Yain Cannavaro's comeback as head coach after 6 years? Submission of Application to Association...The fans are talking about the pros and cons

Sep 13, 2025

Yain Cannavaro's comeback as head coach after 6 years? Submission of Application to Association...The fans are talking about the pros and cons
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Will Fabio Cannavaro return to the Chinese stage for the first time in six years.

It was reported that Cannavaro recently submitted an application to the position of the next head coach of the Chinese national team. Chinese media, including the Beijing Youth Daily, reported that Cannavaro is participating in the competition for the next national team coach and has already submitted data. Beijing Youth Daily 'Cannabaro has expressed his desire to return to China through various channels to serve as a coach. This support is also an extension of that will.

Cannavaro took his first step toward China in 2014 when he took the helm of Guangzhou Evergrande. He led Guangzhou after his teacher Marcelo Lippi, but was dismissed in June of the following year. The performance was not bad, but it was analyzed that the reason was that he was tried in an Italian court on tax evasion charges at the time and that he did not receive the trust of the owner. Cannavaro, who later moved to Al Nasr (Saudi Arabia), returned to China in 2016 when he took over as Tianjin Quanjian, then a top-tier league (second division), and was recognized for his leadership by winning the championship. He also successfully led the team in the Chinese Super League in 2017 and signed a three-year contract with Guangzhou Hengda after the end of the season. In 2019, he led the Chinese national team, which was vacant at the time, to two games. Cannavaro eventually left the club in a mutual termination manner in 2020 when Guangzhou Evergrande suffered from financial difficulties.




Yain Cannavaro's comeback as head coach after 6 years? Submission of Application to Association...The fans are talking about the pros and cons
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Cannavaro later took the helm of Benevento and Udinese (Italy) and led Dynamo Zagreb (Croatia) in Europe. In Udinese, the team was rescued from the relegation zone, but in Benevento and Zagreb, they did not perform well. Although he made his name as the world's best defender when he was a player, his leadership has not been evaluated accordingly.

As news of Cannavaro's support spread, there is a heated debate among Chinese fans. One netizen criticized Sohu on the Internet, saying, `If Cannavaro becomes a real coach, I will not watch the news of the Chinese national team for five years.' Another netizen sarcastically said, "'Do you know it's easy to make money in China?' Still, some defended the Ballon d'Or as the only defender in the world to win the World Cup and European Championship (Italy), but most are negative about Cannavaro's appointment as coach of the Chinese national team.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.