the [[Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Summer Olympics]] and [[1992 AFC Asian Cup]]. Since retiring he would move into management where he returned to Guangzhou FC as an assistant before becoming their manager for a short spell.
==Playing career== Wu Qunli was born in the [[Baiyun District, Guangzhou|Baiyun District]] within [[Guangzhou]] and would join second-tier football club [[Guangzhou Evergrande F.C.|Guangzhou FC]] within the 1983 league season. He would soon see his club win promotion to the top tier at the end of the 1984 league season, via the [[Chinese FA Cup]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chinahist.html|title=China 1984 |date=22 Oct 2009|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=2012-09-08}}</ref> The following season would see him called up to the [[China national football team|Chinese national team]] for the first time where he would become a regular before playing with the senior team in the [[Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Summer Olympics]]. By the 1990 league season Guangzhou FC were in the second tier, however Wu made sure this was short lived and aided the club to a runners-up position and promotion back up to the top tier, this wouldn't go unnoticed and he personally won the Chinese footballer of the year award.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china90.html|title=China 1990|date=22 Oct 2009|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=2012-09-08}}</ref> By now Wu had become a vital member for his club and country and go on to lead China into the [[1992 AFC Asian Cup]] where they came third.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1992-in-japan-3-platz-china-va-emirate/|title=Asian Cup 1992 Japan .:. 3. Platz|publisher=weltfussball.de|date=8 November 1992|access-date=2012-09-08}}</ref>
With another Chinese footballer of the year award won at the end of the 1993 league season Wu would leave Guangzhou FC and join [[Hong Kong First Division League]] side [[South China AA|South China]] in 1994. He would immediately make an impression within the team when he won the [[Hong Kong Viceroy Cup]] at the end of the 1993–94 league season. He would then be given the nickname of "Golden Left Foot" for he saved the team many times by scoring some great goals using his left foot. A [[Hong Kong Senior Shield]] and [[Hong Kong FA Cup]] at the end of the 1995-96 league season followed despite Wu missing six months after an injury sustained on 9 March 1996. With Wu winning the [[Hong Kong First Division League]] title at the end of the 1996–97 league season Wu would soon move to [[Sun Hei SC|Golden]] and then Tung Po before he retired.
==Honours== ===Player=== ====Club==== '''South China''' *[[Hong Kong First Division League]]: [[Hong Kong First Division League 1996–97|1996–97]] *[[Hong Kong Senior Shield]]: 1995–96, 1996–97 *[[Hong Kong Viceroy Cup]]: 1993–94, 1997–98 *[[Hong Kong FA Cup]]: [[1995–96 Hong Kong FA Cup|1995–96]]
====International==== *[[AFC Asian Cup]]: [[1992 AFC Asian Cup|1992]] (Third)
====Individual==== *[[Chinese Football Association|CFA]] Footballer of the Year: 1990, 1993
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.hkfa.com/includes_files/board_details.php?news_id=4674 HKFA.com] 南華92/93邀請隊 - 眾星回顧(二) (in Chinese) * {{NFT}}
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