Although sinobo Guoan Club will officially announce the Chinese and foreign members of Schmidt's coaching team later today, through yesterday's afternoon press conference and public training sessions, it is basically possible to confirm the members of Schmidt's core team in advance. In addition to head coach Schmidt and former Chinese coach Tao Wei, who continues to stay in the first team as an assistant coach, the 9 members introduced below will all be new faces on the road to the reconstruction of Sinobo Guoan.
Assistant coach Jim McGuinness, Irishman, rugby star, former Celtic assistant coach;
Assistant and Technical Analyst Richard Kitzbichler, Austrian, former Assistant Coach and Technical Analyst at Red Bull Salzburg; (the first two did not have much specific execution in yesterday's training and do not see the characteristics yet)
Goalkeeper coach Michael Kraft, a German, nicknamed "Tiger", was a former goalkeeper coach at Bremen and briefly served as Goalkeeper Coach at Yongchang, Shijiazhuang last summer, but left two weeks later for technical and tactical reasons; (saw his more unique training style yesterday)
Physiotherapist Steffen Lutz, a German, was a former physiotherapist at Leverkusen and one of Schmidt's team members during his time at the pharmaceutical company;
Assistant teacher and team coordinator Jorn Wolf, German, one of Schmidt's coaching staff during his time at the pharmaceutical factory, when his role in the team was original to Schmidt, playing a key role in communication with different parts of the coaching team, the physiotherapy team and psychological department, and other relevant support personnel, but this March with Schmidt's departure from the pharmaceutical factory, he was also coordinated to go, and he will still play such a role in Guoan;
Fitness coach Oliver Bartlett, he should be the most prominent coaching experience in Schmidt's team at present, who served as the physical coach of the German national team, Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen, was fired by the pharmaceutical factory before Schmidt last December, the German "Bild" had questioned his training method, he arrived in Beijing later than Schmidt, and yesterday's physical coordination training was all completed by the team he led;
Team leader Fu Bin, no need to introduce much, yesterday Fu Guide has been assisting the goalkeeper coach to train goalkeepers, these years Fu Guide should not be less charged, and there is no obstacle to communication with foreign coaches;
Assistant teacher and technical analysis Cheng Jun, graduated from cologne sports institute in Germany, once served as U19 national youth and Dalian Albin assistant teacher and technical analysis, in the technical and tactical analysis level of the business ability is very strong, if you have seen the documentary "Season" that CCTV once made for Albin, you should have an impression of his work and ability;
Team doctor Kim Il, one of the best team doctors in China, has served as a team doctor of national football, national youth, Evergrande and R&F, speaks Korean and English, and he will form a new medical team with Wang Kai, the former guoan team doctor, and two other German rehabilitation engineers.
More accurate information is subject to official announcements from the club.