Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenhua have officially announced Gregorio Manzano as their new manager for next season.
Manzano will arrive in Shanghai next Monday to start planning for the new season.
He is tasked with qualifying Shenhua for the AFC Champions League.
Fifty-nine-year-old Manzano was with Beijing Guo'an for the last two years.
He led the team to a second place finish in the Chinese Super Leauge and was voted best manager at the end of his first year in China.
Manzano and Guo'an prematurely terminated his contract by mutual consent after the team finished fourth last season and did not qualify for the AFC Champions League.
Manzano returns to the Chinese Super League by taking over Shenhua from Francis Gillot who stepped down after failing to lift them to the CFA Cup title.