Ji Yujie’s off-field life

Ji Yujie, who is also the general manager and head coach of Kunming Ruilong Football Club, left his parents, wife and two precious sons, sowing the seeds of football hope in Kunming with an inseparable affection for football. Because of the long distance, Ji Yujie only had the opportunity to go home and visit after the league ended.

The reason why I can have such close contact with Kunming football in my forties is because the seeds of fate were planted a few years ago. "I was only 16 years old when I first went to Kunming, and I was deeply impressed by it. At that time, it had a world-class training base. The unique climate and geographical conditions attract a large number of domestic and foreign football clubs to train and compete every year. ”

On December 20, 2011, Ji Yujie, who was unemployed at home, accepted the invitation and came to Kunming and officially became the general manager and head coach of Kunming Ruilong Football Club. "Boss Ruilong and I are very good friends and have maintained close contact in recent years. In fact, the club's investors had already started building teams at all levels four or five years ago. On the one hand, in order to develop local youth football, On the other hand, it is also to find a suitable opportunity to form a club.”

Stay until the age of 45 to apply for a national coach

In people’s minds, Yunnan won the last A-level title in 2003. Hongta announced its withdrawal, and Yunnan football disappeared from the map of Chinese football, leaving Hongta and Haigeng bases with good training conditions empty. Therefore, many local young players in Kunming have to be scattered across the country to find their own way after they reach adulthood. With the establishment of the Kunming Ruilong Club, those young Kunming players in the 1993 and 1994 age groups scattered across the country returned to their hometown and joined new clubs.

In addition, as a Qingdao native, Ji Yujie has many of his Qingdao disciples following him to new teams because of his personal charm. "Of course, what's more important is that seniors and big brothers from all over the country have recommended many young players. At first, there were more than 50 players in Ruilong, and later it was reduced to more than 30 players."

At the beginning. The club's boss considered that this was a young team, so the boss did not give the team hard performance indicators. On the contrary, he made a plan for himself and implemented it steadily step by step. In Ji Yujie's first year leading the team, they only regrettably lost to Qinghai Senko in the final promotion play-offs, almost completing their goal ahead of schedule. "I still have the drive to be strong, and strive to be the best if I want to do it. I have laid a good foundation before, and I am ready to make it to the Chinese Premier League next year and the Chinese Super League the year after that. This is the dream of every second-tier team, but we We still have to take it step by step, steadily, and the important thing is not to be a passerby." In 2013, the 41-year-old Ji Yujie clearly made a good start for his coaching development plan for the next ten years. In the past two years, he had thought about applying for a national head coach, but he felt that he still needed to learn and train at the grassroots level, so he gave up in the end. "I have set a ten-year plan for myself. I am currently in my third year leading the team in the second division league. I believe that by the time I am 45 years old, I will have accumulated a certain amount of coaching experience. At that time, I will apply for a national coach. Even if I am just a coach of the national youth team, I will be very proud to have the five-star red flag on my chest. And when I am 50 years old, I will do my best. To serve as a coach at a higher level than now, or as a national team coach.”

As a coach and a mother, I don’t have time to visit Xiao Fan Xiehui

Look at Dali Ruilong. On the player list, you will find that not only the players are mostly from Qingdao, Shandong, but also the coaching team. Someone even once made a joke to Ji Yujie, "You are not fighting alone, you also have your fellow countrymen." Ji Yujie brought himself The coaching team in Hailifeng: Fu Jiliang, Chen Jidong, and Mu Zhilei, these three were also Ji Yujie's teammates when he played for Lao Hainiu.

“The club started from scratch, and the organizational structure and staffing need to be gradually improved, but the coaching team must first become regular.” Ji Yujie said, “The head coach of the team is me who played in the National Youth League. , teammate Gao Fulin of the National Youth Team, the goalkeeper coach is Fu Jiliang, the physical fitness coach is Mu Zhilei, and the executive coach is Chen Jidong.”

It’s easier to talk to people who have more acquaintances. Ji Yujie and his friends not only have to do it. Club construction provides its own experience, but also takes care of the children's daily life. “After all, they are still young, and as a coach, they have to be both father and mother.

Many members of the team were recommended to participate in trial training, so they also wore the game uniforms of their respective teams, such as Hangzhou Greentown, Changchun Yatai, etc. There were all kinds of teams, and the games were colorful. Sometimes I watch training and touch the players at the same time. The young players Tian Yong and Marseille who once tried out Portugal are both Qingdao elements and have now become core players in the team. "

Ji Yujie recalled that since it was a newly formed club, there were no team affairs in the first year, and many chores were usually undertaken by the coach himself. "In the past, the mineral water used by the players and the distribution of daily necessities, Training, pre-match, and post-match nutrition solution preparation... are all done by our coaches themselves. In 2013, the club developed and each link had a clear division of labor. However, I am still used to doing things myself. ”