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It was not clear for now if the former star of Juventus and Real Madrid would lead the team on a temporary or permanent basis. Chinese media have speculated that the next China Cup may be equivalent to a post hearing.
The former defender, 45, will combine his work with that of coach of the Super League giants (Guangzhou Evergrande), making him one of the most powerful characters in the history of Chinese football. He held the vacancy left in January by his mentor and fellow Marcello Lippi, under whom Cannavaro won the World Cup in 2006.
Lippi, 70, will be a consultant The Chinese Football Federation (CFA) said the new coaching team named for the China Cup next week has been named.
"The badociation has carefully made this decision based on a complete search his experience and his technical and tactical style, his familiarity with Chinese players and other factors, "said the CFA.
The first match of Cannavaro at the head of the national team will take place next Thursday, while hosts play Thailand in the China Cup, which also concerns Uruguay and Uzbekistan. Cannavaro holds the hopes of a country that has big plans but has little success in terms of football or ancestry, having qualified for the World Cup once, in 2002.
The Chinese president of football supporters, Xi Jinping, has promised to make the country a heavyweight of 1.4 billion people and wants to organize a World Cup day. But China ranks 72nd in the FIFA rankings, sandwiched between Macedonia and El Salvador, highlighting the magnitude of the task to be accomplished by Cannavaro.
Cannavaro knows Chinese football well, having coached Tianjin Quanjian in 2016-2017, before holding the Evergrande post in November 2017. However, the Italian legend has failed to guide Evergrande to an eighth consecutive title of the CSL last season. And he inherits a Chinese team that was beaten 3-0 by Iran in the Asian Cup quarter-finals earlier this year and had very little world-clbad talent. The five members of Lippi's Asian Cup team were from Evergrande and the CFA decided that Cannavaro's familiarity with them could help improve the national team.
There is reservations however on the pedigree of Cannavaro. As a decorated player, his only notable success as a coach was to promote Tianjin to CSL, then to ensure them an Asian Champions League football for the first time.
After Evergrande was beaten 3-1 on Tuesday by South Korean Daegu in the AFC Champions League, the Oriental Sports Daily asked: "With the current record of Cannavaro, can Chinese fans trust him? "
Lippi, who resigned after the Asian Cup, was widely praised for his spell, despite the exit for Iran and lack of goals. There is a general feeling among fans and the media that China just does not have the players do a lot better. Lippi has won 12 of his 31 games in charge.
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