Mao Yijun

Mao Yijun
毛毅军
Personal information
Full name Mao Yijun
Date of birth (1970-12-28) 28 December 1970
Place of birth Shanghai, China
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Right back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–2002 Shanghai Shenhua 153 (1)
Total 153 (1)
International career
1997 China 9 (1)
Managerial career
2004 Shanghai Shenhua (interim)
2021–2022 Shanghai Shenhua (caretaker)
2022– Shanghai Shenhua (team manager)
2026 Shanghai Shenhua (caretaker)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mao Yijun (simplified Chinese: 毛毅军; traditional Chinese: 毛毅軍; pinyin: Máo Yìjūn; 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.[1]

International career

On 4 May 1997, Mao made his debut for China in a 4–1 win against Turkmenistan.[2]

International goals

Scores and results list China's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
117 October 1997Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran Iran1–41–41998 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.[3] 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.[4]

On 3 August 2026, Mao was named as caretaker of Shanghai Shenhua again after Leonid Slutsky left his position.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Mao Yijun". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  2. ↑ "Mao Yijun". China National Football Team Database. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  3. ↑ "前利兹主教练出任申花主帅 威尔金森签约三年" (in Chinese). sports.sina.cn. 18 February 2004. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  4. ↑ "毛毅军：当好巴蒂斯塔的拐杖 接下来面临严峻挑战" (in Chinese). sina.com.cn. 22 July 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  5. ↑ "官方：上海申花主帅斯卢茨基下课，毛毅军出任教练组组长" (in Chinese). dongqiudi.com. 3 August 2026. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
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