Chen Xirong

{{Short description|Chinese footballer and manager}}

{{Family name hatnote|Chen|lang=Chinese}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Chen Xirong
陈熙荣

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| fullname = Chen Xirong

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1953}}

| birth_place = Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

| death_date =

| height =

| position = Midfield

| years1 = 1976–1984

| clubs1 = Guangdong Team

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| goals1 =

| nationalyears1 = 1976–1982

| nationalteam1 = China

| nationalcaps1 = 15

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| manageryears1 = 1984–1987

| managerclubs1 = Guangzhou Youth

| manageryears2 = 1987–1989

| managerclubs2 = China U-20

| manageryears3 = 1990–1992

| managerclubs3 = Guangdong Team

| manageryears4 = 1992

| managerclubs4 = China (Caretaker)

| manageryears5 = 1992–1997

| managerclubs5 = China (Assist)

| manageryears6 = 1992–1997

| managerclubs6 = China U-23 (Assist)

| manageryears7 = 1994

| managerclubs7 = Guangdong Hongyuan

| manageryears8 = 1998

| managerclubs8 = Guangzhou Matsunichi

| manageryears9 = 1998–1999

| managerclubs9 = Guangzhou Apollo

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{{Infobox Chinese

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|p=Chén Xīróng

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|j=Can4 Hei1wing4

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Chen Xirong (born 1953 in Guangzhou) is a former Chinese international football player and coach as well as also being a media pundit. As a player, he would play for Guangdong FC where he won the club's first ever Chinese league title in 1979, while internationally he represented China in the 1976 Asian Cup and in the 1980 Asian Cup. After retiring, he would move into management where he joined Guangdong FC's cantonese rival Guangzhou FC before becoming a media pundit for Guangdong sports channel.{{Cite web|url=http://cnsoccer.titan24.com/2011-03-11/103727_11.html|title=数广东足坛十三大风流人物：容志行古广明均上榜|publisher=cnsoccer.titan24.com|date=2011-03-11|access-date=2012-07-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110918061551/http://cnsoccer.titan24.com/2011-03-11/103727_11.html|archive-date=2011-09-18|url-status=dead}}