Gong Lei

Quick Facts

Full Name	Gong Lei
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Oct 15, 1965(1965-10-15)
Age	59
Birthplace	Beijing
Country	China
Horoscope	Libra

Gong Lei Biography

Gong Lei is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on October 15, 1965 in Beijing, China. Gong Lei (Chinese: Gong Lei ) (born 15 October 1965) is a Chinese football manager , former player, as well as a pundit on the media.

As a player, he was a part of Beijing Team, AS Pirae, Toronto Lynx, South China, Toronto Olympians and Beijing Kuanli before he retired and shifted into coaching. The first coaching position he was offered was at Gansu Tianma F.C. which he played for for a brief time with them before becoming an assistant coach at Shaanxi Zhongjian. He was also the manager of Chinese Super League side Guizhou Renhe which he was able to win in 2013 the Chinese FA Cup.

After a few years of the management Gong returned as assistant coach at top- tier team Shaanxi Chanba. He was there in 2007,. He then becoming the interim manager following the manager of the club Cheng Yaodong resigned from the team. Gong’s return as Head coach was brief , and Zhu Guanghu was soon brought into the fold, while he was back to his assistant role. Gong was able to work with many additional managers and was at the club when they relocated to Guizhou and changed their name to Guizhou Renhe before the owners requested that he be the caretaker manager again as the club searched to hire a manager prior to the beginning of 2013’s league season. The club was unable to hire anyone prior to the season began and the results under Gong improved throughout through the season and he was able to lead the team to win their first Chinese FA Cup when they defeated Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. at the end of 2013 in the Chinese FA Cup final.

Gong Lei Net Worth

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

As a young player, Gong Lei was considered a promising youngster. He was a included in the Beijing Football Team that won the 1984 Chinese Jia-A League title. The following year, he was invited to join the Chinese U-20 team which participated of the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship, in which China were eliminated in the quarterfinals on the 1st of September 1986 by Soviet Union. After a number of seasons in Beijing, Gong then went out in Tahiti to join AS Pirae, where he enjoyed significant success after winning numerous cup and league titles during his time with them.He was awarded the FIFA World Player of the Year in 1993. He is the sole Chinese footballer selected for this award. As he neared the end in his playing career, he was a part of the Canadian clubs Toronto Lynx, Hong Kong team South China, Toronto Olympians and Beijing Kuanli before he retired.

Gong was a football commentator or pundit after 2002. providing analysis for CCTV sports channel La Liga before he gained his first head coaching position with a second-tier Chinese Club Gansu Tianma F.C. prior to the start of the 2003 season. The club had high hopes for the 2003 season following the fact that they welcomed English national Paul Gascoigne into the team but Gong was sacked as a marquee player when the club’s owners got into disagreement with him over his the amount of money he earned. The result fell, and the club’s owners opted to relocate to Ningbo and change their name to Ningbo Yaoma and end the season in an unsatisfactory 11th-place finish , before Gong was dismissed from the club.

On 3 June 2016, Gong Lei was named as vice-president of Suning Sports which its parent company, Suning Holdings Group, acquired a controlling stake in Inter Milan.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Gong Lei Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Gong Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in China. Gong Lei celebrates birthday on October 15 of every year.