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Fan Zhiyi, a popular celebrity in Chinese football, has always been known for his outspokenness and arrogance, and now young people know him mostly from his frequent appearances in variety shows, as well as his young third wife and beautiful daughter.
However, many people may have overlooked that Fan Zhiyi was once the double captain of the national football team and Shanghai Shenhua, the Asian Footballer of the Year, and led the national football team to the 2002 South Korea-Japan World Cup. In addition, he also played for Crystal Palace in League One and was favored by Premier League giants Liverpool, but unfortunately missed Liverpool because of the national team's mission.
Fan Zhiyi's achievements and honors in his playing career are almost unique in Chinese football. However, after retiring, he failed to continue to break through in domestic football because of his fiery temper. Compared to many of his teammates at Shenhua, who are now head coaches or assistant coaches of Chinese Super League teams, Fan Zhiyi can only work as an academy coach at a football school.
In fact, Fan Zhiyi also coached the Chinese Second and Chinese First teams for a short time. In the 2007 season, he was the head coach of Suzhou Tops in the second division, but he resigned after just five months due to a dispute with the club.
After that, Fan Zhiyi joined his mentor Xu Genbao's team, Shanghai East Asia, as a head coach. However, after failing to make it to the top in 2010, Fan was sacked at the end of the season and has not managed any senior team since.
As one of the most important players in the Shanghai Shenhua team that year, Fan Zhiyi has always wanted to coach a truly professional team.
As early as 2011, he obtained the domestic professional level coaching qualification certificate. However, he never found the opportunity to coach a team in the domestic league. Previously, fans in Shanghai had called for Fan Zhiyi to be the head coach of the Shenhua team, but this was just wishful thinking on the part of the fans.
Now, Fan Zhiyi's dream of being a head coach has finally come true. According to reports, he will officially take over as the head coach of the Shanghai Old Boys team, leading the team to participate in this season's Old League A. Now he is the head coach of the Shanghai team, and he has only one goal, which is to win the championship of the old A League.
As a result, he also recruited a number of strong reinforcements to join the Shanghai Old Boys, including his teammates Xie Hui and Mao Jianqing in the Shenhua team, and Rong Hao, who briefly played for Shanghai Shenhua in the 2018 season.
The joining of Xie Hui, Mao Jianqing and Rong Hao has greatly enhanced the strength of the Shanghai team. Now, Fan Zhiyi finally has the opportunity to show his talent in the head coach position and prove his worth in football by leading the Shanghai Old Boys team to win the Old League A title.
There is a remarkable story unfolding - 48-year-old football legend Xie Hui has become the head coach of Dalian Renren. After retiring, he did not relax himself, but continued to train and maintained his excellent figure and fitness. As the former Bundesliga silver boot goalscorer, Xie Hui can still play his sharp knife on the Shanghai team's forward line.
In addition to Xie Hui, there are two players, Mao Jianqing and Rong Hao, both of whom are post-85 players who have just retired. With their form and ability, it is really a piece of cake for them to participate in an amateur league like Lao Jia A.
It can be said that the overall strength of this year's Shanghai Old Boys team is quite good, and they are very hopeful of winning the championship in this season's Old League A.
For Fan Zhiyi, he should also fully grasp this opportunity and show his coaching ability by leading the team to achieve good results. Who knows? Maybe when the Shanghai team wins the championship, there will be a club that invites Fan Zhiyi to be the head coach of the first team... The story is playing out, so let's wait and see!
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