Shang Ruihua Explained

Shang Ruihua (born 18 November 1944) is a Chinese football coach, who led the China women's national football team on two separate occasions.

He guided the home nation to a quarter final place at the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup during his first spell in charge from 1987 until 1991.[1] When Élisabeth Loisel was sacked by the Chinese Football Association in 2008, Shang, known as the godfather of Chinese women's football, retook the position after 17 years.[2] He led the team into the 2008 Summer Olympics but resigned in 2010 after failing to qualify for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.[3]

In 1994 - 95 he coached the Chinese Taipei women's national football team.

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20081206162134/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/94/37/67/internetreportoly08v2.pdf Report and Statistics
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305104106/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/womensolympic/beijing2008/news/newsid=738440/index.html China's Godfather takes charge
  3. http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-womens-asian-cup-2010/29189-jpn-v-chn-reaction Shang steps down from Steel Roses