Tian Ye (footballer) explained

Tian Ye
田野
Birth Date:14 January 1972
Birth Place:Changsha, Hunan, China
Currentclub:Guangzhou Glorious (goalkeeper coach)
Years1:1994–1997
Years2:1999–2002
Years3:2003–2006
Clubs3:Zhejiang Greentown
Manageryears1:2007–2009
Manageryears2:2010
Manageryears3:2011
Manageryears4:2012–2014
Manageryears5:2017
Manageryears6:2017–
Managerclubs1:Hangzhou Greentown (goalkeeper coach)
Managerclubs2:Guangzhou Evergrande (goalkeeper coach)
Managerclubs3:Guangzhou Youth (goalkeeper coach)
Managerclubs4:Guangdong Sunray Cave (goalkeeper coach)
Managerclubs5:Hainan Seamen (goalkeeper coach)
Managerclubs6:Guangzhou Glorious (goalkeeper coach)
Pcupdate:1 Jan 2011

Tian Ye (; born January 14, 1972) is a retired Chinese football player who used to play as a goalkeeper. He is now a goalkeeping coach of China Amateur Football League side Guangzhou Glorious.

Playing career

Tian Ye would start his career playing for his hometown club Hunan Laifu in the second tier of the Chinese pyramid. With Hunan he would achieve very little with them and even unfortunately see the club relegated to the third tier at the end of the 1995 league season before the club decided to dissolve at the end of the 1997 league campaign.[1] Tian was eventually allowed to leave the club and would join second tier club Guangzhou Apollo where he would gradually establish himself within the squad for the next several seasons. By the 2003 league season another second tier club Zhejiang Greentown were looking for a reliable goalkeeper and in Tian Ye they would find a goalkeeper who would aid them from being a mid-table club to genuine promotion contenders, eventually achieving its aim when the club came second in the 2006 league season and Tian decided that it was a good time to retire.[2]

Coaching career

After he retired from Zhejiang Greentown the newly appointed manager of the team Zhou Suian asked him to return to the club as a goalkeeper coach, which Tian agreed to on May 18, 2007.[3] Despite being new to coaching and with a squad recently promoted Tian seemed to get the best out of his goalkeepers in his first season where he aided the club to a mid-table finish. His reign as the goalkeeping coach lasted until September 20, 2009, when Zhou Suian was sacked from the management position and as part of his team Tian was also let go.[4] He wouldn't have to wait long before he was offered another coaching position this time with Guangzhou Pharmaceutical on December 20, 2009.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: China League 1995. 19 Jun 2003. RSSSF. 2012-08-25.
  2. Web site: China 2006. 8 Mar 2007. RSSSF. 2012-08-25.
  3. Web site: http://sports.sohu.com/20070518/n250086752.shtml. zh:绿城新教练三人组齐亮相 周穗安携嫡传弟子入主. sports.sohu.com. 2007-05-18. 2012-08-25. zh.
  4. Web site: http://www.goalchina.net/html/2009/09/24/2009092406452917.htm. zh:中途换帅,绿城传统. goalchina.net. 2009-09-24. 2012-08-25. zh. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120303092831/http://www.goalchina.net/html/2009/09/24/2009092406452917.htm. 2012-03-03.
  5. Web site: http://sports.xinmin.cn/2009/12/20/3115896.html. zh:田野出任广足守门员教练 新球队将租广药设施. sports.xinmin.cn. 2009-12-20. 2012-08-25. zh. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120308021053/http://sports.xinmin.cn/2009/12/20/3115896.html. 2012-03-08.