Novels like Coaching the Chinese National Team, Starting in 1997
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Coaching the Chinese National Team, Starting in 1997, best match first.
- 1 Back to 2004: Cristiano Ronaldo Begins His Road to Kingship 重回2004，C罗开启成王之路 At 39, Cristiano Ronaldo transmigrates back to 2004. This time, he will make up for his regrets. First, win the European Championship, dominate the Premier League, and lift the Champions League trophy... Dribbling, beating defenders, passing, free kicks, curling shots, low drives, headers, powerful long-range shots... he can do it all! In 2006, he wins his first World Cup and begins his journey to become a king and a god... Of course, football isn't Ronaldo's only goal after transmigrating back. 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Godfather of Chinese Football: A Seventeen-Year Game of Chess 中国足球教父：一盘十七年的棋局 An accident on a rainy night brought Chen Feng’s frustrating, unsuccessful coaching career to an end. Fate gave him another chance, sending him back to a small meeting room at Spanish Segunda Division club Levante, seventeen years in the past. In his previous life, he had no influence. No one listened to his advice, and his tactical insights became a laughingstock among the team. Returning with seventeen years of regrets and experience, this time he refuses to stay silent. Seeing through the lim 8.8kReads6.9Score578Shelves
- 3 Football: Starting with the 2014 World Cup 足球：从2014世界杯开始 This time, I won't let my talent go to waste! [Transmigration] [System] After unexpectedly transmigrating into James Rodriguez in 2014, Ling Yu finds himself standing on the field at the Brazil World Cup. Bound to a FIFA System, he earns legendary footballers' signature skills every time he completes a mission: De Bruyne's passing, Valverde's long-range shots, Modric's stamina... But the System is only there to help. The real challenges are: How can he avoid repeating the mistakes of J-Rod's car 8Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 4 I'm King of Football, and I'm Wilder Than Ibra 足坛我为王，我比伊布狂 (Early on, he thrashes South Korea and Japan at the Asian Cup; later, he takes on every star in Europe's top five leagues.) The programmers and Tiezi got arrested? At last, the day has dawned! At the 2024 Asian Cup, Chen Beixuan burst onto the scene. Son Heung-min, Kaoru Mitoma, all of you, move aside. Don't get in the way of me, Chen Beixuan, showing off! (This is a feel-good soccer novel. The characters and story are entirely fictional and have nothing to do with reality. Please don't read the 76Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 5 Reborn to Save Chinese Football 重生之拯救国足 The male protagonist is murdered and reborn as his sixteen-year-old self in 1996. In the past, he tried to save Chinese soccer by going into business; now he'll take the field himself. Come on, Jia-A League of the 1996 season! Think you're going to see the same old faces? Shevchenko, Veron, Trezeguet: every one of them will be here. On the pitch, follow the male protagonist's arduous journey abroad as he grows step by step and crushes one great player after another. Off the pitch, watch him turn 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Football: They Stole My Spot, So I Unlocked the Ronaldo Template 足球，名额被顶反手激活大罗模板 In 2036, China's national football team finally makes it to the World Cup! Lin Luo is staying up late to watch the live broadcast. So overwhelmed with excitement that everything goes black, he collapses. When he opens his eyes, he discovers that he has been reborn twenty years in the past. Back then, he was the country's one and only superstar prodigy, a rising sensation, and the first Yan Nation player invited to join Real Madrid's youth academy! But Lin Luo, having lived this life once before, 117Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 7 A Blueprint for the Beautiful Game: From Football Manager to a Golden Age 绿茵蓝图：从足球经理到黄金时代 [Ensemble cast + slow burn + unconventional football story + building a football system + no individual heroics] In 1990, financial whiz Lin Shen accidentally transmigrates into the darkest era of Chinese football. Armed with the ability to predict the future and a data-driven mindset, he spends tens of millions to buy a team on the verge of folding, vowing to spark an industrial revolution in football! From body-fat assessments and the “Sparks” youth development program to recruiting young star 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Reborn to Lead China’s National Team to the World Cup 重生之带领国足进入世界杯 [Football + coming of age + light sci-fi] At the scene of the national team’s devastating defeat in 2024, Xiaowei triggers a transmigration ban by blurting out, “China will win the World Cup in the future.” When the System malfunctions, he plunges into an unknown time and place. Hearing that “Li Weiqiang has been injured,” he realizes that the victim bears an uncanny resemblance to his father, whose right leg is disabled and who hates football. Xiaowei rushes over to confirm it, only to be forci 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Building a Bundesliga Powerhouse: Burying Kane's Title Hopes with My Own Hands 打造德甲豪门，亲手埋葬凯恩夺冠 Yang Yu, a fine young man from 2025, suddenly transmigrates back to 2018, becoming a Chinese-German investor. He also unexpectedly awakens a Tycoon System. Four years later, when the System steps down, Yang Yu has amassed a fortune worth hundreds of millions. With nothing better to do, he decides to build a club capable of going toe-to-toe with Bayern Munich. In 2024, when Kane joins Bayern, Yang Yu’s club rises to the Bundesliga, and Yang Yu sets out to personally bury Kane’s dream of winning a —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Football: I Awakened a System After Giving Up 足球：开摆后我觉醒了系统 Chen Liang had planned to slack off on the pitch and sit back as a spectator. But then the System suddenly appeared, granting him a golden finger. The lazy underdog is ready to turn things around, and the good-for-nothing is about to make a comeback. Watch him stir up the football world, leave his opponents stunned, and send the fans into a frenzy! 42Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 A Water Margin Star’s Football Journey 水浒魔星的足球之旅 [Starting from Scratch] [Feel-Good] [Building a Team] [Developing Star Players] [Urban] Summon the Liangshan heroes, all blessed with incredible athleticism, and train them to become professional players! Dong Ping, the Twin Spear General: “Twin Spears, Phantom Demon Break! Twin Dragons, Sky-Splitting Strike!” Zhang Qing, the Featherless Arrow: “The Beckham-style bending free kick? Watch me unleash Falling Stars!” Ruan Xiaowu, the Short-Lived Second Brother: “You want to get past me? You must h 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 A China League Two Substitute, I’ll Carry the National Team to the World Cup 中乙替补，我把国足抬进世界杯 Lin Yue, a reserve goalkeeper in China League Two, is urgently called up after all three of the national team's goalkeepers are injured at once. He thinks he's just there to make up the numbers, but then he binds to the [Wall of Sighs: Special Edition for the National Team] System. Every legal shot is guaranteed to be saved. One-on-ones, long-range shots, penalties: nothing gets past him! He keeps clean sheets against South Korea and Japan in the World Cup qualifiers, leads his group into the Wo 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Reborn in 2001: The Youth Academy Coach Takes the Football World by Storm 重生2001，青训教父横扫足坛 [Football] + [Reborn] + [passionate] + [System] After fifty-two years of life and thirty years devoted to youth development, Lin Hui watched the national team fall short time and again. He died ill, carrying a lifetime of regrets. When he opened his eyes again, he was back in 2001, on the euphoric night China made its historic breakthrough to the World Cup. The whole country was cheering, but he could see the darkness awaiting Chinese football over the next twenty years: talented players overloo 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 99 Hungry Rounds to Become the King of the Ball? Anthony! 饿足99轮才能成球王？安东尼！ The protagonist, Anthony, unexpectedly binds to the “Hunger Evolution” System. After going hungry twice in Manchester United’s cafeteria, he discovers that hunger points can be exchanged for boosts to his abilities on the pitch? When your hunger becomes a black hole, the Premier League Golden Boot is your ticket to becoming the king of football! Even more shocking, Ronaldo went to Saudi Arabia because he plans to buy Manchester United? Just go hungry for 99 rounds in Manchester United’s cafeteri 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Above the Dust: The Legend of Milan's Football God 在尘埃之上：米兰球神纪 Croias Maldini, adopted by Cesare Maldini, is also a 30-year AC Milan fan. He dies suddenly after Milan’s disastrous performance in the 2024–25 season and transmigrates. At 15, he represents Milan on the pitch. In 2000, at the age of 14, he represents Italy’s Olympic team and wins the championship. At 16, he becomes a Milan regular, wearing the number 16 shirt. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Broadcast Rights at a Premium? Watch Me Train the National Team at 4 A.M. 天价转播？看我凌晨4点操练国足 Before the 2026 World Cup in Canada, Mexico, and the United States, FIFA demands $300 million from Xia Country’s television network for the broadcasting rights. Chen Chen refuses to buy the exorbitantly priced rights. An angry fan hits him on the back of the head, and he is reborn on September 5, 2024, where he witnesses China’s national team suffer a humiliating 7–0 defeat. Just as the whole internet erupts in anger and the entire nation falls into despair, he awakens the Green Pitch Talent Sco —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 A Coaching Career That Began with a College Team 从院队教练开始的执教生涯 A football manager’s journey, starting with a university team. The protagonist isn’t invincible, and the story isn’t mindless. This is a tale you can take your time with. Writing a new book isn’t easy, so please bear with me. 9.5kReads8.8Score924Shelves
- 18 The Red Devils’ Manager 红魔主教练 Moyes, wronged for the ages; Van Gaal, snow in June; Mourinho, unjustly maligned... Zhao Dongcheng, a peerless hero of his generation. I can say this: apart from Ferguson, I'm the second-best manager in Manchester United's history!! 3.2kReads6.9Score102Shelves
- 19 I Was Just a Security Guard, but I Became a Championship-Winning Football Coach 我一保安，却成了冠军足球教练 [Ensemble Cast Novel - Coaching Novel] Great coaches don't rise to the top overnight. Mourinho's counterattacking style, Guardiola's possession-based football, and Klopp's high press all took countless years of coaching experience to perfect, making them masters of world-class tactics. Sun Qian returned to July 1, 2006, the day England were knocked out by Portugal in the quarterfinals of the 18th World Cup. As a stadium security guard for Queens Park Rangers, how can he lead the lads to champion 149Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 20 The Road to Becoming a Soccer King Begins With Facing Expulsion From School 球王之路，从面临学校开除起步 Betrayed by his girlfriend and expelled from school, Xu Tao, whose life had been nothing but misery, is reborn. He also gains a miraculous virtual training System. Now watch him turn his life around and set out on the road to becoming a soccer king! 79Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 21 Football: It All Begins with the Battle of the Thirteen Guardians 足球：从十三太保大乱斗开始 [The internet’s first novel about the Su Super League city tournament + System + Bundesliga + invincible hero + never joins the national team] The Su Super League city tournament kicks off, setting the internet abuzz. After three straight winless games, the Changzhou Tyrannosaurs become an overnight sensation! As a little-used substitute on the Changzhou team, Lu Hang wins the System’s favor and leads the team on a spectacular rampage. Jose Mourinho: “Lu Hang is the world’s best striker. His per 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Kicked Out of Manchester United, I Get a Concept-Level Talent Upgrade Every Week 逐出曼联，每周刷新概念级天赋 [Roguelike + Soccer + All-Around Midfielder + High-Octane + No Chinese National Team] In 2009, Ferguson spends £7.5 million on a mystery signing, bringing in the “biggest flop in Manchester United history.” But after leaving United, he grows into the brightest star in world football! … Every match is a brand-new adventure, and Lin Sheng’s football roguelike journey grows ever more unpredictable! Klopp: “Wasn’t he a defensive midfielder? Why is he tearing down the wing?” Guardiola: “You’re on you 2.7kReads7.2Score125Shelves
- 23 Football: Shining in the AFC Champions League, I Sign with Arsenal on the Spot 足球：闪耀亚冠，当场签约阿森纳 Chen Fan transmigrated! He unlocked Bell's signature moves and lit up the AFC Champions League! During a friendly against Arsenal, Wenger signed him on the spot! Between two points, Chen Fan is second to none! Unstoppable cuts inside! Powerful long-range shots! The pendulum dribble! His jaw-dropping moves shock the world! His journey to becoming the King of Football begins... 629Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 24 2026 World Cup: Let Ronaldo Have No Regrets 2026世界杯：让C罗不留遗憾 Siuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! Once the king of the Bernabeu, he is now branded a cancer of football by the media, and even his most devoted fans urge him to accept his fate. “Ding! You have received a guide to redemption from 2026. The Life Regret Sandbox Simulator has been activated.” “This System will make up for your regrets and turn you into a tyrant of football, helping you become the King of a Thousand Goals.” 5.4kReads7.8Score495Shelves
- 25 Football: Reborn in Milan, I Have No Shame on the Pitch 足球：重生米兰，场上的我没节操 Retired player Lin Nan is reborn in the body of a young man in Milan. Not only does he have a full head of hair, he also gets an Emotion Management System. Whenever he provokes someone’s emotions, he receives them. The emotional points he earns become the foundation for realizing his football dream. In a school football tournament, he takes on opponents from every direction with the BUFF from stacked star-player cards. He catches the eye of a scout, and from then on, the road to realizing his fo 515Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 26 The Legend of Football: The Rise of the Red Rebels 绿茵传奇之红叛军崛起 [Traditional football management novel] [Tomato's first amateur football team] [Football] + [Transmigration] + [Comeback] + [Tactical play] Our club, our rules! Two united teams, one soul! In 2005, a group of fans opposed to the Glazer family's takeover of Manchester United founded a football club of their own. Five years later, a Manchester United fan with memories of the future became the head coach of this amateur team. Stars like Vardy, Haaland, and Messi would all become members of the team 303Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 27 Reborn as Kaka: From the Start in Istanbul 重生卡卡，开局伊斯坦布尔 A half-hearted football fan from a later era wakes up reborn in Istanbul on May 25, 2005, at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium. The glaring 3:3 score shines from the scoreboard, while the Liverpool players across the pitch burn with fighting spirit... Ancelotti animatedly lays out his tactics for extra time. His teammates, gathered in a circle, are either gasping for breath or looking bewildered. Sheva, Crespo, Pirlo, Gattuso, Seedorf, Maldini, Nesta, Cafu... Where’s Kaka? “Kaka, get ready! You’re goi 24.4kReads8.6Score2.2kShelves
- 28 Football: Starting My Coaching Career with the Southern Stars 足球：从执教南部之星开始 Beneath the surface, Munich was seething in the summer of 2014. As Guardiola’s possession-based football struggled to find its footing at the Allianz Arena, As iron-fisted patriarch Hoeness continued to hold power without ever facing prison, As Hoeness, rooted in the domestic game, came up against the internationally minded Rummenigge, the gears of fate quietly pushed William Victor, a youth-team coach who had devoted sixteen years to his work, into the eye of the storm. This young manager, with 14Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 29 Oh No, My System Is a Scheming, Tsundere Maid 坏了，我家系统竟是腹黑傲娇女仆 When Zhang Baichi wakes up, a black-haired maid is standing beside his bed! What shocks him even more is that the maid is actually a System, or rather, the System is a maid! And his System is nothing like anyone else’s. It’s the utterly useless Football Manager System! Just like that, Zhang Baichi returns to a year ago and begins a love-hate life with his tsundere, scheming maid of a System. What on earth happened to make the infamous BBC publish an article titled “Birmingham City Club Has Given —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 He Led Manchester United to Become Public Enemy Number One, So Why Did They Let Him Coach? 带领曼联成公敌，谁让他执教的！ [Soccer Coach] [System] [One Female Lead] [Absurd Antics] [Lighthearted Comedy] In 2016, Xiao Yao unexpectedly transmigrates into the role of Manchester United's head coach, only to find himself trapped in an endless cycle of interviews from the moment he arrives. Guardiola's possession game, Mourinho's defense, Klopp's pressing, Ancelotti's balance? None of it works! After finally passing an interview and obtaining a System golden finger, he is told that he'll die if he gets fired. What kind of 8.1kReads6.5Score607Shelves
- 31 Football: From the Start at Manchester United, Am I the New Sir Alex? 足球：开局曼联，我成藤圣了？ [Soccer / Manchester United / comedy / no grim angst, ridiculous swagger, or face-slapping] Teng Ge is living the high life in a luxury apartment on the 16th floor when sheer luck takes him by surprise. He wakes up to discover he’s become Erik ten Hag, Manchester United’s head coach! “Damn, where am I? Is this even still China?” Like every transmigrator, Teng Ge gets a golden finger: the “Insight System.” It lets him see how players are doing and even improve their stats. So Teng Ge takes Manche 180Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 32 Making a Name for Myself on an Alien World 异球成名 From becoming a legend at ADO Den Haag to creating the Blue Fox miracle... After being reborn and gaining the “Make a Name for Yourself on Another Planet” System, Ran Chen begins to make a name for himself at Dutch club ADO Den Haag, then achieves success with Premier League side Leicester City, embarking on a legendary football career conquering the Eredivisie, ruling the Premier League, and winning fame across Europe! Skills mastered so far: 1. Pressing 2. Dribbling past opponents with ease 3. 297Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 33 Reborn as the Head of the Football Association, I Build a Football Powerhouse 重生足协掌门人，打造足球强国 When the Chinese national team lost 0:7 to Japan, the whole country lamented. I smashed my computer in a rage, only to unexpectedly transmigrate to 2013! Who could have guessed that I, a soccer expert and game designer, would become the head of the Football Association: Lin Yuan! I even started with a [Football Association Simulator]. With the media mocking me, “Lin the Contrarian is back, making a spectacle of himself,” old hands in the association obstructing me, and club bigwigs paying lip se 103Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 34 Deadly Curve 致命弧线 After gaining the System through a football simulator, Su Yu turns the world of football upside down. He is determined to become the next “Golden-Edged Su” of this era, yet he charges ever farther away from playing as a winger. Full-back, the most romantic position in modern football, awaits him to scale its heights and conquer it... Until one day, a saying spreads throughout world football: the world's best full-back depends on which side Su Yu plays on. Full-backs play on the flanks too, don't 783Reads6.9Score107Shelves
- 35 Football: From the Start, I Took Half of Messi's Skills 足球：开局拿走梅老板一半技能 This isn't just a story about a player! It's about a player who becomes an owner! Matteo Lucarelli took a ball straight to the face. The one who kicked it was none other than football superstar Messi. To his amazement, after the ball hit him, new knowledge appeared in his mind. As the son of Parma's owner, how can he help his father build a formidable Parma? 106Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 36 Winds Rise in Jingkou, Spreading Like Wildfire 风起京口，其势燎原 "Winds Rise in Jingkou, Their Momentum Spreads Like Wildfire" is a novel about the struggles of those at the grassroots of Chinese football. Set against the backdrop of the Zhenjiang team in the “Jiangsu Super League,” it tells how a team languishing at the bottom of the league gradually climbs out of its slump under the leadership of its new head coach, Liu Kun, through recruiting newcomers, rebuilding its tactics, and rekindling its fighting spirit. Later, the Zhenjiang team becomes the founda 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 World Cup! The National Team Claims the Hercules Cup!!! 世界杯！国足豪取大力神杯！！！ The World Cup! China claims the World Cup trophy!!! 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Reborn in 1992: Snatching Up Beijing Guoan 重生1992，抢注北京国安 [Reborn in football + a business empire + a passionate title race] Reborn in 1992, I shut down the invincibility System. I'll use my own skills to build Guoan a foundation that will last a century! When Nedved, Henry, and Kanu don the green jersey, and Wenger and Van der Veyden bring in new ideas, we're playing for more than football. We're playing for the dreams and future of an era. From today on, remember this shade of green: Guoan will always fight for first place! [Author's note] This is a 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Football: I Ended the Messi-Ronaldo Era 足球：我，终结梅罗时代 Jiang Feng transmigrated to 2014 and started out at the German second-division club Nuremberg. Scoring goals in droves and dominating the field, he caught the attention of top clubs. From then on, a new soccer star rose to prominence. He was called the man who ended the Messi-Ronaldo rivalry, and the true pride of Asia! Pep Guardiola: “Watching Jiang Feng play made me realize Messi isn’t a genius after all!” Jose Mourinho: “He’s a combination of Ronaldo and Messi!” Florentino Perez: “Real Madrid 1.9kReads7.4Score101Shelves
- 40 The World Cup! China's National Team Sets Its Sights on the World Cup Trophy 世界杯！国足剑指大力神杯 On the night of the 2026 World Cup final, Mo Fan’s heart stopped as he watched Cristiano Ronaldo lead Portugal to victory. When he opened his eyes again, he had become a Shandong Taishan youth academy player! After binding to the Star Replication System, he still admired Ronaldo, but resolutely chose “the Great Sage” Gareth Bale, the man who took individual heroism to its extreme! With the System unlocking Bale’s speed and curling shots, Mo Fan rises from youth academy dark horse to tear through 49Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 The Greatest Football Manager: From the Start in the Championship with a Points Deduction 足坛第一教父，从英冠负分开局 [Coach story] + [No Chinese national team] + [Pure romance] If Xie Jingyu had not been born, the world of football would have been shrouded in darkness for ages! In February 2026, Xie Jingyu transmigrates by accident, returning to the start of the 2025/26 season and becoming the head coach of Sheffield Wednesday. The club is bankrupt, the league has docked them 18 points, they face a transfer embargo, and their squad is depleted. So what? Those are just a few hardships along the way! Football's 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 The Godfather of Football: Starting by Saving Chinese Football 绿茵教父，从拯救国足开始 Chinese soccer has sunk to its lowest point in history. The national team has missed the World Cup for three consecutive tournaments, its Asian ranking has fallen to 15th, its youth training system has collapsed, match-fixing and gambling scandals run rampant in the leagues, and the fans have lost all hope. 148Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Saving Chinese Football: Starting with Espanyol 拯救国足，从执教西班牙人开始 [Football] + [System] + [Coach] Chen Feng bursts onto the scene in La Liga, leading Wu Lei to the title in his very first year as a coach! After a difficult spell in Ligue 1, Chen Feng takes up the reins again, coaching the league's dominant club. Under his leadership, the MMN trio strikes fear into European football, finally helping Paris achieve its long-held dream. He becomes a household name in the Premier League, as Manchester United poaches Chen Feng with a record-breaking transfer fee. He 1.3kReads7.1Score—Shelves
- 44 From the Start, I Coached Chelsea 开局执教切尔西 Fans: We want Mourinho, not Yu Yue. Didier Drogba: I believe Jose Mourinho was Chelsea’s greatest manager. Yu Yue is only standing on the shoulders of giants. Mourinho: Yu Yue won titles with the team by relying on the legacy I left at Chelsea. He kept most of my system. Crisis is another name for opportunity. The harsher the circumstances, the more likely a great talent is to rise. See how Yu Yue, who came from the future, faces a troubled start in this age of shining stars, overcomes threats f 727Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 45 Football Manager: The Soccer World's Femme Fatale 足球经理之足坛魅魔 Tags: Football, coaching, club management, System, master of trash talk. Also known as Football Manager: The Seducer of the Pitch, The Football Orator, and Trash Talk Makes Me Unbeatable: They All Call Me the Greatest Coach of All Time. When he opens his eyes, football management game player Wang Xu has transmigrated into the controlling shareholder and head coach of AFC Wimbledon, a newly promoted League One club. No transfer budget. No star players. The media predict they’re the favorites for 38.4kReads9.0Score4.5kShelves
- 46 Soccer Coach: I Have a Star Card System 足球教练：手握球星卡系统 Respect copyright and use pseudonyms whenever possible. This story has nothing to do with any particular football club, so please don’t assume it refers to one! A must-read for true football fans and nostalgia lovers, and a treat for anyone who loves Easter eggs. If you truly love football, come enjoy the beautiful game with me. If you want to understand real football, come explore its purity with me. With swords and horses, where can one call home? With dreams for a steed, the whole world beco 168Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Godfather of the Slums: From Bangkok's Favelas to the Top of the World 泥潭教父：曼谷贫民窟到世界之巅 A good-for-nothing protagonist, no golden finger, no System, and FM-style wonderkid development. Follow a Chinese college student from the slums to becoming the godfather of a Grand Slam-winning team, then leading the national team to its peak. A comeback story full of face-slapping, expert football insight, real tactics, youthful passion, urban romance, and honest reflection on the decline of football in the Dragon Kingdom. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Soaring Down the Wing 绿茵边路飞扬 In 2017, Liu Tianshui began with Ajax's reserve team in the Dutch second division. By 2018, he had helped Ajax reach the semifinals of the Champions League, then transferred to Arsenal and led the club into a revival that would launch a new dynasty. 4Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 49 Football Coach: I Use the Art of War to Conquer the Chinese Super League 足球教练：我用兵法玩转中超 Chen Mo, a university team coach, unexpectedly receives an offer from a Chinese Super League club. He thinks he's finally found a patron who recognizes his talent, but in reality, he's been drawn into a vortex of power plays among investors. In the midst of crisis, Chen Mo seamlessly applies the wisdom of ancient military strategy to modern competitive sports. With passion, perseverance, and ingenuity, he composes a triumphant anthem of youth filled with love, friendship, fiery ambition, and dre 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 Football: Developing Young Talents in the Chinese Super League 【足球】我在中超练小妖 [Hardcore Football + Youth Development + Professional Tactics + Golden Pinky + Ensemble Cast + One Female Lead] Who says China has no promising young players? Ever since that man arrived, the Guoan youth academy has been churning out goalkeepers, center-backs, full-backs, defensive midfielders, central midfielders, attacking midfielders, wingers, and strikers. Wait, it produces all of them? Foreign clubs treat the academy like a lottery shop, but he tells the media that Guoan never sells players 4.4kReads9.1Score199Shelves
