GUANGZHOU, China (AP) — Marcello Lippi has been hired to coach big-spending Chinese Super League club Guangzhou Evergrande.
Evergrande released a statement Thursday saying it had hired the World Cup-winning Italian coach until November 2014. Lippi later appeared at a news conference broadcast live on Chinese television to discuss his appointment.
Lippi replaces South Korean manager Lee Jang-soo, who took Guangzhou to promotion and then the 2011 Chinese Super League title. Evergrande is also through to the last 16 of the Asian Champions League.
Lippi led Juventus to five Italian titles over the 1990s and 2000s and Italy to the 2006 World Cup title.
