Guo Yijun

Guo Yijun

Personal information
Date of birth	(1963-09-23) 23 September 1963 (age 61)[1]
Place of birth	Xingning, Guangdong, China
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defender / Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1981–1993	Guangdong
International career
1986–1992	China	42	(1)
1988	China Olympic	3	(0)
Managerial career
1994	Guangdong Winnerway (assistant)
1997	Guangdong Winnerway
2009	Guangdong U-16
2018–2019	Hainan Boying (caretaker)
2024–	Guangdong Mingtu
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

In this Chinese name, the family name is Guo.

Guo Yijun (Chinese: 郭亿军; born 23 September 1963) is a Chinese football manager and former player who is currently the manager of Guangdong Mingtu. In his playing career, he played as a defender or midfielder and represented his country with the senior national team, and with the national 1988 Summer Olympics selection.^[1][2]

Management career

After retiring from playing, Guo would soon move into management and joined his former club, Guangdong as their Assistant coach in the 1994 Chinese league season.^[3] He would go on to then become their Head coach in the 1997 league season.^[4] His tenure at the club was not a success, the team were relegated from the top tier and he left the club.^[5] Guo would move into youth coaching where he worked with the local Guangdong government, coaching the Guangdong U-16 team for the 2009 National Games of China.^[6]

References

1. "Guo Yijun" (in German). weltfussball.de. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
2. "GUO Jijun". FIFA. Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
3. "退出足坛只是权宜之计 宏远还要回来搞足球" (in Chinese). people.com.cn. 29 April 2003. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
4. "强援｜前国脚郭亿军出任富力足校副校长" (in Chinese). gzrffc.com.cn. 17 March 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
5. "China League 1997". RSSSF. 21 June 2003. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
6. "广东主帅：足球不是举重 为何小队员特点被磨灭" (in Chinese). people.com.cn. 26 October 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2018.

External links

• Guo Yijun at National-Football-Teams.com