Guangxi Pingguo is actively preparing for the entry work, and Zhou Lin is expected to coach

Reporter Wang Wei reports The new Guangxi Pingguo Football Club is actively preparing for the new season, and the preparation of the new team is also in preparation, and on December 20, the Guangxi Pingguo team will start the winter training of the new season as planned. And the one who led the team to start winter training was a coach who had a lot of fate with Guangxi football, and he was Zhou Lin, one of the members of China's "Super Platinum Generation". If the Guangxi Pingguo team successfully passes the admission, Zhou Lin will coach the new Guangxi Pingguo team as the head coach.

At the end of the 2024 season, after the share reform of Guangxi Pingguo Ha Yi Football Club, it will start to select outstanding coaches to serve as the head coach of Guangxi Pingguo team in the new season. In terms of selection criteria, being in the prime of life, having practical experience in coaching a professional team, and having a football dream are placed in a very important position, and it is not necessary for me to succeed, but my determination to succeed.

In addition, since the new Guangxi Pingguo Club is a restart, in order to make the operation of the club and the team more efficient and simple, the club management intends to let the head coach concurrently serve as the general manager of the club, so as to facilitate the overall operation and efficient operation of the club and the team.

In the process of selecting the new head coach of Guangxi Pingguo team, a number of young coaches who have coached in the first team of the professional league in recent years have entered the list of managers of Guangxi Pingguo team. Among them is the coaching team headed by Zhou Lin.

Zhou Lin was born in Tianjin in 1981, 43 years old this year, a defender when he was a player, was selected for the national youth team led by Shen Xiangfu in 1999, and had a very good performance in the 2001 World Youth Championships. As a professional player, Zhou Lin has played for Qianwei Huandao, Chongqing Lifan, Guangzhou Pharmaceutical, Guangzhou Team and other teams. He retired at the end of the 2010 season.

After retiring, Zhou Lin transformed into a coach, and served as the echelon coach and youth training director of Chongqing Lifan Club for a long time, and served as the head coach of Shanxi Longjin Team of China B Club.

In the process of coaching Shanxi Longjin in the 2022 season, Zhou Lin set a record, when in the first stage of the China B League, the team won the first place in the Qiannan Division with an undefeated record of 9 wins, 5 draws and 0 losses, and the 32 points were also the highest among the 24 teams in the three major regions of the China B League at that time.

At the beginning of the 2023 season, Zhou Lin became attached to Guangxi football, and in May 2023, Zhou Lin led the team to participate in the Duyun Division as the head coach of the Guangxi Yongcheng team, and in the second round of qualifying, Guangxi Yongcheng defeated Shanghai Saigenda 1-0, but in the case of the same goal difference, because of 1 goal less than Shanghai Tongji, he missed the promotion to the top 16 of the national finals. was able to bring a little-known Gui Super League team almost to the finals of the Chinese Championship, and Zhou Lin's coaching ability is eye-catching.

Zhou Lin's leadership philosophy and coaching level have been recognized by the outside world. In the 2023 season of the Chinese League, Shijiazhuang Kung Fu team started 3 rounds without a win, fell into the relegation zone, and after losing 0-2 at home to Nanjing City in the 9th round, the team decided to change the coach and invited Zhou Lin to coach. Zhou Lin, who was appointed in danger, coached the Shijiazhuang Kung Fu team in the 2023 season, achieving 12 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses, and finally helped the team win the third place in the Chinese League that season. It is particularly worth mentioning that after serving as the head coach of the Shijiazhuang Kung Fu team in the middle of the 2023 season, he achieved a record of 7 wins and 1 loss in the first 8 league games, winning a wave of seven consecutive victories, pulling the Shijiazhuang Kung Fu team back from the relegation sequence to the super ranks. Zhou Lin can be described as "famous in a fight".

In the middle of the 2024 season, Zhou Lin put out fires again and served as the executive coach of Dalian Kuncheng in the championship group of the Central B competition.

In Zhou Lin's football philosophy, the players' clubs and teams are the most valuable assets, and in the teams he coaches, the players have expressed that Zhou Lin is willing to take the initiative to communicate with the players, grasp the mentality and state of the players, and face various problems with the players at all times, so as to form a good team atmosphere in the team. It can be said that Zhou Lin, as a football coach, is currently on the rise, and Zhou Lin has a strong grasp of the players' psychology and the game process. In terms of technique and tactics, Zhou Lin emphasizes changeable playing styles, is good at analyzing and summarizing, and is good at understanding opponents. These are all needed by the new Guangxi Pingguo team.