Zhang Haitao is a Chinese

Chinese people

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 football coach. He is the most talented young Chinese coach currently in China. He speaks fluent English.

Playing career

Born into a respectable family, Haitao was able to go to University while still playing and for the Shandong youth team. In 1989 he would eventually graduate to the senior team and play as defender in his first season, however he would actually see his team get relegated when Shandong finished 7th in the league. After several rough seasons where Shandong spent much of their time in the lower leagues Zhang gained significant playing time which would aid him when Shangdong would eventually become a professional football team in 1994 and allowed entry to the top tier. With another chance to play in the top tier Zhang helped Shandong to finish the season in a respectable 5th at the end of the 1994 league season despite missing much of it through severe injury to his right knee. Despite missing much of the following season he was able to help Shandong finish a respectable 6th and achieve his greatest playing moment when he would helped Shandong win the 1995 Chinese FA Cup

Chinese FA Cup

The Chinese FA Cup is the national knockout cup competition in China organised by the Chinese Football Association. Its current format started in the 1995 season.In the new season, 2011 it was announced, that current Chinese FA Cup will start in May....

. Zhang would retire from football by the end of the 1998 league season after being unable to fully recover from his knee damage and was given the chance to manage the Shandong Luneng Youth team in December 1998.

China Women National Soccer Team

After spending several years training as a manager with the Shandong Luneng Youth team he was offered the chance to be head coach of the China Women's national team in 2003 ready for 2004 Olympics at Athens. His time as the Head Coach however was not successful as China were unable to get out of the group stages after a heavy defeat to Germany

Germany women's national football team

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, which saw them lose 8-0. This effectively saw Zhang Haitao to leave his position as the Head Coach once the tournamnet finished.

External links

• Profile at Sina.com.cn