Wang Xiao He

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wang.
Wang Xiao He
Personal information
Date of birth 1952 (age 72–73)
Place of birth Xi'an, China
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Bayi
International career
1974–1975 China
Managerial career
1989–1990 Pakistan
1990–1995 Pakistan Army
199?–1999 Bayi
2000 Xi'an Anxinyuan
200?–2003 Pakistan Army
2003–2004 Pakistan U23
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wang Xiao He (simplified Chinese: 王晓和; traditional Chinese: 王曉和; pinyin: Wáng Xiǎo Hé; born 1952) is a Chinese former football player and manager.

Wang represented the China national team in the 1970s. He also managed the Pakistan national football team in several occasions. Under his leadership, Pakistan won the 1989 South Asian Games, and later the 2004 South Asian Games with the Pakistan national under-23 team.

Early life

Wang was born in Xi'an, in the Shaanxi province of China.[1]

Playing career

Wang played for the Bayi Football Team in the 1970s.[2] He was selected for the China national team squad for the 1974 Asian Games. There are also different opinions that he was selected for the 1975 friendly match squad[3][4] or only for the youth team.[2]

Coaching career

Wang was first hired by the Pakistan Football Federation as part of the foreign aid by China before the 1989 South Asian Games, where he helped the side clinch the gold medal.[5][6]

He later became affiliated with the Pakistan Army club.[6] In 1995, he returned to China. In 1999, he led the Bayi Football Team. Xiaohe then coached Xi'an Anxinyuan, which had a cooperative relationship with the Bayi Football Team, but failed to achieve the goal of promotion and was fired.[1] He returned to Pakistan to coach the Pakistan Army football team.[2]

Installed again as head coach of Pakistan in December 2003 on the recommendations of the Pakistan Army club,[6] with Tariq Lutfi and Balal Butt being named as his assistants,[7][8][9] Wang was known for his stringent training program which focused on footballers' stamina during his time there.[5] He again clinched the gold medal at the 2004 South Asian Games with the Pakistan national under-23 team.[10][11][12]

In April 2004 Wang was discharged after the PFF didn't retain him.[5] He later continued to coach military football players in Pakistan.[13]

Honours

Pakistan

Pakistan U23

References

  1. ^ a b "安馨园前主教练王晓和有望挂帅巴基斯坦男足_国内足坛-其他_NIKE新浪竞技风暴_新浪网" [Former Anxinyuan head coach Wang Xiaohe is expected to lead Pakistan men's football team]. sports.sina.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  2. ^ a b c "中国引爆巴基斯坦足坛 又一中国援外主帅诞生" [China ignites Pakistani football scene, another Chinese foreign aid coach is born] (in Chinese). www.enorth.com.cn. 2003-12-22. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  3. ^ "1936年到1981年国家足球队历届阵容和成绩" [The national football team's lineups and results from 1936 to 1981] (in Chinese). 网易体育专稿. 2007-03-18. Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  4. ^ "China National Football Team Database - Wang Xiaohe". teamchina.freehostia.com. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  5. ^ a b c "PFF unlikely to retain Chinese coach - Newspaper". Dawn.Com. 2004-04-11. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
  6. ^ a b c "Chinese Xiao named coach - Newspaper". Dawn.Com. 2003-12-19. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
  7. ^ "Tariq, Balal to assist Chinese coach - Newspaper". Dawn.Com. 2003-12-24. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
  8. ^ Ali, Shazad (2003-12-31). "2003 bleak year for Pakistan football". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  9. ^ "9th South Asian Federation Games 2004 (Pakistan)". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
  10. ^ Ahsan, Ali (2011-02-02). "A history of football in Pakistan — Final part". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  11. ^ Ahsan, Ali (2011-07-20). "Not because they can't but because they won't". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  12. ^ "'Pakistan to accomplish hat-trick in 11th SAG football'". Brecorder. 2009-12-19. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
  13. ^ "体育传友谊" [Sports spread friendship] (in Chinese). jczs.sina.com.cn. 2005-03-28. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
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