Good news in a row! Under the blazing sun of July 2, Liaoning Ironman Football Club of the Central League officially announced that Li Jin Yu, a legend in the history of Liaoning soccer, will take charge of the team and become the new generation of head coach.
Li Jin Yu, 46 years old, was once the pride of Liao Football and the outstanding representative of Liao Xiaohu. His soccer career began in 2012, when he started coaching and served as an assistant coach for the national team. Back in April 1985, Li Jin Yu stepped into the junior soccer training class of Liaoning Sports School and began his soccer journey under the guidance of Coach Zhang. He represented Shenyang City twice in the national "Beibei Cup" soccer tournament, and returned as the best scorer, and in July 1997, he went to the World Youth Soccer Championships with the Jianlibao youth team, and in June 1998, he formally represented Liaoning to play in the National Soccer League A B. In March 2000, he won the 99th Super League Championship, and at the end of the same year, he was awarded the title of the National Soccer Championships. Championship, and at the end of the same year, he was selected as one of the best soccer players in China.
In the 2023 season, Li Jin Yu led Yunnan Yukun Football Club to a third place finish in the Chinese B League and was successfully promoted to the Chinese A League. However, on May 22nd of this year, due to personal reasons, Li Jin Yu announced that he would no longer be the head coach of Yunnan Yukun. At the time, the team was leading the Central League standings after 10 rounds of matches with an outstanding record of 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, and the news of Li's departure made fans feel doubly sudden. The timely intervention of Liaoning Ironman is closely related to the 0-5 defeat on the road in the 15th round of the Central League on June 30th. Currently, Liaoning Ironman has dropped to the bottom three in the Central League standings, and the move to change the manager may be a key move to save the former glory.
