Gao Jinggang (Chinese: 高敬刚; born 8 January 1971) is a Chinese football manager and former football player. He is currently the director of Chinese Super League side Changchun Yatai.

Gao Jinggang
高敬刚
Personal information
Full name Gao Jinggang
Date of birth (1971-01-08) 8 January 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth Dalian, Liaoning, China
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Changchun Yatai (Director)
Youth career
Dalian Team
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1995 Dalian Wanda 7 (0)
1996–1999 Shaanxi Guoli
Managerial career
2013 Changchun Yatai (caretaker)
2014 Changchun Yatai (caretaker)
2014–2015 Changchun Yatai
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

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Gao Jinggang began his professional career with Dalian Wanda in 1994.[1] He transferred to China League Two club Shaanxi Guoli in 1996.[2]

Management career

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Gao became the youth team coach of Shaanxi Guoli after his retirement. He joined Changchun Yatai youth team system in 2004.[1] He was called into the first team to assist temporary manager Li Xuchuan after Gao Hongbo's resignation in July 2007.[3] Gao officially became the assistant coach of Changchun Yatai first team in December 2008.[4] On 18 May 2013, he was appointed as the temporary manager after Li Shubin resigned from the club and led Changchun tied with Dalian Aerbin 2–2.[5] On 22 April 2014, Gao took over as caretaker manager again after Svetozar Šapurić's departure. He took charge of two games. His first game resulted in a 0–0 away draw at Guizhou Renhe and second saw Changchun Yatai beat Shandong Luneng 1–0.[1][3] Gao was promoted as the director of Changchun after Dragan Okuka became the new manager of the club in May 2014.[6] On 21 December 2014, Changchun Yatai announced that Gao Jinggang became club's new manager for 2015 Chinese Super League.[7] In June 2015, he resigned from the manager position and continued to serve as director of the club.[8]

Honours

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Player

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Dalian Wanda

References

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  1. ^ a b c 亚泰新帅:怕下课就不当主帅 盼杨旭留队和鲁能谈 at sina 2014-12-25. Retrieved 2015-03-27 (in Chinese)
  2. ^ 欣慰与悲怆 回首国力成立十年后的无奈失败 at sohu 2005-04-03. Retrieved 2015-03-27 (in Chinese)
  3. ^ a b 萨布利奇主动请辞领队救火 亚泰新帅瞄准德拉甘 at sina 2014-04-23. Retrieved 2015-03-27 (in Chinese)
  4. ^ 长春亚泰“扶正”李树斌 救火教练正式就任主帅 at sohu 2008-12-27. Retrieved 2015-03-27 (in Chinese)
  5. ^ 李明无奈阿尔滨痛失好局 亚泰领队满意客场一分 at netease 2013-05-18. Retrieved 2015-03-27 (in Chinese)
  6. ^ 亚泰困境下求变领队升总经理 德拉甘老搭档进教练组 at sina 2014-05-07. Retrieved 2015-03-27 (in Chinese)
  7. ^ 亚泰宣布球队老总出任主帅 曾三度临危受命 at sina 2014-12-21. Retrieved 2015-03-27 (in Chinese)
  8. ^ 亚泰证实教练组变化 高敬刚辞去帅位托特接任 at sina 2015-06-12. Retrieved 2015-06-25 (in Chinese)
  9. ^ "China League 1994". RSSSF. 19 June 2003. Retrieved 30 January 2018.