Xie Feng (footballer) explained

Xie Feng
谢峰
Fullname:Xie Feng
Birth Date:9 April 1966
Birth Place:Shanghai, China
Position:Right-back, Striker
Years1:1988–1997
Clubs1:Beijing Guoan
Caps1:80
Goals1:19
Years2:1998–2001
Clubs2:Shenzhen Pingan
Caps2:51
Goals2:8
Totalcaps:131
Totalgoals:27
Nationalyears1:1996–2000
Nationalteam1:China
Nationalcaps1:17
Nationalgoals1:0
Manageryears1:2006
Managerclubs1:Shenzhen Kingway (interim)
Manageryears2:2009
Managerclubs2:Shenzhen Asia Travel (interim)
Manageryears3:2014
Managerclubs3:Beijing Guoan (interim)
Manageryears4:2016
Managerclubs4:Beijing Guoan (interim)
Manageryears5:2017
Managerclubs5:Beijing Guoan (interim)
Manageryears6:2019–2021
Managerclubs6:Hebei
Manageryears7:2022
Managerclubs7:Beijing Guoan
Pcupdate:15 May 2019 (UTC)

Xie Feng (; born 9 April 1966) is a Chinese former footballer and a manager.

Club career

Xie’s father, Xie Hongjun, is a retired footballer who played for Shanghai Team and the Chinese national team. His mother Zheng Yuru was a sprinter active in the 1950s.[1] Xie Hongjun would move into coaching with the Beijing Youth Team while Xie Feng would progress through the organisation into the senior team by 1988.[2] Initially when Xie Feng started his career at Beijing FC (later renamed Beijing Guoan), he was a striker whose his ability to run 100 metres in 11 seconds was considered a great asset.[3] His speed would be highlighted when he scored against both A.C. Milan and Arsenal in friendlies for Beijing Guoan in 1994 and 1995 respectively.[4]

Xie would be converted to a right-back by head coach Jin Zhiyang to accommodate the striker Gao Hongbo.[5] The move would be a huge success for Xie and he would go on to win the 1996 and 1997 Chinese FA Cup with the club.[6] After spending his whole career in Beijing, Xie joined another top tier club in Shenzhen Pingan where he remained until at the end of the 2001 league season where he spent the whole campaign recovering from injury before deciding to retire from playing and take the advice of the club's Head Zhu Guanghu and move into coaching.[7]

Management career

After retiring as a player at Shenzhen Pingan, Xie assumed the position of assistant manager at the club, temporarily being named interim manager on two separate occasions.

In the 2010 Chinese Super League season, Xie was named assistant manager of Shaanxi Chanba.

On 19 May 2016, Alberto Zaccheroni was sacked as Beijing Guoan manager, with Xie being appointed interim manager until a replacement was hired.[8]

On 15 May 2019, following the sacking of Chris Coleman, Hebei China Fortune announced that Xie would manage the club on an interim basis. [9]

On 14 January 2022, Xie was named as the head coach of Beijing Guoan.[10] On 12 August 2022, Xie resigned.[11]

Honours

Player

Beijing Guoan[6]

1990[12]

1996, 1997

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 足坛元老谢鸿钧:现在队员无特点 要从根基抓起. sohu.com . 17 August 2016.
  2. Web site: 足坛父子兵. taida99999.com. 2019-07-10. 2019-08-29.
  3. Web site: 盘点中国足坛父子兵. live.qq.com. 2019-06-16. 2019-08-29.
  4. Web site: 谢峰-明星球员库-李宁网易体育-网易网站. 163.com . 17 August 2016.
  5. Web site: 谢峰:百米速度比高峰还快 96年想回国安竟遭拒(图). sports.sina.com.cn. 2005-03-08. 2019-08-29.
  6. Web site: Xie, Feng. national-football-teams.com. 2019-08-29. 2019-08-29.
  7. Web site: 谢峰. sports.163.com. 2019-08-29.
  8. News: Beijing Guoan sack coach Zaccheroni. https://web.archive.org/web/20160520141625/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-05/19/c_135372911.htm. dead. May 20, 2016. Xinhua. 19 May 2016. 17 August 2016.
  9. News: Struggling Hebei announce Coleman departure. Euronews. 15 May 2019. 8 October 2019.
  10. Web site: 名宿回归!官方:谢峰担任北京国安主教练. Dongqiudi. 14 January 2022. 14 January 2022. zh.
  11. Web site: 国安官方:主帅谢峰因个人原因辞职,隋东亮担任临时主教练. Dongqiudi. 12 August 2022. 12 August 2022. zh.
  12. Web site: China 1990. 2009-10-22. RSSSF. 2019-08-29.