Yin Tiesheng(simplified Chinese:Ân thiết sinh;traditional Chinese:Ân thiết sinh;pinyin:Yīn Tiěshēng;born August 16, 1956, inJinan,Shandong,China) is aChineseformer football player who is currently a manager.

Yin Tiesheng
Ân thiết sinh
Personal information
Full name Yin Tiesheng
Date of birth (1956-08-16)August 16, 1956(age 68)
Place of birth Jinan,Shandong,China
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Youth career
1972–1974 Shandong Team
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1988 Shandong Team ? (?)
Managerial career
1990–1993 Shandong Youth
1991 China U17
1994–1997 Shandong Taishan
1998 Shandong Taishan
1999–2004 Changchun Yatai
2004–2005 China U20
2005–2007 Qingdao Jonoon
2008–2009 China(caretaker)
2016–2017 Qingdao Jonoon
2018–2020 Taizhou Yuanda
2021–2023 Qingdao Hainiu
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 7, 2008

Playing career

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As a player, Yin Tiesheng started his career playing for the Shandong youth team and by 1974 he was even called up to theChinese national under-20 football teamas well. Also within that year he graduated to the Shandong's senior team and played within the top tier of Chinese football. In 1979 Shandong were allowed to participate in theChinese National Games,which they won; however, despite being a loyal servant to the club throughout his entire career and often seeing them being title contenders, this was his only medal he won before he retired in 1988 due tohepatitis.

Management career

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Shandong

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After Yin retired he remained with Shandong, where he became their youth team manager in 1990. After a brief stint he attracted the interests of theChinese Football Associationand worked with theChinese U-17 teamin 1991. After that short spell he returned to the Shandong youth team and went on to win the 1993 National Youth League title.[1]This then saw him promoted to managing the senior team ofShandong Taishanwhere he won theChinese FA Cupin 1995. His time at the club ended at the end of the 1997 league season after he was unable to improve the club's league results; however, he remained faithful towards the team and returned to the club near the end of the 1998 league season to aid the club in their relegation battle. While he did not remain as manager, he did stay on as the administrative manager of the team when they won the national championship in 1999 before leaving the club.

Changchun Yatai

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In 1999, Yin became the manager of lower league clubChangchun Yatai,and during his reign he guided the club to a runners-up position within the second tier at the end of the 2001 Chinese league season; however, the club were denied promotion after it was discovered that certain players and coaches had fixed matches.[2]Yin remained as coach and at the end of the 2003 league season went on to win the division championship.

China U-20

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Yin coachedChina national under-20 football teamin 2004, where he coached them in theAFC U-19 Championshiptournament, where they eventually became the runner-up in that competition againstKorea Republic.Yin was praised as a shrewd tactician and for encouraging many members of that team to subsequently graduate to the national side.

Qingdao Jonoon

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He coached anotherShandongclubQingdao Jonoonfrom 2005 to 2008.

China

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Yin became the last minute care-taker coach for the Chinese U-23 team, which had already qualified for theFootball at the 2008 Summer Olympicsas hosts.[3]During his short time as coach for the China U-23 team he was assigned with the task of coaching the team to a minimum of three competitive games againstNew Zealand,BelgiumandBrazil.However, due to his short time, he couldn't implement his ideas in the team, and China were eliminated within the group stages.[4]

On 9 December 2008, he was called as Interimscoach forChinaafterVladimir Petrovicstepped down in the wake of China's exit from the2010 FIFA World Cup qualificationin the Asian Zone.[5]Yin was assigned to coach the two imminent2011 AFC Asian Cup qualificationmatches to be held in the 14th and 21 January 2009 as well as the immediate friendlies leading up to the qualifiers where his reign as coach was mixed with a loss againstSyriaand a win againstVietnam.[6]

Honours

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Manager

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Shandong Taishan

Changchun Yatai

  • Chinese Jia B: 2003

References

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  1. ^"Tính danh: Ân thiết sinh".sports.sina.com.cn.Retrieved2012-09-24.
  2. ^"China 2001".RSSSF.19 Jun 2003.Retrieved2012-09-24.
  3. ^"China axes soccer coach Dujkovic ahead of Olympics".english.sina.com. 2008-07-17.Retrieved2012-09-24.
  4. ^"Matches - Previous Tournaments".fifa.com. Archived fromthe originalon June 18, 2011.Retrieved2012-09-24.
  5. ^"Yin named as caretaker coach of Chinese national team".english.sina.com. 2008-12-08.Retrieved2012-09-25.
  6. ^"Caretaker boss of Chinese soccer expecting miracles".english.sina.com. 2008-12-10.Retrieved2012-09-25.
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