Guo Yijun


Guo Yijun, also spelled as Guo Jijun, is a Chinese association football coach and a former defender or midfielder who represented his country with the senior national team, and with the national 1988 Summer Olympics selection.

Management career

After retiring from playing, Guo would soon move into management and joined his former club, Guangdong as their Assistant coach in the 1994 Chinese league season. He would go on to then become their Head coach in the 1997 league season. His tenure at the club was not a success, the team were relegated from the top tier and he left the club. Guo would move into youth coaching where he worked with the local Guangdong government, coaching the Guangdong U-16 team for the 2009 National Games of China.