Guo Yijun

Guo Yijun (Chinese: 郭亿军; born 23 September 1963), also spelled as Guo Jijun,[2] is a Chinese association football coach and a former defender or midfielder who represented his country with the senior national team, and with the national 1988 Summer Olympics selection.[1][2]

Guo Yijun
Personal information
Date of birth (1963-09-23)23 September 1963[1]
Place of birth Xingning, Guangdong, China
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 10.9 in)
Position(s) Defender / Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1993 Guangdong
National team
1986–1992 China 42 (1)
1988 China Olympic 3 (0)
Teams managed
1994 Guangdong Hongyuan F.C. (Assist)
1997 Guangdong Hongyuan F.C.
2009 Guangdong U-16
2018–2019 Hainan Boying (caretaker)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
In this Chinese name, the family name is Guo.

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. 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.com. 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.


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