Gao Sheng (footballer)
# 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.

## 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. 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.

## 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. 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. 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. On 9 April 2014, he resigned from Liaoning after winning only once in the first five matches of the season.

## Personal life

Gao married to a Japanese woman in the 1990s. His son, Takahiro Ko (高 宇洋, Kō Takahiro), is currently playing for Gamba Osaka.

## 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
