Zhu Guanghu

{{short description|Chinese football coach and former player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Zhu Guanghu <br> 朱广沪 | image = Zhu Guanghu.jpg | fullname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|9|25|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Shanghai]], [[China]] | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.76|precision=0}} | position = [[Midfielder]] | youthyears1= | youthclubs1= | years1 = 1961–1972 | years2 =1972–1980 | clubs1 = [[Bayi Football Team]] | clubs2 =[[Shanghai Shenhua|Shanghai Football Team]] | caps1= | goals1 = | caps2 = | goals2 = | nationalyears1= | nationalteam1= | nationalcaps1= | nationalgoals1 = | manageryears1 = 1980–1984 | manageryears2 = 1985–1992 | manageryears3 = 1993–1998 | manageryears4 = 1998–1999 | manageryears5 = 2000–2005 | manageryears6 = 2005–2007 | manageryears7 = 2008 | manageryears8 =2009–2010 | managerclubs1 = Shanghai junior youth team | managerclubs2 = China junior youth team | managerclubs3 = Jianlibao youth team | managerclubs4 = [[China national football team|China]] (Assistant) | managerclubs5 = [[Shenzhen Jianlibao]] | managerclubs6 = [[China national football team|China]] | managerclubs7 = [[Wuhan Optics Valley F.C.|Wuhan Guanggu]] | managerclubs8 = [[Shaanxi Neo-China Chanba F.C.|Shaanxi Chanba]] }}

'''Zhu Guanghu''' ({{zh|s=朱广沪|t=朱廣滬|p=Zhū Guǎnghù}}; born 25 September 1949, in [[Shanghai]], [[China]]) is a [[Chinese people|Chinese]] [[Manager (football)|football coach]] and a former player. As a player, he was predominantly remembered for his time at [[Shanghai Shenhua|Shanghai Football Team]] before going into management where he started off as a youth coach before becoming an assistant. He would get his chance at being a Head coach with [[Shenzhen Jianlibao]] where he won the [[2004 Chinese Super League]] title. He would receive recognition for this accomplishment with the [[China national football team|China national team]] position before leaving on 22 August 2007. Since then he has gone on to manage [[Wuhan Optics Valley F.C.|Wuhan Guanggu]] and [[Shaanxi Neo-China Chanba F.C.|Shaanxi Chanba]].

==Playing career== Zhu Guanghu would play as a [[midfielder]] for the top tier club [[Shanghai Shenhua|Shanghai Football Team]]. He played for the national B team on some occasions, but was never a top national player.

==Management career== He chose to coach after retiring as a player and became more known to the public when the Jianlibao youth team, a sponsored Chinese youth team to study and play in [[Brazil]], returned to China in 1998. The team produced promising future stars such as [[Li Jinyu]] and [[Li Tie]]. Later, Zhu joined the China national football team and served as an assistant to the English head coach, [[Bobby Houghton]]. The team then later failed to qualify for the [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] football tournament. Houghton was replaced by [[Bora Milutinovic]] and Zhu left to coach the [[Shenzhen]] Football Team.

On 9 March 2005, the [[Chinese Football Association]] named the Zhu Guanghu as the successor of the Dutch coach, [[Arie Haan]]. Earlier in 2004, Mr. Haan's contract expired as the result of his failure to lead the China national football team into qualification for the [[Football World Cup 2006]]. Zhu's appointment was due to his success in the [[Chinese Super League]] with [[Shenzhen Jianlibao]] Football Club by winning the league's first championship. Other factors also attributed to Zhu's appointment. As a native, Zhu was expected to accept a much lower wage package than a foreign coach and there would be no language barrier. A number of people, including [[FIFA]] president [[Sepp Blatter]] suggested that a native coach would have better communication with the players.

Zhu's short-term goal was to look for talented players and organize a new national football team. His ultimate goal was to lead the China national football team to qualify for the [[2010 Football World Cup]] in [[South Africa]].

In 2005, under Zhu's coach, the China national football team won the [[East Asian Cup]], recording two draws (against [[South Korea]] and [[Japan]]) and one win (against [[North Korea]]). The title, though having not much significance, was the first official championship won by the China national football team.

Zhu has been criticized for his style of play, which tends to be over-defensive, according to some. Many fans of the national team have called for his resignation due to the team's decline in the [[FIFA World Rankings]] and several poor performances. On 18 March 2007, fans attacked his car while he was leaving a [[China Super League|CSL]] match, which he had watched. They verbally insulted him, and the referee of that match who was with him was physically assaulted.

In the [[2007 AFC Asian Cup]], just needing a draw in the last match, the Chinese side conceded three goals from free-kicks in the closing stage of the game against [[Uzbekistan]]. The first time not to qualify for the second round in 27 years, Zhu is strongly criticized for his tactics and submitted his resignation shortly after.

On 5 August, it was confirmed that after a three-month negotiation, Zhu was expected take the position of manager at [[Shenzhen Asia Travel F.C.|Shenzhen Asia Travel]] again that weekend before the match against [[Guangzhou Pharmaceutical F.C.|Guangzhou GPC]]. But on 31 August 2009, he signed a three-year contract with [[Shaanxi Neo-China Chanba F.C.|Shaanxi Chanba]], succeeding newly resigned [[Cheng Yaodong]].

==Honours== ===Manager===

'''[[Shenzhen Jianlibao]]''' *[[Chinese Super League]]: 2004

==Filmography== Zhu Guanghu has acted in at least four films since 1980.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sports.qq.com/a/20151008/049496.htm|title=朱广沪携手任达华再度触电影片在意大利拍摄|date=2015-10-08|language=zh|trans-title=Zhu Guanghu, acting again, to appear in Simon Yam's movie filmed in Italy|newspaper=Oriental Morning Post (东方早报)}}</ref> {|class="wikitable sortable" |- !Year !English title !Original title !Role !class="unsortable"|Notes |- |1980||''Ace! Soccer''||飞吧，足球！||Ding|| |- |1981||''Spring and Autumn in a Small Town''||小城春秋||Bei Xun|| |- |1982||''Morning Song''||晨曲||Swimming coach|| |- |2015||''[[Magic Card]]''||魔卡行动||Scorekeeper|| |}

==See also== *[[Sport in China]] *[[Football in China]] *[[China national under-23 football team]] *[[China women's national football team]]

==References== <references />

==External links== *[http://www.fa.org.cn/ Chinese Football Association] {{in lang|zh}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070206072515/http://www.fifa.com/en/organisation/confederations/associationdetails/0,1483,CHN,00.html?countrycode=CHN FIFA profile: China PR] / [https://web.archive.org/web/20061212044206/http://www.fifa.com/en/mens/results/resultsdetails/0,2962,,00.html?param7=1&dd=0&param5=ALL&select13=CHN&select14=ALL&radiobutton=ALL Results] / [https://web.archive.org/web/20070303135320/http://fifa.com/en/mens/fixtures/index/0,3721,0-CHN-ALL,00.html Fixtures] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070216002954/http://www.the-afc.com/english/national/default_NA.asp?nationalID=79 AFC profile: China PR] *[http://www.sinosoc.com/ Sinosoc], comprehensive English-language news site on Chinese football

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