54-year-old Fan Zhiyi served as the middle of the middle league] 14 years old, after 14 years

On the evening of April 7, Beijing time, the latest news from the well-known reporter Ding Xu that Gao Mingqi, the coach of the Liaoning Iron Man of the Chinese League, stepped down, and the 54-year-old legendary defender Fan Zhiyi of the national football team will replace him as the new coach of the team.

In the last round of the Liaoning Iron Man home match against Suzhou Dongwu, Fan Zhiyi has appeared at the Shenyang Olympic Sports site, which also confirms from the side that Fan Zhiyi is about to take over the team. It is reported that Sun Wei and Xiao Zhanbo will become assistant coaches to assist Fan Zhiyi in coaching the Liaoning Iron Man Club.

In the new season, Liaoning Iron Man performed poorly, with only 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses in 5 rounds, and ranked 11th in the standings with 5 points. On the 13th, the match between Liaoning Iron Man and Dalian InBev in the 6th round of the Chinese League is very likely to become the first game led by Fan Zhiyi after coaching.

Born in 1969, Fan Zhiyi plays as a central defender and is a legendary star of the Chinese men's national football team, he has led the team to the 2002 South Korea-Japan World Cup, and has won the Chinese Footballer of the Year twice, the Asian Footballer of the Year once, and as a defender, he has also won the Golden Boot of the A-League.

After retiring, Fan Zhiyi had a brief coaching career, and in 2010, after the 11th National Games, Fan Zhiyi followed his mentor Xu Genbao as the head coach of the East Asian team. In the 2010 season of the Chinese League, due to the failure to lead the team to the overtake, Fan Zhiyi no longer served as the head coach of the East Asian team. Now with him taking over the Liaoning Ironman Club, this will also be Fan Zhiyi's first time in 14 years.