[Tilu News]The open recruitment of the Chinese women’s football coach is closed at midnight today (12th). The mainland media “Beijing Youth Daily” confirmed that the Hong Kong female football coach Chen Wanting, nicknamed “Niuwan”, is on the list. Three other mainland male coaches and celebrities are arguing for the coach.
The 33-year-old Chen Wanting was appointed as the East Coach of the Hong Kong Super League team at the end of 2015. The following year, she led the Hong Kong Super League to win the championship, becoming the world’s first female head coach to lead a men’s professional team to win the top league title. Included in the Guinness Book of World Records, and won the Asian Football Association’s best female coach of the year in the same year. “Niu Maru” has developed northward in recent years. In 2019, he became the assistant coach of the Chinese Women’s Football U16. He was soon promoted to the head coach and has been coaching until now.
Chen Wanting is the only woman among the conscripts. The other three are Liu Lin, who led Wuhan’s car capital Jiangda to win the Chinese Women’s Super League last season, the current Chinese women’s U20 coach, Wang Jun, who has rich experience in coaching, and the national football star Zhao Junzhe. Some media said that Zhao Junzhe is the favorite of the women’s football coach, and there is also news that “Niu Maru” is the most popular among mainland fans.
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