Chinese footballer and coach
Xie Hui
(
simplified Chinese
:
??
;
traditional Chinese
:
謝暉
;
pinyin
:
Xie Hu?
; born February 14, 1975, in Shanghai) is a former professional
Chinese
football
player and coach. He is currently the manager of
Chinese Super League
club
Changchun Yatai
.
As a player Xie Hui represented
Shanghai Shenhua
throughout the majority of his career, having several spells with them and winning a Chinese league title and
Chinese FA Cup
with the club. He also represented
Chongqing Lifan
and German clubs
Alemannia Aachen
,
SpVgg Greuther Furth
and
SV Wehen Wiesbaden
throughout his career. While internationally he would play in the
1996 AFC Asian Cup
and
2000 AFC Asian Cup
.
Club career
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Xie Hui started his professional football career with
Shanghai Shenhua
in the 1994 season. After excelling with Shenhua for six seasons in the late 90s where he won one top-tier league title and a
Chinese FA Cup
, Xie Hui transferred to
2nd Bundesliga
club
Alemannia Aachen
in January 2000.
[1]
During the 2000?01 season, Xie Hui was the top scorer for Aachen with fourteen goals in twenty-four league appearances. The following season Xie Hui netted only once in thirteen appearances and because of this drop in performance, he went back to Shanghai Shenhua on loan in March 2002 to gain more first team experience and to keep his place on the
China national football team
. When his loan finished he transferred to another German second-tier club in
SpVgg Greuther Furth
in August 2002, however after only netting only once in eight league appearances for Greuther Furth, Xie Hui came back to China to play for
Chongqing Lifan
in 2003.
For the third time he rejoined Shenhua in December 2004 on a permanent basis where he once again revived his career and after two years with Shenhua, Xie headed back to Germany when he joined another second tier German club
SV Wehen Wiesbaden
on January 1, 2008, on an 18-month contract. When his contract ended Xie would once again return to Shenhua on January 6, 2009, for a testimonial.
Managerial career
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After the game he officially retired from football and soon became an assistant manager at Shenhua.
[2]
He was hired by Shanghai SIPG Football club as an assistant coach.
On August 18, 2021, while Xie Hui was the manager of
Nantong Zhiyun
, a leaked video of him dining with colleagues revealed his controversial comments towards management and coaching staff of other competing teams.
[3]
He later was suspended by Nantong Zhiyun.
[4]
After apologizing on his comments, he resigned from his manager role at the club.
[5]
Dalian Professional
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On March 19, 2022, Xie was appointed as the manager of
Dalian Professional
.
[6]
During the first year of his management, the team was initially planning to play in the
China League One
(the second level of professional soccer in China) due to the relegation from
Chinese Super League
in previous season. However, as
Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic
in the Chinese Super League dissolved before the start of the 2022 season, Dalian Professional was allowed to play in the Chinese Super League as a substitute for Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic for the 2022 season.
[7]
On 4 November 2023, Dalian was once again relegated after a 3-2 home defeat against
Shanghai Port
in the final game of the season, and the club was subsequently disbanded in January 2024.
Changchun Yatai
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On 17 April 2024, Xie was appointed as the manager of
Chinese Super League
club
Changchun Yatai
.
[8]
International career
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Xie Hui was China's top scorer during the
2002 FIFA World Cup
qualifying stages, but he was dropped by head coach
Bora Milutinovi?
from China's final world cup squad.
Honours
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Shanghai Shenhua
[1]
Personal
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Xie's paternal great-grandfather, Xie Ruiying, was a doctor that was sent to Germany to study medicine after
First Sino-Japanese War
and briefly worked in England, where Ruiying met Julia Traver, an English nutrition nurse. Xie and Traver got married in 1918 and gave birth to Xie Hui's grandfather, Xie Dihua, who once served as a police officer in
Shanghai International Settlement
.
[9]
Therefore, Xie Hui is of one-eighth English descendant.
On December 9, 2004, Xie married his long-term girlfriend and Chinese supermodel,
Tong Chenjie
(?晨?), however the couple divorced on June 27, 2011.
[10]
References
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- ^
a
b
"Xie Hui"
.
National Football Teams
. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann
. Retrieved
August 29,
2019
.
- ^
"??:?不到正式?靴? 09年身?申花助?兼??"
. sports.sina.com.cn. January 8, 2009
. Retrieved
September 11,
2012
.
- ^
"前?脚??酒后言?被?拍后…"
.
finance.sina.com.cn
. August 19, 2021
. Retrieved
June 19,
2022
.
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"??!南通支云足球俱?部?布重要公告:?停??主????…… | 每??"
.
www.nbd.com.cn
. Retrieved
June 19,
2022
.
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世界新聞網.
"上海上港中超奪冠原來是花120億人民幣?謝暉酒後吐實"
.
世界新聞網
(in Chinese (Taiwan))
. Retrieved
June 19,
2022
.
- ^
"?察:"大?人"聘?上海人??任主?,足球城强力?放重新?起的信??_上?新?"
.
www.shobserver.com
. Retrieved
June 19,
2022
.
- ^
"大?人??重?回中超,"一悲一?"的底色?是悲?-中新?"
.
www.chinanews.com.cn
. Retrieved
June 19,
2022
.
- ^
"?泰官方:???任球?主??,??征?24年中超和足?杯"
. Dongqiudi. April 17, 2024
. Retrieved
April 17,
2024
.
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"
"?重??"的?伏生涯--??:我一直?得?欠??"
.
?方?育日?
. May 27, 2009.
Archived
from the original on February 20, 2023
. Retrieved
February 20,
2023
.
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"??、?晨??行婚? 名流云集佳??多(??)"
. sports.sohu.com. December 8, 2004
. Retrieved
September 11,
2012
.
External links
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- Xie Hui
at National-Football-Teams.com