Gong Lei (footballer)

Gong Lei
宫磊
Personal information
Full name Gong Lei
Date of birth (1965-10-15) 15 October 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Beijing, China
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1980–1983 Beijing Team
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1989 Beijing Team
1990–1996 AS Pirae
1997 Toronto Lynx 22 (2)
1997–1998 South China
1998 Toronto Olympians 14 (17)
1999–2001 Beijing Kuanli
International career
1983–1986 China U-20 4 (2)
1993–1995 Tahiti 2 (1)
Managerial career
2003 Gansu Tianma
2007–2009 Shaanxi Chanba (assistant)
2009 Shaanxi Zhongjian (caretaker)
2010–2012 Guizhou Renhe (assistant)
2012–2014 Guizhou Renhe (caretaker)
2015 Guizhou Renhe
2016 Jiangsu Suning
2017-2018 Chongqing Dangdai Lifan (Sports consultant/Team Manager)
2024 Guangxi Lanhang F.C. (General manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gong Lei (Chinese: 宫磊; born 15 October 1965) is a Chinese football manager and former player as well as media pundit.

As a player, he represented Beijing Team, AS Pirae, Toronto Lynx, South China, Toronto Olympians and Beijing Kuanli before he retired and moved into coaching. His first coaching position would be with Gansu Tianma F.C. where he had a short spell with them before becoming an assistant at Shaanxi Zhongjian.[1] He would manage Chinese Super League side Guizhou Renhe where he won the 2013 Chinese FA Cup.

  1. ^ "宮磊平靜面對下課 加扎出任甘肅天馬主帥". people.com.cn. Archived from the original on 12 March 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2012.