Li Guoxu (; born 11 April 1978) is Chinese football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Dalian Zhixing.

Club career

Li Guoxu started his career at Dalian Wanda.

Li Guoxu

In 1999, he left Dalian Wanda to join Chongqing Hongyan in the Chinese Jia B league.

Li Guoxu

In 2000, he moved to Shaanxi National Power.

Li Guoxu

In 2001, he returned to Chongqing and joined Chongqing Lifan. He scored 4 goals in the 8–1 victory against Công an in the Asian Cup Winners' Cup.

In March 2004, he joined Boca Juniors on a short loan. He suffered phalanx fracture, and did not have appearances. He returned to Chongqing in July 2004.

In 2007, he transferred to Chengdu Blades.

Managerial career

Following Li's retirement in 2009, he joined Dalian Aerbin as assistant coach. He also managed Dalian Aerbin's reserve team from 2012.

In 2017, Li was appointed as the reserve manager of Dalian Transcendence. He was promoted to first team manager during the season. In the 2018 season, he was officially appointed as manager but was sacked soon due to poor performances.

In 2019, Li returned to the renamed Dalian Yifang as reserves manager, but left the team not long after Benitez's arrival.

In 2022, Li sided with the newly established Dalian Duxing in the Chinese Champions League, and promoted into the China League Two by the end of the season.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

Dalian Wanda

Chinese Jia-A League: 1997, 1998

Chinese Super Cup: 1997

Shaanxi National Power

Chinese Jia-B League: 2000

References

1978 births

Living people

Chinese men's footballers

Footballers from Dalian

Dalian Shide F.C. players

Chongqing F.C. players

Chinese Super League players

Men's association football midfielders