Guo Ruilong
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Guo Ruilong | ||
| Date of birth | 1 December 1943 | ||
| Place of birth | Kunming, Yunnan, China | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | None | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1960–1963 | Beijing Youth | ||
| 1964 | Beijing Workers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1965–1975 | Beijing Team | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1976 | Inner Mongolia | ||
| 1977–1985 | Beijing Youth | ||
| 1986 | China U-17 | ||
| 1988–1989 | China U-20 | ||
| 2000–2001 | Chengdu Wuniu | ||
| 2005 | Shenzhen Jianlibao (caretaker) | ||
| 2005 | Shenzhen Jianlibao (caretaker) | ||
| 2008 | Anhui Jiufang | ||
| 2008 | Wenzhou Tomorrow | ||
| 2013 | Hebei Zhongji | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Guo Ruilong (simplified Chinese: 郭瑞龙; traditional Chinese: 郭瑞龍; pinyin: Guō Ruìlóng; born 1 December 1943 in Kunming, Yunnan) is a Chinese football coach and former footballer.
Career
Borned in Kunming, Guo returned to his hometown Beijing in 1946 after the Second Sino-Japanese War ended. He began his football career for Beijing Team's youth team and later graduated to the senior team in 1965. He became a football coach after his retirement in 1975. He served for Inner Mongolia, Beijing Youth and China national youth between 1976 and 1989.[1] In 1990, Guo was appointed as the assistant coach of Beijing Team.
On 9 May 2000, Guo joined Chinese Jia-B League club Chengdu Wuniu who struggled in the bottom of league,[2] and helped the club stay in the second tier for the next season. He was sacked by Chengdu on 16 September 2001.[3] He became the assistant coach of top tier club Shenzhen Ping'an in December 2001.[4] He was appointed as the team's manager on 17 May 2005 after Chi Shangbin's dismission.[5] Despite severe financial problems, Guo led Shenzhen to reach the 2005 AFC Champions League semi-finals before heavily defeated by UAE champions Al Ain 6–0. He was suddenly sacked on 14 October 2005.[6]
Guo returned to football in December 2007 when he accepted the invitation of China League One club Anhui Jiufang.[7] On 15 April 2008, he resigned from the team due to "health problems".[8] He joined China League Two club Wenzhou Tomorrow in June 2008.[9] Guo became the manager of League Two club Hebei Zhongji on 16 August 2013.[10] Although Hebei Zhongji won promotion in the 2013 season by finishing the runners-up in League Two, he didn't extent his contract and left the club.[11]