Gao Sheng (footballer)

Gao Sheng (simplified Chinese: 高升; traditional Chinese: 高昇; pinyin: Gāo Shēng; born 10 May 1962) is a Chinese football coach and former player who played as a defensive midfielder.^[1]

Gao Sheng
高升

Personal information
Full name	Gao Sheng
Date of birth	(1962-05-10) 10 May 1962 (age 63)
Place of birth	Shenyang, Liaoning, China
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1976–1983	Liaoning
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1991	Liaoning
1991–1995	Fujitsu
International career
1983–1990	China		(3)
Managerial career
1996–2001	Kawasaki Frontale Youth
2002	Liaoning Xingguang (Assistant Coach)
2003–2006	Liaoning Zhongyu (Assistant Coach)
2007–2011	Kawasaki Frontale Youth
2012–2013	Hangzhou Greentown (Assistant Coach)
2013–2014	Liaoning Whowin
2016–2017	Hangzhou Greentown (Assistant Coach)
2019–2020	Tianjin Tianhai (Assistant Coach)
2021-	China U14
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

In this Chinese name, the family name is Gao.

Playing career

Born in Shenyang, Gao began his football career for his hometown football club Liaoning's youth team and later graduated to the senior team in 1983.^[2] He quickly made an impression within the team to win many trophies including 1989–90 Asian Club Championship. He accepted Shen Xiangfu's invitation and joined Japanese club Fujitsu in 1991. He retired at Fujitsu in 1995.^[3]

Managerial career

Gao became a football coach of Fujitsu (later changed the club name as Kawasaki Frontale) youth team system after his retirement. He back to Liaoning in December 2011 when he joined Liaoning Xingguang, Liaoning's youth team, and served under his former teammate Tang Yaodong as an assistant coach.^[4] He was appointed as the assistant coach of Liaoning Zhongyu in January 2003 after Li Shubin was called up into China national team. He resigned from Liaoning in late 2006 and re-joined Kawasaki Frontale. He accepted the invitation of Takeshi Okada to become the assistant coach of Hangzhou Greentown in the Chinese Super League in 2012.^[5] He left the club after Okada's resign in November 2013. On 27 November 2013, he signed a three-year contract with another Super League club Liaoning Whowin and became their new manager.^[3] On 9 April 2014, he resigned from Liaoning after winning only once in the first five matches of the season.^[6]

Personal life

Gao married to a Japanese woman in the 1990s. His son, Takahiro Ko (高 宇洋, Kō Takahiro), is currently playing for FC Tokyo.^[7]

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results list China's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Gao goal.

List of international goals scored by Gao Sheng

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2 June 1988	Mizuho Athletic Stadium, Nagoya, Japan	Japan	2–0	3–0	1988 Kirin Cup
2	4 December 1988	Qatar SC Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Syria	1–0	3–0	1988 AFC Asian Cup
3	27 July 1990	Workers Stadium, Beijing, China	North Korea	1–0	2–0	1990 Dynasty Cup

Honours

Player

Liaoning

• Chinese National League / Chinese Jia-A League (Top tier): 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991
• Chinese FA Cup: 1984, 1986
• Asian Club Championship: 1989–90^[8]