Xie Feng (footballer)

Xie Feng (simplified Chinese: 谢峰; traditional Chinese: 謝峰; pinyin: Xiè Fēng; born 9 April 1966) is a Chinese former footballer who currently is interim manager for Hebei China Fortune in the Chinese Super League.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Xie.
Xie Feng
谢峰
Personal information
Full name Xie Feng
Date of birth (1966-04-09) 9 April 1966
Place of birth Shanghai, China
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Right-back, Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1997 Beijing Guoan 80 (19)
1998–2001 Shenzhen Pingan 51 (8)
Total 131 (27)
National team
1996–2000 China 17 (0)
Teams managed
2006 Shenzhen Kingway (interim)
2009 Shenzhen Asia Travel (interim)
2014 Beijing Guoan (interim)
2016 Beijing Guoan (interim)
2017 Beijing Guoan (interim)
2019– Hebei China Fortune
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 May 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Xie’s father, Xie Hongjun (Chinese: 谢鸿钧), is a retired footballer who played for Shanghai Team and the Chinese national team. His mother Zheng Yuru (Chinese: 郑玉茹) 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]

Honours

Player

Beijing Guoan[6]

References
  1. "足坛元老谢鸿钧：现在队员无特点 要从根基抓起". sohu.com. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  2. "足坛父子兵". taida99999.com. 2019-07-10. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
  3. "盘点中国足坛父子兵". live.qq.com. 2019-06-16. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
  4. "谢峰-明星球员库-李宁网易体育-网易网站". 163.com. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  5. "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. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
  6. "Xie, Feng". national-football-teams.com. 2019-08-29. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
  7. "谢峰". sports.163.com. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
  8. "Beijing Guoan sack coach Zaccheroni". Xinhua. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  9. "Struggling Hebei announce Coleman departure". Euronews. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  10. "China 1990". rsssf.com. 2009-10-22. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
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