Shin Tae-yong Bentu Klinsman Rumor China's All-Time Disgrace, Rejects All, Abandoned Appointment of an undisclosed Director → Switch to Open Recruitment

Sep 05, 2025

Shin Tae-yong Bentu Klinsman Rumor China's All-Time Disgrace, Rejects All, Abandoned Appointment of an undisclosed Director → Switch to Open Recruitment
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The Chinese Football Association has finally decided to openly recruit the appointment of a coach.

The Chinese Football Association announced on its official website on the 5th (Korea time) that it would openly recruit the Chinese men's national team coach until the 20th, revealing the conditions for the appointment of the coach.

At the end of June last year, the Chinese Football Association replaced Coach Branco Ivankovic. China, which failed to make it to the 2026 finals in North American World Cup, decided it would no longer be able to accompany coach Ivankovic. After replacing Ivankovic, Dejan Djurjevic, China's under-20 coach was appointed as the interim head coach, but it was unsuccessful.




After replacing Ivankovic, numerous candidates were linked to the head coach of the Chinese national team. More than 10 candidates were mentioned, including former South Korean national team coach Paulo Bento, former Mexican coach Juan Carlos Osorio, Shin Tae-yong, Jurgen Klinsmann and former Qatar coach Felix Sanchez.

Shin Tae-yong Bentu Klinsman Rumor China's All-Time Disgrace, Rejects All, Abandoned Appointment of an undisclosed Director → Switch to Open Recruitment
There may have been candidates who were not disclosed to the media because the Chinese Football Association moved behind the scenes, but as a result, no head coach has appeared to take over the past 70 days. The analysis is correct that it will be difficult to appoint a famous coach because it is impossible for the Chinese Football Association to tempt with money as its budget has decreased significantly compared to the past.

In the end, the Chinese Football Association decided to receive a resume through an open recruitment. It is interpreted to mean that they will look for candidates other than those who have failed to negotiate and contact so far.
Shin Tae-yong Bentu Klinsman Rumor China's All-Time Disgrace, Rejects All, Abandoned Appointment of an undisclosed Director → Switch to Open Recruitment
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Chinese media NetEase summarized seven managerial conditions announced by the Chinese Football Association. 'First, you have a professional-level leadership certificate, and the leadership certificate must be within the expiration date. Second, the national team hosted by the International Football Federation and the Continental Football Federation must have a career in coaching the finals of official tournaments or a high-quality league in Europe and Asia. Third, in principle, there are no restrictions on nationality under the age of 60, and you must work as a full-time director. Fourth, you must have relatively strong communication skills. Fifth, you must have a healthy, well-behaved, and good social image. Sixth, there should be no doping violation issues and no legal disputes that could affect the record of illegal crimes and the normal performance of the national team's duties. Finally, we need to understand the technical tactical characteristics, competition trends, and development trends of modern high-level games in depth, and have active and active economic ideology and technological tactical style' is the condition set forth by the Chinese Football Association.

NetEase 'The head coach of the Chinese national soccer team has been vacant for 70 days. Previously, the Chinese national football team's coaching job had been linked to several foreign coaches, but it remained in the rumour stage and there was no further real contact,' he added.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.