(XINHUA)

World famous Italian football coach, 64-year-old Marcello Lippi, won his first championship title in China when his Guangzhou Evergrande team defeated Liaoning, winning the second consecutive Chinese Super League championship this season.

Lippi, nicknamed the "Silver Fox," is one of the most successful football coaches in the world. He won the championship title in the Serie A league in Italy for five consecutive seasons from 1995 to 2003. In 2006, Lippi won the World Cup championship as the head coach of the Italian football team.

On May 17, Lippi was officially appointed as head coach of Guangzhou Evergrande, beginning his new career in China. Lippi is the first world-class football coach to lead a Chinese football league and hopes are high that he can boost China's frail football scene.