Shen Xiangfu is a Chinese football coach who is the joint manager of The Regional Preferente de la Comunitat Valenciana side Atletico Museros as well as being a former international football player.
11 Facts About Shen Xiangfu
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Shen Xiangfu would become one of the key players in the China national team during his career representing them in the 1980 AFC Asian Cup, however that was the only tournament he experienced because his subsequent call-ups saw China failed to qualify for the World Cup both times when Shen was a member of the China national football team.
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Shen Xiangfu was back to the spotlight of Chinese football when he joined Beijing Guoan and served under Jin Zhiyang as an assistant coach in 1997.
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Shen Xiangfu took over most of the coaching in the middle of the season, since Jin was summoned to the China national football team to assist Qi Wusheng.
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In 1998, Shen Xiangfu was named the head coach of Beijing Guoan and Jin left the club to assist the newly installed head coach of the China national football team Bobby Houghton.
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Shen Xiangfu was able to lead the club to finish third in the 1998 Jia A, but the next year Beijing Guoan showed a poorer quality and finished sixth in the league.
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Shen Xiangfu accepted the new head coach job and occasionally he would assist Bora Milutinovic who was invited by the Chinese Football Association as the new head coach of the national football team.
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The U-19 team of Shen Xiangfu was expected to be a very promising generation of Chinese football and in the beginning the team had indeed shown many positive signs.
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In 2005, Shen Xiangfu re-joined the club and was named head coach again.
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Nevertheless, Shen Xiangfu was under a lot of pressure and was exhausted.
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Shen Xiangfu wouldn't wait long before returning into management when he took over second-tier side Guangzhou Pharmaceutical and aided them to a division title and promotion.