Li Bing (; ; born 16 March 1969 in Guizhou) is a retired Chinese international football player and currently a football coach.
In his playing career he represented Liaoning FC, Guangdong Winnerway, Sichuan Quanxing and a short loan period with German side Kickers Offenbach. Internationally Li represented China within the 1992 and 1996 AFC Asian Cup before he retired and moved into coaching where he received his first head coach position with Chengdu Blades.
Club career As a youngster, Li was quickly picked up by the Chinese U23 and with them, he was allowed to take part in the Chinese football league pyramid where they called themselves China B. He would actually see them win the Chinese league title in the 1989 league season before he had to return to his parent club Liaoning. Upon his return to Liaoning it would coincide with full professionalism and this would seem to bring out the best from him when he went on to personally win the 1994 Chinese Football Association Footballer of the Year award. This would see him as one of the most sought after players within China and big-money move to top tier side Guangdong Winnerway where he was brought in to help with them with their title push, however, while they were close they only finished 4th in the 1995 league season. Unable to improve upon their performances the following season when they finished a disappointing 7th, Li Bing would be sold to Sichuan Quanxing. With them he was able to find a team capable of consistently fighting for the league title, however, the best they were able to achieve was 3rd position in the 1999 league season.
Management career Li Bing would guide Chengdu Blades to promotion to the Chinese Super League after coming in during the 2007 league season, where he guided them to second in the league in the second tier. While he led Chengdu to relative safety throughout the 2008 league season, he led them to a terrible start in 2009 and resigned only six games into the season. He also became the caretaking manager of Guangzhou R&F twice.
Career statistics International + Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsChina199261199312219947319953119961351997163199855200030200141Total6921
Scores and results list China's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bing goal. + List of international goals scored by Li BingNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima, Japan1-11-11992 AFC Asian Cup2Chengdu Sports Centre, Chengdu, China1-04-11994 FIFA World Cup qualification33-14Coca-Cola West Hiroshima Stadium, Hiroshima, Japan2-04-01994 Asian Games5Coca-Cola West Hiroshima Stadium, Hiroshima, Japan1-02-01994 Asian Games6Coca-Cola West Hiroshima Stadium, Hiroshima, Japan2-32-41994 Asian Games7Workers' Stadium, Beijing, China2-02-1Friendly8Mong Kok Stadium, Kowloon, Hong Kong4-17-11996 AFC Asian Cup qualification95-1107-111Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou, China2-32-3Friendly12Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium, Al Ain, UAE3-03-01996 AFC Asian Cup13Nusaý Stadium, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan4-04-11998 FIFA World Cup qualification14Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam1-03-11998 FIFA World Cup qualification15Jinzhou Stadium, Dalian, China3-03-0Friendly16Nissan Stadium, Yokohama, Japan1-01-2Friendly17Japan National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan1-02-0Friendly182-019Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand2-03-0Friendly20Shanghai, China—3-1Friendly21Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou, China3-13-12002 FIFA World Cup qualification
Honours Player
China B Chinese Jia-A League: 1989
References
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