COACHES from China

Top 2

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Chinese Coaches of all time. This list of famous Chinese Coaches is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

1. Li Xiaopeng (b. 1975)

With an HPI of 39.56, Li Xiaopeng is the most famous Chinese Coach.  His biography has been translated into 18 different languages on wikipedia.

Li Xiaopeng (simplified Chinese: 李霄鹏; traditional Chinese: 李霄鵬; pinyin: Lǐ Xiāopéng; born 20 June 1975) is a professional football manager and former player who is currently the head coach of Chinese Super League club Cangzhou Mighty Lions. As a player, he spent his entire professional career at Shandong Luneng, while internationally, he was part of the Chinese national team squad in the 2000 AFC Asian Cup, the 2002 FIFA World Cup and the 2004 AFC Asian Cup.

2. Yang Pu (b. 1978)

With an HPI of 33.44, Yang Pu is the 2nd most famous Chinese Coach.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Yang Pu (simplified Chinese: 杨璞; traditional Chinese: 楊璞; pinyin: Yáng Pú; born 30 March 1978 in Beijing) is a Chinese football manager and former player, He is currently the head of Youth department of Beijing Guoan. He played his entire professional football career for Beijing Guoan as a holding midfielder, left back and left winger where he was also their captain. As an international player he represented the Chinese national team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup squad where he played in two matches.