Li Xiao

Li Xiao

Li Xiao, born in Shanghai on July 17, 1967, is a former Chinese football player.

He retired in 2002 and began to serve as a coach in 2004.

brief introduction

Li Xiao was born in Shanghai on July 17, 1967. In 1986, he was selected into the Chinese national youth team to participate in the Asian Youth Games; in 1987, he joined the Chinese national second team under the guidance of Xu Genbao to participate in the football match of the World University Games. In 1990, he was selected into the Chinese national training team for the first time. He took part in the Asian Cup in 1992 and scored one goal. In 1994, Li Xiaonian, a Chinese football player, took part in the Asian Games, scoring four goals and becoming the chief shooter of the national team. Also in 1994, the professional league began. In his first season, he scored 11 goals for Shanghai Shenhua team and tied for the third place in the list of top a shooters. But at the beginning of 1995, due to hepatitis, he faded out of the main position. In 1996, Li Xiao went to the Pudong team. In 1998, Li Xiao became the first Shanghai player to transfer to a foreign team. In 1998-1999, Li Xiao played for Wuhan red peach K team, contributing to the team's relegation. After two years of playing a in Wuhan team, Li Xiao returned to Pudong team (later renamed Shanghai COSCO team) and played the left avant-garde. He retired at the end of 2002 with COSCO team rushing to the top of a and gaining a firm foothold. In 2004, he became the head coach of Nanchang Bayi (Grade B) and led the team to the top one. Since then, Li Xiao has been teaching in Nanchang team for three years. He also served as vice chairman and general manager of the club. In 2008, Nanchang team, which aims to surpass, ranked third in the league by one point. Li Xiao, who is known as "the godfather of Nanchang football", also left sadly. In 2011, Li Xiao became the new coach of Wuhan Zhongbo football club. In 2013, he took the post of coach of Jiangxi Liansheng football club, and won the fifth place in the Southern District in the same year. In 2014, Li Xiao led Jiangxi Liansheng to the third place in the preliminary round of the Southern District, eliminated Nanjing Qianbao successively in the knockout, and Meizhou Hakka successfully won the first place.

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