Camacho signs 3-year contract to coach China

The Columbian

Published: August 12, 2011, 5:00pm

BEIJING (AP) — Former Spain coach Jose Antonio Camacho will direct China’s national soccer team.

The state-run Xinhua News Agency says Camacho signed a three-year contract Sunday.

The 56-year-old Camacho replaced Gao Hongbo.

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