Mao Yijun (; born 28 December 1970) is a Chinese football coach and former footballer.
Club career Mao spent his entire career with hometown club Shanghai Shenhua, winning the 1995 Jia-A League, 1998 Chinese FA Cup and the 1995 and 1998 editions of the Chinese FA Super Cup during his eight-year career at the club.
International career On 4 May 1997, Mao made his debut for China in a 4–1 win against Turkmenistan.
International goals Scores and results list China's goal tally first. # Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition1 17 October 1997 Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran 1–4 1–4 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
Coaching career Following his retirement, Mao took up an assistant coaching role with Shanghai Shenhua from 2003 to 2006, taking up an interim managerial role from January to March 2004, before Howard Wilkinson's appointment. In September 2009, after a brief spell back as assistant manager of Shanghai Shenhua in 2008, Yijun was appointed assistant manager of Huangzhou Greentown. In July 2012, Mao returned to Shanghai Shenhua's coaching team.
On 3 August 2026, Mao was named as caretaker of Shanghai Shenhua again after Leonid Slutsky left his position.
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