With the official announcement of the Guangzhou team, for the first time in 12 years, there is no name of The legend of the Chinese Super League, Zheng Zhi, which also means that the cooperation between the two sides has ended, whether it is to continue to be a player or transform as a coach, at least for the time being, it will not be in the Guangzhou team. Then naturally there will be fans to ask where Zheng Zhi is going, it is still unknown, but the 42-year-old Zheng Zhi basically confirmed his retirement, after all, he has missed the registration, and Zheng Zhi has been in the national football coaching team before, nor is it a player identity, retirement is basically a foregone conclusion, the future is still basically to develop in the coaching field, last year has served as the executive coach of the Guangzhou team, the starting point of independent coaching is still very high.
It should be said that Zheng Zhi's coaching ability is still good, after all, he led the team to win the third place in the league, and the Guangzhou team has always been coached by a big-name foreign coach, from Lee Zhangsu, who is good at physical training, to Lippi, a tactical master, to scolari, and the scheming Scolari, as well as the player ceiling Cannavaro, it can be said that whether it is as a player, or as an assistant coach, Zheng Zhi feels different styles of famous coaches, and because Zheng Zhi has always been the core player of the Guangzhou team and also the commander on the field, the coach will tell Zheng Zhi the core content, The latter naturally grows faster.
However, what stands in the way of Zheng Zhi's employment in the Super League is not experience, but coaching qualifications, regarding the qualifications of the Chinese Super League manager, the Football Association clearly requires the need for the AFC Elite Manager Certificate or the same level, such as UEFA professional level coaches, but Zheng Zhi does not have it. At present, Zheng Zhi only holds the recent AFC B-level qualification, which is two levels away from the AFC professional level, which means that Zheng Zhi cannot coach the Chinese Super League in the short term, according to the usual law, Zheng Zhi needs about 2 years to obtain the Chinese Super League coaching qualification, and the fastest calculation will be until the 2024 season.
Of course, the current AFC A-level coach training time is still undecided, so it is not excluded that it will take longer than expected. Of course, if you can get the A class, Zheng Zhi can coach the Chinese First Division team next season, which is also a choice, after all, it is a young coach, after the training of the sub-league is also reasonable, and it is not excluded that some clubs will take the initiative to invite. At present, Zheng Zhi can only enter the Chinese Super League team as an assistant coach or continue to be the executive manager, in addition, due to the favor of Li Xiaopeng, if the latter can continue to coach the national team, then Zheng Zhi can still occupy a place in the coaching staff, which is also conducive to increasing coaching experience.