Chinese football star Zeng Xuelin died and was the coach of Shenzhen Ping An

Chinese football star Zeng Xuelin died at his home in Shenzhen on February 11 at the age of 86. Zeng Xuelin is a former head coach of the Chinese men's football team and a former coach of Shenzhen Ping An.

Zeng Xuelin's personal information and biography

Born in Thailand on December 2, 1929, he returned to his hometown of Meixian District, Meizhou City, Guangdong Province, at the age of 7. He graduated from high school in the summer of 1949, joined the revolution in early November 1949, joined the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and entered the fourth branch of the Second Field Army in Guangzhou. He joined the Communist Youth League in 1950. In the same year, he entered the Military and Political University of Yunnan Military Region.

In 1951, he joined the football team of the Southwest Military Region Sports Brigade and represented the football team of the Yunnan Military Region. In 1954, he was transferred to the Bayi team, and in September of that year, he was transferred to China

The youth football team went to Hungary to study and train, and in October 1955, he returned to China to join the national second team (white team). In April 1957, he transferred to the Tianjin Football Team and served as the captain of the Tianjin Football Team. From February 1959 to 1972, he served as the head coach of Tianjin Football Team. In 1960, he joined the Communist Party of China. During his time in tianjin football team, he led the Tianjin football team to win the national football league championship, the FA Cup championship, the national games football championship, trained 20 or 30 athletes, and served as a member of the Tianjin Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. In 1972, he was transferred to Beijing as the head coach of the Beijing Youth Football Team, and from 1973 to 1982, he was transferred to the Beijing Football First Team as the head coach. During the period of leading the Beijing football team, he won the national football league championship, the runner-up of the National Games, trained nearly 20 athletes for the Beijing football team, and was awarded the title of first class merit, second class merit and advanced worker in Beijing.

From the beginning of 1983 to 1985, he served as the head football coach of the Chinese national team, and led the national team to the runner-up of the 8th Asian Cup.

On May 19, 1985, the national team led by Zeng Xuelin lost 1-2 at home to Hong Kong in the final home match of the East Asian group stage of the World Cup qualifiers, failed to achieve the task of qualifying for the World Cup, resigned, and no longer engaged in football work, until 1998, Zeng Xuelin re-emerged at the age of 69, replaced Xiao Duyin as the head coach of the 98 A promotion team Shenzhen Ping'an team, and then changed to the team leader due to age and formalities, assisting South Korean coach Che Fangen, so that the Shenzhen team was relegated.

On May 19, 1985, the Chinese team led by Zeng Xuelin competed in the 13th World Cup qualifiers, facing the Chinese Hong Kong team in Beijing, and under the situation that the draw could be qualified, the Chinese team with 28 shots in the final game lost 1-2 to the Chinese Hong Kong team that only shot 6 times. The fans wept bitterly about this, they surrounded the players on both sides, smashed public facilities, and demanded a dialogue with the leaders of the Football Association, resulting in the sensational "May 19 Incident".

Although Zeng Xuelin eventually resigned, the fans did not let him go, they sent Zeng Xuelin blades, ropes, Zeng Xuelin once even went out to take a bath with the players as bodyguards. The windows of my home, I don't know how many times the fans have stoned them. Under such circumstances, the wife had to ask the then team leader Zhang Junxiu to look at him more, afraid that he would not be able to withstand the pressure and could not open it. But then, as time passed, fans began to understand him, and the impact slowly faded.

The impact has faded, and Zeng Xuelin has also been able to calm down and think about the reasons for his failure. "He believes that Chinese football is not a mistake of the ball, if it is not changed from the system, it will not lose to Hong Kong, China, and it will also lose to other second- and third-rate teams in Asia." Zeng Xuelin had wanted to try it out. To this end, he got support from his uncle Zeng Xianzi and set up a "Jinlilai" football team, with himself as the head coach, backed by Zeng Xianzi, and the problem of money did not have to worry at all, but he really knew that his idea was too advanced. He simply doesn't want to come to the player, and if he is hired at a high salary, the coaches of other teams will have an opinion of him. He finally knew that the rigid system that had been formed over the years was not something he had been able to take the lead in breaking. The "Jinli Lai" football team also died halfway through.

Zeng Xuelin said in an interview, "The progress of Teams such as Thailand and Vietnam in recent years cannot be ignored, and the most important reason is to grasp technology and straighten out the system." "He said he knew 10 years ago that they would pose a major threat to Chinese football." Because people's paths are right, no matter how fast or slow they go, they can always reach their destination. We rot in the roots, and the branches and leaves above cannot flourish. ”