Lin Lefeng
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Lin Lefeng is a former Chinese
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 international football player. Since retiring he has worked for a number of Chinese football clubs where he has served as a coach, manager, general manager and is currently the Vice President of Liaoning F.C.

Club career

Lin Lefeng started his football career with Liaoning F.C. before being called up to the Chinese national team
China national football team
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 where he would establish himself within squad by playing a vital part during the Football at the 1978 Asian Games
Football at the 1978 Asian Games
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 where he aided the team to a third place finish. A firm regular within the national team for the next several years his greatest achievement came when he aided the team to a runners-up position at the 1984 AFC Asian Cup
1984 AFC Asian Cup
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 where China lost to Saudi Arabia
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 2-0 in the final. His international career, however would end with great disappointment when China lost 2-1 to Hong Kong
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 in a vital qualifier for the 1986 FIFA World Cup
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, which knocked China out of the qualification. Lin Lefeng would then move to the Shenyang Army football team before he would end his playing career.

Coaching and later career

After his retirement from playing Lin Lefeng would move to Italy
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 to study for his coaching badges before returning to China when in 1998 he would take the management position offered at second tier club Chongqing Hongyan. His reign at leading the club throughout the 1999 league season would turn out to be a dieaster when saw the team relegated at the end of the season and he would be dismissed for his poor record at the end of the season. He would take a position as a team leader and coach at the newly formed Zhejiang Lücheng for a short period, however it was when he was offered a position upstairs at Dalian Shide as the Deputy general manager did he actually achieve success, winning promotion after promotion until he became the Vice President of the club. Leaving after seven years he would return to Zhejiang Lücheng where he was given the Deputy general manager position before being promoted to the General manager. One of his first moves would be to hire Zhou Suian
Zhou Suian
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 as the clubs permanent manager, however this turned out be a unsuccessful move and Zhou was sacked with Lin Lefeng during the 2009 league season after a string of unsuccessful results. During 2010 Lin would return to his hometown club of Liaoning when he was offered the chance to become the clubs Vice President.

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