| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Chen Xirong | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 1953 (age 71–72) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Guangzhou, Guangdong, China | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfield | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1976–1984 | Guangdong Team | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1982 | China | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1987 | Guangzhou Youth | ||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1989 | China U20 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1992 | Guangdong Team | ||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | China (caretaker) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1997 | China (assist) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1997 | China U23 (assist) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1994 | Guangdong Hongyuan | ||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Guangzhou Matsunichi | ||||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Guangzhou Apollo | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
| Chen Xirong | |||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 陈熙荣 | ||||||||||||||
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Chen Xirong (born 1953 in Guangzhou) is a former Chinese international football player,coach,and a media pundit. He played for Guangdong FC where he won the club's first ever Chinese league title in 1979,while internationally he represented China in the 1976 Asian Cup and in the 1980 Asian Cup.[ citation needed ] After retiring,he moved into management where he joined Guangdong FC's cantonese rival Guangzhou FC before becoming a media pundit for Guangdong sports channel. [1]
