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<br>By [http://www.deer-digest.com/?s=Michael Michael] Church<br> <br>HONG KONG, Feb 23 - Former Netherlands international midfielder Jean-Paul van Gastel has been named head coach of Chinese Super League side Guangzhou City, the club said on Tuesday.<br> <br>The Dutchman,  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-quang-chau-tham-quyen-bang-tuong-5-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] who played five times for his country, returns to the club having worked last season with Guangzhou - then known as Guangzhou R&amp;F - as an assistant to Giovanni van Bronckhorst.<br> <br>Van Gastel was appointed after Guangzhou´s first choice for coach, Goran Tomic, was unable to join the club after failing to be granted a visa to work in China.<br> <br>Guangzhou finished 11th in last year´s Chinese Super League,  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-quang-chau-tham-quyen-bang-tuong-5-ngay.html tour quảng châu] when the competition was played in a revised format due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.<br><br>(Reporting by Michael Church, [http://www.futureofeducation.com/main/search/search?q=Editing Editing] by Kim Coghill)<br>