Wang Houjun

Wang Houjun
王后军
Personal information
Full name	Wang Houjun
Date of birth	16 September 1943
Place of birth	Ningbo, Zhejiang, Republic of China
Date of death	21 November 2012 (aged 69)
Place of death	Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1961–1975	Shanghai Football Team
International career
1965–1971	China
Managerial career
1975–1983	Shanghai Football Team (assistant)
1983–1993	Shanghai Football Team
1995–1996	Shanghai Pudong
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 21, 2012

Wang Houjun (simplified Chinese: 王后军; traditional Chinese: 王後軍; pinyin: Wáng Hòujūn; September 16, 1943 – November 21, 2012) was a Chinese international football player and coach.

Playing career

Wang was born in Ningbo, Republic of China on 16 September 1943. Thanks to his football fan father's influence, he began his football career when age 10. He named in the squad for the Shanghai Football Team in 1961, and enters the China national football team in 1965. In the early 70s, He was appointed captain of national team.

Management career

Wang Houjun retired in 1975 and worked as Fang Renqiu's assistant coach of Shanghai Football Team. He has been named as head coach of Shanghai Football team in 1983, succeeding Fang Renqiu whose retired from football after winning 5th National Games of the People's Republic of China.

Throughout the 1990s, the Chinese Football Association were demanding more professionalism from their football teams, Shanghai gathered sponsorship from a local company and founding Shanghai Shenhua F.C. in December 1993, Wang Houjun was replaced by Xu Genbao.

In 1995, the newly established Shanghai Pudong F.C. have announced the appointment of Wang Houjun to their first head coach. He led them to become China League Two champions that year, and promotion into the Jia B. However, he resigned for health reasons in the middle of 1996 season. In 1997, he was invited by Guangzhou Songri's new head coach Xu Genbao named as their team leader, but resigned soon.^[1]

For the development of youth football, Wang Houjun started a private football school in Shanghai from 1998.^[2]