Gao Hongbo

Quick Facts

Full Name	Gao Hongbo
Occupation	Football Coach
Date Of Birth	Jan 25, 1966(1966-01-25)
Age	58
Birthplace	Beijing
Country	China
Horoscope	Capricorn

Gao Hongbo Biography

Gao Hongbo is one of the most popular and richest Football Coach who was born on January 25, 1966 in Beijing, China. Gao Hongbo (Chinese: Gao Hong Bo Pinyin: Gao Hongbo ; born on January 25, 1966, from Beijing) is former Chinese football player and head coach of the China League One side Beijing Enterprises. He was the manager of the China national team of football from 2009 to 2011 and then in the year 2016 he was appointed head coach. In the month of May in 2009 Gao was the youngest man to lead the team in over 30 years.

Xu Genbao would appoint Gao Hongbo as his assistant coach for players when he hired him during his 1997 season as a league coach prior to when leaving the team to become the coach of champions from the previous season, Dalian Wanda. In the following season, he was replace by Edson Tavares, and Gao remains as his assistant. However, Aristeu Tavares left Guangzhou Songri at the conclusion year 1998’s league campaign. Gao Hongbo continued to take his place as head coach of the team in the early part in the league’s 1999 season, at 33 years old. Gao would however get into problems with his players. He quit the team after just 11 games despite a promising beginning to the season. Gao would travel to learn about coaching. He was a student at numerous club that were located in London and Southampton as well as his former player Yang Chen invited him to go to Germany too.

After several months of studying, Gao Hongbo was appointed the coach of the national U-17 team. Although the team eliminated South Korea despite of Koreaphobia and qualified from group stage in the AFC U-17 Championship 2000, the 1–7 defeat to Japan essentially ended his job.

After the game, Gao Hongbo resigned from the national post and returned to help Xu Genbao in coaching Shanghai Zhongyuan. This duo again won the promotion to Jia A and left the club together in 2002.

After being named the best scoring player in the Singapore’s FAS Premier League with Tiong Bahru in 1994, Gao Hongbo would return to the newly-formed full-time professionally-run Beijing Guoan club and would immediately be a success with his 21 goals over the next two seasons. Following his win in the Chinese FA Cup in 1996 He left Beijing Guoan and would join Guangzhou Songri in the second level, where he would join with his coach Xu Genbao and help the club achieve promotion to the top league in 1997. He was also the top scorer in the league and scored 18 goals. He was offered an assistant coach job for the club prior to the league season of 1998, the player would officially end his playing after the season ended.

Gao Hongbo Net Worth

Gao Hongbo is one of the richest Football Coach from China. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Gao Hongbo 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Born into the Hui household in Beijing, Gao was discovered and was coached by Xu Genbao in the Beijing sports academy. An accomplished youngster, He would eventually become a member of in the Beijing Youth Football Team in 1981. After a couple of years, was promoted into the top Beijing group (now Beijing Guoan) in 1985. As a member of the team, he began to make himself a permanent fixture in the team, but it was not until Beijing were placed in the second tier and gained promotion in the year 1990 in 1990 that Gao Hongbo would rise to the heights of. When he was in the top league his career would take off and by the beginning of the 1990s, Gao had been a vital player in the team. Gao would win gold and the Golden Boot awards even though he didn’t win a major award. In 1994, Gao left the club to play in Singapore to play for Tiong Bahru CSC citing the difficulties of passing the standard physical test conducted by the Chinese Football Association.

He made his debut for the senior team in the 4th of April, 1992, as substitute in a friendly match against USA in a match in which China fell 5-0, achieving their most infamous defeat. Despite losing, he would remain in the team which qualified to the 1992 AFC Asian Cup where he even scored his first strike against Malaysia on the 23rd April 1992. If China was able to qualify, he was included in the squad that finished third in the competition, however , it was during the 1994 qualifying process to the World Cup that saw Gao Hongbo make himself an integral part of the Chinese team, however, despite the best effort, he failed to assist in helping them get to the World Cup. After a few years of being out of the team, the team’s new director Bobby Houghton would bring Gao back for several friendly matches as well as the World Cup Qualifier against Vietnam which China defeated 3-1 on the 25th of May 1997. It was the final game he played before his retirement.

Gao was a big name in his professional life as a footballer. Nicknamed Albert Einstein on the pitch, he was a prolific striker who was famous for his agility in the box and fine ability in finishing. In 1998, he started his coaching career with several Chinese clubs. He was also an assistant of Dutchman Arie Haan in the Chinese national football team between 2002 and

2004. Gao made a big achievement as a coach in 2007, as he led Changchun Yatai to take the title of the CSL. In April 2009, he became the head coach of the Chinese national football team but was sacked in August 2011 and replaced by José Antonio Camacho. Gao returned as the head coach of the national football team in February 2016.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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On April 16, 2009, Gao signed a contract as Head Coach from the China national football team. Serbian Vladimir Petrovic was the last full-time coach but his contract was not renewed after China was eliminated from the qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Gao is the first Chinese national team coach that was chosen through an open selection procedure, which included four other candidates: Wu Jingui (former Shanghai Shenghua coach), Yin Tiesheng (previous temporary caretaker manager) and Shen Xiangfu (under-23 team coach). His arrival saw China opting for a new strategy, turning towards ground passing tactics and adopting the 4–2–3–1 formation. It was noted that Chinese footballers had relied too heavily on the long balls and header strategy for almost a decade. Above all, Wei Di, the chief of the Chinese Football Association, stressed that, “Anytime, no matter win or loss, they must show their team spirit and courage. I hope, after one year’s effort, the national team can give the public a new image.”

Facts & Trivia

Gao Ranked on the list of most popular Football Coach. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in China. Gao Hongbo celebrates birthday on January 25 of every year.

In February 2010, he led the national team to win the East Asian Football Championship. China held hosts Japan to a goalless draw before stunning South Korea 3–0 in their first victory over the Koreans. China in their final game won against Hong Kong 2–0.