{{short description|Chinese footballer and manager}} {{hatnote|Not to be confused with Xu Hong, the educator serving as the headmistress of the [[Shanghai Experimental School]].}} {{family name hatnote|[[Xu (surname 徐)|Xu]]|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Xu Hong <br>徐弘 | fullname = Xu Hong | image = | height = {{height|m=1.83}} | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|5|14}} | birth_place = [[Dalian]], [[Liaoning]], [[China]] | position =[[Defender (association football)|Defender]] | years1 = 1992–1993 | years2 = 1994–2000 | clubs1 = Team Liaoning | clubs2 = [[Dalian Shide F.C.|Dalian Wanda]] | caps2 = 142 | goals2 = 6 | nationalyears1 = 1992–1998 | nationalteam1 = [[China national football team|China]] | nationalcaps1 = 35 | nationalgoals1 = 2 | manageryears1 = 2001–2002 | manageryears2 = 2003–2004 | manageryears3 = 2006 | manageryears4 = 2008–2010 | manageryears5 = 2013 | managerclubs1 = [[Shanghai United F.C.|Dalian Sidelong]] | managerclubs2 = [[Sichuan Guancheng]] | managerclubs3 = [[Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic F.C.|Chongqing Lifan]] | managerclubs4 = [[Dalian Shide F.C.|Dalian Shide]] | managerclubs5 = [[Dalian Professional F.C.|Dalian Aerbin]] | pcupdate = | ntupdate = | 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|[[Asian Games]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[1994 Asian Games|1994 Hiroshima]]|[[Football at the 1994 Asian Games|Football]]}} }}
'''Xu Hong''' ({{lang-zh|c=徐弘|p=Xú Hóng}}; born May 14, 1968, in [[Dalian]]) is a retired [[Chinese people|Chinese]] [[Association football|football]] player and [[soccer|football]] [[Coach (sport)|manager]]. He was most recently the manager of [[Chinese Super League]] team [[Dalian Aerbin F.C.]] for 63 days before he had to resign on February 19, 2013, because it was discovered by the [[Chinese Football Association]] that he manipulated a match while as a manager at [[Sichuan Guancheng]] and was given a 5-year suspension from all football activity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sports.sohu.com/20130220/n366475939.shtml|title=徐弘独立离韩落寞离去 63天阿尔滨帅位生涯终结|publisher=sports.sohu.com|date=20 Feb 2013|access-date=2013-02-20}}</ref>
==Playing career== Xu Hong rose to prominence in the 1994 league season with [[Dalian Shide F.C.|Dalian Wanda FC]], when they won the first professional [[Chinese Jia-A League]] title.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china94.html |title=China League 1994 |date=19 Jun 2003 |access-date=2012-09-15 |url-status=live |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727150541/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/china94.html |archive-date=July 27, 2014 }}</ref> With Dalian, he would win several more top-tier league titles in his career in a dominant Dalian team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/news/newsid=839054.html |title=Rebuilding time for Chinese giants |publisher=fifa.com |date=6 August 2008 |access-date=2012-09-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103041418/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/news/newsid=839054.html |archive-date=November 3, 2012 }}</ref> As one of the most consistent members of the Dalian team he was also named in several senior Chinese national teams, captaining his country against England in 1996.
==Management career== After he retired, Xu Hong began managing the newly formed Chinese team [[Shanghai United F.C.|Dalian Sidelong]] in the third tier. He quickly managed to get them immediately promoted to the second tier in 2002 and was able to take Dalian Sidelong second in the league.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china02.html |title=China 2002 |date=30 Mar 2003 |access-date=2012-09-15 |url-status=live |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929192412/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/china02.html |archive-date=September 29, 2012 }}</ref> However the [[Chinese Football Association]], in there attempt to improve the league system did not allow any promotion or relegation in this season and Dalian Sidelong remained in the same league.
Xu Hong caught the attention of top-tier team [[Sichuan Guancheng]] in the 2003 league season where he took them eighth<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china03.html |title=China 2003 |date=18 Apr 2004 |access-date=2012-09-15 |url-status=live |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524145940/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/china03.html |archive-date=May 24, 2011 }}</ref> and then ninth<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china04.html |title=China 2004 |date=7 Apr 2005 |access-date=2012-09-15 |url-status=live |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929192436/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/china04.html |archive-date=September 29, 2012 }}</ref> the following season in the league. These unremarkable performances saw Xu Hong leave at the end of the 2004 league season. He would not work in management until the 2006 league season with consistent relegation contenders [[Chongqing Lifan F.C.]], however despite his best efforts his reign at Chongqing was extremely disappointing and they were relegated at the end of the season, which saw the immediate departure of Xu Hong.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china06.html |title=China 2006 |date=8 Mar 2007 |access-date=2012-09-15 |url-status=live |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929192532/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/china06.html |archive-date=September 29, 2012 }}</ref>
Despite being out of management for two seasons Xu Hong's ties were strong enough for him to be given the assistant post at [[Dalian Shide F.C.]] in 2008 to [[Milorad Kosanović]]. However Milorad Kosanović left as Head Coach after a very disappointing season which saw them fight against relegation. Xu Hong was brought in as a temporary Head Coach, yet impressed many at the end of the season with his coaching skills and was offered a permanent position. His resignation was accepted after a 1–2 home loss against [[Tianjin Teda F.C.|Tianjin Teda]] on May 15, 2010.
==Match fixing== {{See also|2003–2009 Chinese football match-fixing scandals}} On February 19, 2013, Xu was given a 5-year suspension from all football activity after it was discovered by the [[Chinese Football Association]] that he manipulated a match while he was manager of [[Sichuan Guancheng]]. The match in question was the league game between Sichuan Guancheng against [[Shaanxi Guoli F.C.]] on September 21, 2003, in a game that Sichuan actually won 5–1.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sports.163.com/13/0220/07/8O51TQ6O00051C89.html|title=媒体分析徐弘实为实德系替罪羊 已难找假球证据|publisher=sports.163.com|date=2013-02-20|access-date=2013-02-23|archive-date=2013-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224111312/http://sports.163.com/13/0220/07/8O51TQ6O00051C89.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Chinese FA claim that the General manager of Shaanxi Guoli, Wang Po told Xu to manipulate the game, however Xu has gone on to proclaim his innocence by pointing out that his team actually won the game and that he never received a penny from Wang Po who has already received a life-ban from football.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sports.163.com/13/0222/04/8O9RBK9300051C89.html|title=十年前王珀打假球澳彩赔7000万 十年后徐弘中招|publisher=sports.163.com|date=2013-02-22|access-date=2013-02-23|archive-date=2013-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517224503/http://sports.163.com/13/0222/04/8O9RBK9300051C89.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Honours==
===Player=== *[[Chinese Jia-A League]]: 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000
===Manager=== *[[China League Two]]: 2001
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://sports.sina.com.cn/star/xuhong/index.shtml] Profile at Sina *{{NFT player|pid=18546}}
{{China Squad 1992 AFC Asian Cup}} {{China Squad 1996 AFC Asian Cup}} {{Dalian Aerbin F.C. managers}}
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