Zhang Qun (footballer)
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| Full name | Zhang Qun | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | June 25, 1950 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dalian, Liaoning, China | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1961–1964 | Dalian Amateur Sports School | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1965–1972 | Liaoning | ||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1980 | Bayi | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1976 | China | ||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1988 | Dalian | ||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Shanghai women's U-18 | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Zhang Qun | |||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 张群 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 張群 | ||||||||
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Zhang Qun (Chinese: 张群; pinyin: Zhāng qún; born June 25, 1950) is a retired Chinese football player and manager. He played for Liaoning and Bayi as a midfielder throughout the 1960s and the 1970s. He also represented China internationally for the 1976 AFC Asian Cup.
Club career
Zhang attended the Dalian Amateur Sports School beginning in 1961. His talents earned him attention from Liaoning which would see him promoted to the senior roster in 1965. He was then transferred to play for Bayi for the 1973 National Football League. He would find great success in the following 1974 National Football League where the club would win the tournament that season.[1] His final notable moment with the club came through his participation in the 1977 Beijing International Football Friendship Invitational Tournament where the club would make the knockout stages but lost in the semi-finals to North Korean club Daedonggang.[2] He remained with the club for the remainder of his career, retiring in 1980.[3]
International career
Zhang was called up to represent China for the 1976 AFC Asian Cup as a backup player with the team later going on to achieve third place in their AFC Asian Cup debut.[4] He was one of six players from Liaoning to represent the squad alongside Chi Shangbin, Qi Wusheng, Wang Jilian, Yu Jinglian and Zhang Yiming.[5]
Coaching career
Zhang was first the manager for the youth sector of Dalian for the 1st First National Urban Games held in 1988 alongside Gai Zengjun and Yang Xianmin as the team later went on to win the tournament after beating Guangzhou 1–0 in the final held on 1 November.[6] He later coached the Shanghai women's U-18 team for the 2025 National Games of China where the team went on to achieve fourth place in the tournament.[7]
References
- ^ "他是八一队中场大将，也曾带领汉苏足球闯入中超，冲超专家裴恩才" (in Chinese). 硬腿子聊个球. November 24, 2020. Retrieved January 13, 2025.
- ^ "一文看完1977-1989年历届长城杯足球赛，精华汇总贴，建议收藏". 硬腿子聊个球 (in Chinese). August 14, 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2025.
- ^ "大连市体育局 体育产业 优秀教练员--张群". General Administration of Sport of China (in Chinese). April 1, 2010. Retrieved January 13, 2025.
- ^ "看看1976年中国男足队员都有谁，现状如何？李富胜、陈熙荣等". 随言杂谈体育历史文化 (in Chinese). June 25, 2025. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
- ^ "精析国脚籍贯：辽宁球员是脊梁 京鲁沪粤势力减弱". Sina.com (in Chinese). 法制晚报. Retrieved January 13, 2025.
- ^ "大连足球史上今天：1988年大连青年队1-0广州 夺得首届城运会冠军" (in Chinese). 晚池. November 1, 2024. Retrieved January 13, 2025.
- ^ "这位默默躬身青训的教练，成就上海女足全运会三连冠荣耀" (in Chinese). Xinmin Evening News. June 25, 2025. Retrieved January 13, 2025.