Background
Wu Qunli was born in the Baiyun District within Guangzhou and would join second tier football club Guangzhou Football Club within the 1983 league season.
吴群立, 吳群立
Wu Qunli was born in the Baiyun District within Guangzhou and would join second tier football club Guangzhou Football Club within the 1983 league season.
As a player he was predominantly remembered for his time at Guangzhou Football Club and Hong Kong First Division League side South China, while internationally he also represented his country in the 1988 Summer Olympics and 1992 AFC Asian Cup. Since retiring he would move into management where he returned to Guangzhou Football Club as an assistant before becoming their manager for a short spell. The following season would see him called up to the Chinese national team for the first time where he would become a regular before playing with the senior team in the 1988 Summer Olympics.
By now Wu had become a vital member for his club and country and go on to lead China into the 1992 AFC Asian Cup where they came third.
He would then be given the nickname of "Golden Left Foot" for he saved the team many times by scoring some great goals using his left foot. A Hong Kong Senior Shield and Hong Kong at the end of the 1995-1996 league season followed despite Wu missing six mouths out after an injury sustained on March 9, 1996.
With Wu winning the Hong Kong First Division League title at the end of the 1996-1997 league season Wu would soon move to Golden and then Tung Po before he retired. Club Country Individual.