On the evening of April 17, Beijing time, Changchun Yatai Club officially announced that the 49-year-old Xie Hui was officially appointed as the new coach of the team. Xie Hui will replace Chen Yang and lead Yatai to the Chinese Super League this season, with the remaining league matches in the FA Cup.
The 49-year-old Xie Hui played as a striker when he was a player, and has played for Shanghai Shenhua and Chongqing Lifan, and has also stayed in Germany to play for Aachen, Fürth and Wayne Wiesbaden. In addition, Xie Hui was also selected for the Chinese men's national football team, scoring 9 goals in 20 games for the country.
After retiring in 2009, Xie Hui worked as an assistant coach, youth coach and reserve coach at Shanghai Shenhua, Shanghai Lucky Star and Shanghai Port. In 2020, Xie Hui served as the head coach of the first team for the first time and led Nantong Zhiyun to compete in the Chinese League. In August 2021, Xie Hui resigned as head coach due to controversial remarks. In 2022, Xie Hui will become the coach of the Dalian team, implement the football concept of "pressing and playing", and become one of the best local young coaches in domestic football today.
In 2023, Dalian people will be demoted and announced their dissolution, and Xie Hui has been unemployed so far. Previously, Xie Hui had been associated with the Guangxi team of the Chinese League, but in the end he chose to take over Yatai and return to coach in the Chinese Super League.
In this season's Chinese Super League, Yatai only accumulated 3 points in the first 6 rounds of 1 draw and 5 losses, and recently suffered 4 consecutive defeats and ranked at the bottom of the standings. On the 20th of this month, Yatai will be a guest to challenge Wuhan Three Towns, which will also be Xie Hui's debut as a coach of Yatai.