Guo Ruilong (; Born 1 December 1943) is a Chinese football coach and former player.
Playing career Born in Kunming, Guo returned to his hometown Beijing in 1946 after the Second Sino-Japanese War ended. He began his football career for Beijing Team's youth team and later graduated to the senior team in 1965. He became a football coach after his retirement in 1975.
Managerial career Guo served for Inner Mongolia, Beijing Youth and China national youth between 1976 and 1989. In 1990, Guo was appointed as the assistant coach of Beijing Team. On 9 May 2000, Guo joined Chinese Jia-B League club Chengdu Wuniu who struggled in the bottom of league,五牛：郭瑞龙接掌帅印 and helped the club stay in the second tier for the next season. He was sacked by Chengdu on 16 September 2001.成都五牛星夜换帅 余东风顶替郭瑞龙 He became the assistant coach of top-tier club Shenzhen Ping'an in December 2001. He was appointed as the team's manager on 17 May 2005 after Chi Shangbin's dismissal.深圳健力宝解除迟尚斌主教练职务 由郭瑞龙接替 Despite severe financial problems, Guo led Shenzhen to reach the 2005 AFC Champions League semi-finals before heavily defeated by UAE champions Al Ain 6–0. He was suddenly sacked on 14 October 2005.郭瑞龙被解职内幕 拒绝“出卖”弟子惹恼俱乐部
Guo returned to football in December 2007 when he accepted the invitation of China League One club Anhui Jiufang.郭瑞龙执掌中甲新军 安徽九方招揽国安老臣 On 15 April 2008, he resigned from the team due to "health problems".郭瑞龙身体欠佳交辞呈 九方高层批准赵昌宏救火 He joined China League Two club Wenzhou Tomorrow in June 2008. Guo became the manager of League Two club Hebei Zhongji on 16 August 2013.关于任命郭瑞龙为中基队主教练的公告 Although Hebei Zhongji won promotion in the 2013 season by finishing the runners-up in League Two, he didn't extent his contract and left the club.
Honours Player Beijing Team China national league: 1983
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