How did Milicic become the head coach of the Chinese women's football team? Interview questions announced
The Chinese Football Association announced on the 11th that Australian Ante Milicic became the new head coach of the Chinese women’s national team. In this regard, the reporter interviewed the heads of relevant departments of the Football Association and learned about some of the process of selecting a coach.
First of all, who is Milicic, who once served as the head coach of the Australian women's football team? It is understood that in February 2019, the Australian Football Association announced that Milicic, who had served as an assistant coach in the men's football field, officially served as the head coach of the Australian women's national team. He replaced Alan Stajcic, who had excellent coaching results but was "fired". As for the reason for the coaching change, the Australian Football Association said at the time that through some investigations and evaluations, it involved many aspects of the national team environment, team culture and gender equality, and after understanding the situation with the players and staff, it was found that the overall atmosphere of the national team was not satisfactory. Satisfied, the decision was made to change the head coach.
The Australian Football Association said at the time that Milicic had rich coaching experience and the ability to lead the Australian women's football team. As an assistant, he helped two Australian men's national team coaches Postkoglu and Van Marwijk compete in two World Cups. In 2015, as a member of the coaching staff, he helped the "Kangaroos" win the men's Asian Cup championship.
After taking over the coaching staff of the Australian women's football team, Milicic coached the team for about 18 months and led the team to the top 16 of the 2019 Women's World Cup in France, played against the Chinese team in the Olympic preliminaries, and finally led the team to win the Tokyo Olympics. Eligibility. Subsequently, Milicic resigned due to contract reasons with the Australian Super League club and moved to the professional Australian men's football team.
So, how did the Chinese Football Association select him in this recruitment?
The person in charge of the relevant departments of the Football Association introduced to reporters that this selection work adheres to the basic principles of fairness, openness, and merit selection, and carries out various tasks in a smooth and orderly manner. All interviews are conducted online, and the entire process is recorded. The national team construction advisory group has a total of 7 people, led by Fu Bo, the technical director of the men's national team. The members include Lars, a professional lecturer of the association, and Frank, the training director of the women's football team. All interviews will be conducted by a panel of consultants and experts. Some procedures for selection and recruitment are as follows:
On March 19, the Football Association’s official website issued a notice officially launching the selection and recruitment process.
Registration closed on April 3. The Football Association conducted a preliminary review based on the registration conditions and found that a total of 42 people met the basic qualifications, including 41 foreign coaches and 1 Chinese coach.
On April 10, the Technical Committee of the Football Association studied and discussed the shortlist of candidates for interview, screened and recommended 12 candidates according to relevant standards to be submitted to the National Team Construction Advisory Group for review. These criteria include: having a successful coaching performance in international competitions, coming from a country with high levels of women's football, and having a certain understanding of Chinese football.
On April 11, the National Team Construction Advisory Group re-selected the candidate list and determined 9 people to be shortlisted for the first round of interviews.
From April 15th to 22nd, the first round of interviews. Candidates will make statements focusing on their coaching philosophy, analysis of the current situation of the Chinese women's national football team, future improvement plans, etc., and then answer questions from the national team advisory group. The interview will last 90 minutes. Subsequently, members of the advisory panel will evaluate the candidates one by one and clearly indicate whether they recommend entering the second round of interviews. After review and voting by the advisory panel, the top 5 candidates will advance to the second round of interviews.
April 22nd to 24th, second round of interviews. The interview requires candidates to choose two recent Chinese women's football matches, analyze the main problems and propose solutions. The presentation time should not exceed 45 minutes, and then answer questions. Members of the advisory group evaluate each candidate in turn, clearly state whether they are recommended as the head coach of the women's football team and explain their reasons, and rank the recommended candidates.
After comprehensive evaluation and consideration, two people finally entered the next step of selection and recruitment - communication around work content, appointment period, stage goals, job responsibilities, assessment methods, remuneration, living conditions and other aspects. The Football Association held talks with their agents respectively, and after several rounds of communication, Milicic was finally selected as the head coach of the Chinese women's football team.
The person in charge of the relevant department of the Football Association said that Milicic has rich coaching experience, advanced technical and tactical concepts, has long been coaching high-level men's football teams, participated in two World Cups as the first assistant coach, and also participated in the 2015 Asian Cup and won the championship. Its coaching philosophy is in line with the development laws of modern football, and its high-level men’s football assistant coaching experience in leading team training is in line with the current training and development needs of the Chinese women’s football team.
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