On the evening of March 4, the Chinese Football Association announced the new training list of the 2003 age group U19 national youth team through official channels. The team will train in Shanghai from March 14 to April 5, 2022, in preparation for the 2023 U20 Asian Cup qualifiers. It is worth noting that as a meritorious member of the achievement of the Domestic Professional Football Dominance of the Chinese Super League Guangzhou (Evergrande) team, the 35-year-old former international Huang Bowen joined the coaching team of this national team for the first time as a trainer.
Huang Bowen
Judging from the recent preparations for the national team of men's football at all levels, in addition to the representatives of outstanding players in the early days of the domestic professional league represented by Li Xiaopeng, Cheng Yaodong and Yang Chen, who have ascended to the national team, the 2001 age group national Olympic team, and the 2006 age group national junior team coach, Zhao Junzhe, Sun Jihai, Zheng Zhi, Wang Yun, Hu Zhaojun, Yang Zhi, Lu Bofei and other representatives of former international footballers or former outstanding professional players in the post-70s and post-80s age groups have successively embarked on the national brand coaching stage. Obviously, in the process of fully promoting the construction of national teams at all levels, the Chinese Football Association also pays special attention to the cultivation of "teachers", especially the "elite" forces.
With the announcement of the first training camp of the 2003 age group U19 national youth men's football team this year, the training plan of all teams at all levels of the national brand at the beginning of the new year has been finalized. It is worth noting that in this issue of the U19 national youth team coaching team list, the name of former international Huang Bowen appeared for the first time. This also indicates that the veteran who participated in the Top 12 of the World Preliminary Tournament in Russia as the main player of the national football team has become a foregone conclusion in the new season. Huang Bowen will start a new journey in football on the coaching stage.
Wang Yun
In fact, Huang Bowen can "seamlessly dock", and his identity is quickly transformed from a professional player to a national youth team trainer, thanks to the "welfare" created by the Chinese Football Association - the Chinese Football Association provides a practical platform for outstanding retired players, specially arranges for them to enter the national brand teams at all levels, and encourages them to participate in the certification training courses for coaches at all levels in a timely manner. At the same time as Huang Bowen arrived at the team, former international Yang Zhi, former Jiangsu team captain Lu Bofei, Liu Cheng, Sun Ji and Zhang Xinxin, who had been selected for the national team, also participated in the coaching work of the U19 national youth team as trainers. In addition, as the executive committee of the Chinese Football Association, former international Shao Jiayi also serves as the team's team leader and assistant coach, while former international Du Zhenyu is also an assistant coach. The reason why Huang Bowen, Zhang Xinxin and others are "trainers" is because they only have the A-level or higher coaching certification qualification certified by the Chinese Football Association according to the regulations, in order to coach the national team and the Chinese Super League team as an assistant coach or head coach.
Judging from the recent team formation, the national teams at all levels have collected a number of retired professional players, including former internationals. For example, Xue Shen, who has been assisting Li Tie as the national men's football physical fitness coach in the first six rounds of the Qatar World Preliminary Round of 40 and the top 12 matches, served as a scientific researcher in the U19 national football team in this period.
Zhao Junzhe
At present, in addition to the 1999 age group U23 national football team and the 2003 age group U19 national youth team with two foreign coaches as coaches respectively, the national men's football team, the 2001 age group national youth team (the new national Olympic team) and the 2006 age group U17 national junior team are respectively played by local coaches Li Xiaopeng, Cheng Yaodong and Yang Chen. Like Li Tie, who left the national football coach position during the round of 12, they are excellent professional players and international football representatives in different periods. They were able to take office thanks both to their own strength and the "cultivation" of the Chinese Football Association. In fact, some of the current head coaches and assistant coaches of domestic professional leagues have also received more successful training in the coaching positions of national teams. For example, Li Jinyu, the current coach of the Wuhan team of the Chinese Super League, entered the national team for the first time as a "trainer" in 2011. At that time, he assisted Li Xiaopeng in coaching the national women's football team. Nowadays, he has obtained professional coaching certification qualifications, and naturally has the "hardware conditions" to serve as the manager of the national brand and The Chinese Super League team.
It is worth noting that due to the nature of the preparation task, the length of the preparation period, the foreign coach and other factors, the number of former international footballers or outstanding retired professional players absorbed by the coaching teams of different countries is also different. For example, the national men's football team has recruited 6 former international footballers Gao Yao, Zhao Junzhe, Sun Jihai, Zheng Zhi, Ou Chuliang and Li Leilei; the well-known former professional players participating in the 2006 age group U17 national junior team are assistant coach Ma Quan, goalkeeper coach Yang Jun and trainer Hu Zhaojun; the well-known former professional players who participated in the 1999 age group U23 national football team only assisted Xu Jining and trainer Wan Houliang; and the well-known former professional players who participated in the 2001 age group U21 national youth team (new national Olympic team) coached only former international Wang Yun.
Zheng Zhi
The Chinese Football Association arranges representatives of outstanding former international footballers and former professional players to enter the coaching team of national brands at all levels, on the one hand, it is also hoped that they can pass on the valuable business experience accumulated in the player era to the young generation of national brand players in a timely manner, on the other hand, it is also hoped that they can quickly get started in the coaching position, while learning theoretical knowledge, on the other hand, enriching business practice, and preparing for the future playing the protagonist of the domestic football coaching stage. In the view of industry insiders, if China's football human resources want to achieve optimization, they need to start from many aspects such as player selection and teacher strength. This talent training model also pursues a win-win effect for all parties.
Text/Beiqing Sports Xiao Zhao