Zhu Bo
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Zhu Bo is a Chinese
Chinese people
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 football manager and a former international football player. As a player he was a consistent defender who predominantly played for Bayi Football Team
Bayi Football Team
Bayi Football Team was a football team under the sport branch of the People's Liberation Army in China between 1951 and 2003.The Club's full name is The People's Liberation Army Bayi Football Club...

 as a right-back
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 and won several league titles captaining his team before ending his career with Shenzhen Feiyada. As a manager he has worked his way up through the Chinese football divisions and is currently the team leader for Shenzhen Ruby F.C.

Playing career

Zhu Bo began his football career playing Bayi Football Team
Bayi Football Team
Bayi Football Team was a football team under the sport branch of the People's Liberation Army in China between 1951 and 2003.The Club's full name is The People's Liberation Army Bayi Football Club...

 after he was drafted in from the clubs youth team. Showing great reliability and consistency within the teams defence he would go on to have a fruitful career with the team and go on to win the league title in the 1981 league season. He would soon receive a call up to the Chinese national team and make his debut in a friendly against Australia on December 4, 1983 in a 2-1 victory. His performance would see him become a regular within the national team and see him included in the 1984 AFC Asian Cup
1984 AFC Asian Cup
The 1984 AFC Asian Cup was the eighth edition of the Asian Nations Cup, the football championship of Asia . It was hosted by Singapore between December 1 and December 16. The field of ten teams was split into two groups of five...

 squad where he was a vital member of the team that came runners-up in the tournament. After that campaign Zhu would later become the teams captain and lead them to several further tournaments, however none were as successful. Back at his club he would continue with his reliability and captain his team to another league title during the 1986 league season. After spending his whole career with the same team and nearing the end of career Zhu would decide to leave the club at the beginning of the 1994 league season for a new challenge in joining recently created football club Shenzhen Feiyada and aid them in establishing themselves within the football league pyramid.

Coach career

After he retired Zhu Bo would take up coaching and go to Italy
Italy
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 to gain his coaching badges where after a year once he achieved this he would become an assistant at Wuhan Hongtao, however he unexpectedly became the temporary manager of Wuhan for a short period during the 1999 league season while the club found a permanent coach. Only staying for one season he would instead join the exiting Wuhan coach Milorad Kosanović
Milorad Kosanovic
Milorad Kosanović is a Serbian football manager and former footballer. He is currently the manager of Chinese Super League team Shaanxi Zhongjian Chanba F.C.....

 and join him as an assistant within Dalian Shide. After spending a few years at Dalian Zhu would take his first manager appointment at second tier club Hunan Xiangjun where he achieved little success before joining another lower league side Yunnan Lijiang Dongba
Yunnan Lijiang Dongba
Yunnan Lijiang Dongba is a Chinese football club its based in Yunnan, China....

 and then Nanchang Bayi
Nanchang Bayi
Nanchang Hengyuan Football Club is a football club based in Nanchang, Jiangxi, China who currently play in the 26,000 seater Nanchang Bayi Stadium...

 before becoming an assistant again with top tier side Changsha Ginde F.C. where he was once again given the opportunity to become the teams manager when the previous coach Slobodan Santrač
Slobodan Santrac
Slobodan Santrač is a retired Serbian football player and currently manager of Chinese Super League side Shaanxi Renhe Commercial Chanba F.C.....

 left. This time Zhu's reign lasted considerably longer and he guided the club to a eleventh place finish.

Honours

As a player

Bayi Football Team
Bayi Football Team
Bayi Football Team was a football team under the sport branch of the People's Liberation Army in China between 1951 and 2003.The Club's full name is The People's Liberation Army Bayi Football Club...

  • Chinese Jia-A League
    Chinese Jia-A League
    The National Football Jia A League , commonly known as Jia-A , was the highest tier of professional football in the People's Republic of China, during 1994 through 2003, operating under the auspices of the Chinese Football Association.The Chinese Professional Football League was established in 1994...

    : 1981, 1986


Shenzhen Feiyada
  • Chinese Jia-C League: 1994
  • Chinese Jia-B League: 1995

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