Hong Yuanshuo

Hong Yuanshuo (simplified Chinese: 洪元硕; traditional Chinese: 洪元碩; pinyin: Hóng Yuánshuò; 31 March 1948 – 1 August 2015) was a Chinese football manager and a former player. Throughout his playing career he spent all of it with Beijing where he won the 1973 league title with them.[1] Since retiring he would move into scouting before moving into management with third-tier club Beijing Kuanli in 1997. By 2009 he would return to his former club as a manager to aid them in their successful push for the 2009 Chinese Super League title.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Hong (洪).
Hong Yuanshuo
洪元硕
Personal information
Full name Hong Yuanshuo
Date of birth (1948-03-31)31 March 1948
Place of birth Beijing, China
Date of death 1 August 2015(2015-08-01) (aged 67)
Place of death Beijing, China
Team information
Current team
 Beijing Guoan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1973–1980 Beijing ? (?)
International career
1973 China ? (?)
Managerial career
1997–1998 Beijing Kuanli
2009 Beijing Guoan (caretaker)
2010 Beijing Guoan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Player career

At the early 70s, Hong Yuanshuo joined Beijing football team. He played for winger and became the team captain. In 1973, Hong selected by head coach Nian Weisi into the China national football team.

Management career

Early management career

After he retired he was worked in the youth team of Beijing from 1980. In that years he scouts many important player of Beijing Guoan and national team, including Gao Feng, Cao Xiandong, Deng Lejun, Tao Wei and Huang Bowen.

Beijing Kuanli

Hong Yuanshuo was appointed the manager of China League Two club Beijing Kuanli in the 1997 league season. Under Hong Yuanshuo, Beijing Kuanli successfully promoted to Chinese Jia-B League.

Beijing Guoan

After round 23 of the 2009 league season Hong Yuanshuo was appointed as caretaker manager of Beijing Guoan who required a manager after Lee Jang-Soo left.[2] Finally, Beijing Guoan won the championship of China Super League 2009 without losing any games from round 24 to 30.

At the beginning of season 2010, Hong officially appointed head coach of Beijing Guoan.[3] He was sacked by the club on 21 September 2010.

Personal life

Hong Yuanshuo is the son of Chinese philosopher Hong Qian (Chinese: 洪谦, 1909–1992).

Death

Hong was diagnosed as colorectal cancer in 2011.[4] He died on 1 August 2015, aged 67.[5]

Honours

Player

Beijing

Manager

Beijing Guoan

References
  1. "China 1973". RSSSF. 22 Oct 2009. Archived from the original on 2014-06-07. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
  2. "国安宣布李章洙下课 洪元硕出山三助理教练离任". sports.163.com. 2009-09-17. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
  3. "洪元硕取证获中超执教资格 罗宁新赛季仍统帅国安". post.discovery.tom.com. 2009-12-18. Archived from the original on 2012-03-04. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
  4. "洪元硕被曝癌症情况不乐观 曾率国安夺中超冠军". ifeng.com. 2014-08-20. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
  5. "国安冠军主帅洪元硕去世 享年67岁". sina.com.cn. 2015-08-01. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
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