{{short description|Chinese footballer}} {{family name hatnote|[[Zhao (surname)|Zhao]]|lang=Chinese}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Zhao Junzhe <br> 肇俊哲 | fullname = Zhao Junzhe | image = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1979|4|19}} | birth_place = [[Shenyang]], [[Liaoning]], China | currentclub = | clubnumber = | height = 1.83 m | position = [[Midfielder]] | youthyears1= 1985–1997 | youthclubs1= [[Liaoning F.C.|Liaoning FC]] | years1= 1998–2016 | clubs1= [[Liaoning F.C.|Liaoning FC]] | caps1= 405 | goals1 = 51 | nationalyears1= 1998–2008 | nationalteam1= [[China national football team|China]] | nationalcaps1= 71 | nationalgoals1 = 2 |manageryears1 = 2017 |managerclubs1 = [[Liaoning F.C.|Liaoning FC]] (caretaker) |manageryears2 = 2022 |managerclubs2 = [[China national football team|China]] (assistant) |manageryears3 = 2022 |managerclubs3 = [[Guangzhou City F.C.|Guangzhou City]] (caretaker) |manageryears4 = 2023–2024 |managerclubs4 = [[Cangzhou Mighty Lions F.C.|Cangzhou Mighty Lions]] | pcupdate = 10 September 2016 | ntupdate = 30 October 2016 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[association football|football]]}} {{MedalCountry | {{CHN}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[[AFC Asian Cup]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[2004 AFC Asian Cup|2004 China]]|[[2004 AFC Asian Cup squads#China|Team]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[1998 Asian Games|1998 Bangkok]]|[[Football at the 1998 Asian Games|Football]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[EAFF E-1 Football Championship|East Asian Football Championship]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[2003 East Asian Football Championship|2003 Japan]]|[[2003 East Asian Football Championship Final squads#China|Team]]}} {{MedalBronze | [[2008 East Asian Football Championship|2008 China]] | [[2008 East Asian Football Championship Final squads#China|Team]]}} }}
'''Zhao Junzhe''' ({{zh|s= 肇俊哲|t=肇俊哲|p=Zhào Jùnzhé}}; born 19 April 1979) is a [[Chinese people|Chinese]] football coach and former professional footballer who was most recently the manager of [[Chinese Super League]] club [[Cangzhou Mighty Lions F.C.|Cangzhou Mighty Lions]]. He spent his entire playing career at [[Liaoning F.C.|Liaoning FC]]. He's related to the ruling clan of the former [[Qing]] imperial dynasty, the [[Aisin-Gioro]] clan.
==Club career== Zhao Junzhe was promoted to [[Liaoning F.C.]]'s first team from the club's youth academy and made his debut in the 1998 season. He continued to be a vital member for Liaoning that season when he aided them to being runners-up and the [[Chinese FA Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/star/zhao_junzhe/index.shtml|title=姓名：肇俊哲|publisher=sports.sina.com.cn|access-date=2012-09-24}}</ref> He was soon promoted to club captain and won the [[Chinese Football Association]] Player of the Year award in 2004. The following seasons saw the club's fortunes fall and Zhao unfortunately led the team to relegation to the second tier at the end of the 2008 season. Despite this setback, he remained with the team and immediately led Liaoning back up to the top tier when they won the second tier title in the 2009 season. Zhao announced his retirement from football at the end of the 2016 season. On 30 October 2016, he made last appearance in his career in a league match against [[Jiangsu Suning F.C.|Jiangsu Suning]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.sohu.com/20161031/n471820084.shtml|title=肇俊哲辉煌球员生涯落幕 辽足19年忠魂创造历史|publisher=sports.sohu.com |date=2016-10-31|access-date=2016-10-31}}</ref>
==International career== Zhao was included into the [[China national football team|Chinese national team]] by then manager [[Bora Milutinović]] for the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/team_pages/china/squad/newsid_1997000/1997881.stm|title=BBC SPORT |publisher=news.bbc.co.uk|date=29 May 2002|access-date=2012-09-24}}</ref> Though his chances were limited on the national team at the time, he did play in two group stage matches during the tournament and nearly scored by hitting the post against [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=189374/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071201202341/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=189374/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 1, 2007|title=Zhao Junzhe |publisher=fifa.com|access-date=2012-09-24}}</ref> He played a vital role in the [[2004 AFC Asian Cup]] in which China finished the tournament as runners-up.
==Managerial career== On 29 September 2017, Zhao was appointed as the caretaker manager of [[Liaoning F.C.|Liaoning FC]], who sat at the bottom of the league table.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/j/2017-09-29/doc-ifymkwwk7011046.shtml|title=辽足保级关键时期突然换帅 洋帅离任肇俊哲接手|publisher=sina|date=2017-09-29|access-date=2017-10-17}}</ref> On 14 October, in his first game as manager, he guided Liaoning to a 3–3 draw against second place team [[Shanghai SIPG]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/j/2017-10-14/doc-ifymviyp1172180.shtml|title=肇俊哲:这才是辽足真实水平 我的情怀只是一方面|publisher=sina|date=2017-10-14|access-date=2017-10-17}}</ref> However, Liaoning finally relegated to the second tier after losing the last three matches of the season. On 12 December 2017, Zhao's caretaker spell ended when [[Chen Yang (footballer)|Chen Yang]] became the manager of Liaoning.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/j/2017-12-12/doc-ifypnsip9984704.shtml|title=二进宫!辽足官宣陈洋重掌球队 签三年盼早回中超|publisher=sina|date=2017-12-12|access-date=2017-12-12}}</ref>
On 21 February 2023, Zhao was appointed as the head coach of [[Chinese Super League]] club [[Cangzhou Mighty Lions F.C.|Cangzhou Mighty Lions]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sports.sina.com.cn/china/j/2023-02-21/doc-imyhniyv2223153.shtml|title=官方：肇俊哲担任沧州雄狮主帅 已带队在佛山集结|publisher=Sina Sports|date=2023-02-21|access-date=2023-02-21}}</ref> On 16 July 2024, he swapped positions with [[Li Xiaopeng (footballer)|Li Xiaopeng]] to become the team's general manager.<ref>{{Cite web |title=沧州雄狮官方：李霄鹏出任主帅，肇俊哲任总经理兼技术总监 |url=https://dongqiudi.com/article/4401564.html|date=2024-07-15|access-date=2024-07-16 |website=dongqiudi.com}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|30 October 2016}} <ref>{{cite news | url= http://www.sodasoccer.com/search/player/51/101335/1049C31C21A6B3B5.shtml | title= 肇俊哲 | work= sodasoccer.com | access-date= 2016-10-30 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! colspan=3 | Club performance ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | Cup ! colspan=2 | League Cup ! colspan=2 | Continental ! colspan=2 | Others ! colspan=2 | Total |- ! Season !! Club !! League ! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals |- ! colspan=3 | China PR ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | [[Chinese FA Cup|FA Cup]] ! colspan=2 | [[Chinese Super League Cup|CSL Cup]] ! colspan=2 | [[Asian Football Confederation|Asia]] ! colspan=2 | Others ! colspan=2 | Total |- |1998||rowspan="19"|[[Liaoning F.C.]]||Chinese Jia-B League|| ||3|| || ||-||-||-||-||-||-|| ||3 |- |[[Chinese Jia-A League 1999|1999]]||rowspan="5"|[[Chinese Jia-A League]]||25||3||0||0||-||-||-||-||-||-||25||3 |- |[[Chinese Jia-A League 2000|2000]]||24||4||4||1||-||-||-||-||1{{efn|Appearances in [[Chinese Football Super Cup]]}}||0||29||5 |- |[[Chinese Jia-A League 2001|2001]]||25||4||1||1||-||-||-||-||-||-||26||5 |- |[[Chinese Jia-A League 2002|2002]]||27||3||5||1||-||-||-||-||-||-||32||4 |- |[[Chinese Jia-A League 2003|2003]]||27||5||3||3||-||-||-||-||-||-||30||8 |- |[[Chinese Super League 2004|2004]]||rowspan="5"|[[Chinese Super League]]||21||3||1||0||0||0||-||-||-||-||22||3 |- |[[Chinese Super League 2005|2005]]||15||0||2||1||3||0||-||-||-||-||20||1 |- |[[Chinese Super League 2006|2006]]||28||3||1||0||-||-||-||-||-||-||29||3 |- |[[Chinese Super League 2007|2007]]||28||4||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||28||4 |- |[[Chinese Super League 2008|2008]]||29||4||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||29||4 |- |[[2009 China League One|2009]]||rowspan="1"|[[China League One]]||24||5||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||24||5 |- |[[Chinese Super League 2010|2010]]||rowspan="7"|[[Chinese Super League]]||29||0||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||29||0 |- |[[2011 Chinese Super League|2011]]||28||5||0||0||-||-||-||-||-||-||28||5 |- |[[2012 Chinese Super League|2012]]||26||4||4||1||-||-||-||-||-||-||30||5 |- |[[2013 Chinese Super League|2013]]||24||1||1||0||-||-||-||-||-||-||25||1 |- |[[2014 Chinese Super League|2014]]||20||3||1||0||-||-||-||-||-||-||21||3 |- |[[2015 Chinese Super League|2015]]||2||0||0||0||-||-||-||-||-||-||2||0 |- |[[2016 Chinese Super League|2016]]||3||0||0||0||-||-||-||-||-||-||3||0 |- ! colspan=3 | Career total !405||51||23||8||3||0||0||0||1||0||432||59 |} {{notelist}}
===International=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! colspan=3 | National team |- !Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |1998||8||1 |- |1999||0||0 |- |2000||0||0 |- |2001||0||0 |- |2002||10||1 |- |2003||8||0 |- |2004||20||0 |- |2005||5||0 |- |2006||8||0 |- |2007||5||0 |- |2008||7||0 |- !Total||71||2 |}
===International goals=== :''Results list China's goal tally first.'' {| class="wikitable" ! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Result !! Competition |- | 8 December 1998 || [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]] || {{fb|TJK}} || 3–1 || [[Football at the 1998 Asian Games|1998 Asian Games]] |- | 7 December 2002 || [[Manama]], [[Bahrain]] || {{fb|SYR}} || 3–1 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly international]] |}
===Managerial statistics=== {{Updated|15 July 2024.}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan="2"|Team !rowspan="2"|{{Tooltip|Nat|Club nationality}} !rowspan="2"|From !rowspan="2"|To !colspan="5"|Record |- !{{Tooltip|G|Games managed}}!!{{Tooltip|W|Wins}}!!{{Tooltip|D|Draws}}!!{{Tooltip|L|Losses}}!!{{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}} |- |[[Liaoning F.C.]] (caretaker) |{{flagicon|CHN}} |29 September 2017 |12 December 2017 {{WDL|4|0|1|3}} |- |[[Cangzhou Mighty Lions F.C.|Cangzhou Mighty Lions]] |{{flagicon|CHN}} |21 February 2023 |15 July 2024 {{WDL|51|12|12|27}} |- !colspan="4"|Total {{WDLtot|55|12|13|30}} |}
==Honours== ===Player=== ====Club==== '''[[Liaoning Whowin]]''' *[[China League One]]: [[2009 China League One|2009]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/b/2009-03-28/17414294050.shtml|title=中甲最终积分榜：辽宁冠军南昌冲超成功 四川降级|work=sports.sina.com.cn|date=2009-03-28|access-date=2019-08-06}}</ref> *[[Chinese FA Super Cup]]: [[1999 Chinese Football Super Cup|1999]]
====Individual==== *[[AFC Asian Cup]] All-Star Team: [[2004 AFC Asian Cup|2004]] *[[Chinese Football Association]] Player of the Year: [[2004 Chinese Super League|2004]] *[[Chinese Super League]] Team of the Year: [[Chinese Jia-A League 2002|2002]], [[Chinese Jia-A League 2003|2003]]
==Personal life== Zhao is of [[Manchu people|Manchu ethnicity]] from [[Aisin Gioro|Aisin Gioro clan]]. He is a descendant of Boolungga, who is the brother of [[Giocangga]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.sports.cn/china/chinan/news/2008-02-05/1387239.html|title=国足边缘人：肇俊哲从容少动力 病态大羽不让位|publisher=news.sports.cn|date=2008-02-05|access-date=2012-09-24|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023418/http://news.sports.cn/china/chinan/news/2008-02-05/1387239.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://teamchina.sports.sohu.com/20070928/n252416843.shtml Profile on China national football team official web site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013044954/http://teamchina.sports.sohu.com/20070928/n252416843.shtml |date=13 October 2008 }} *[http://zhaojunzheblog.blog.sohu.com Official blog] *{{NFT player|1477}} *{{FIFA|189374}} *[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/team_pages/china/squad/newsid_1997000/1997881.stm 2002 China team profile at BBC website]
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