Guo Jiaxuan

Early and personal life Guo was born in Beijing on 20 March 2006. His parents, Guo Yongbin and Hou Yuemin, came from Jieshou, a rural city in Fuyang, Anhui.

He started playing football at the age of nine, when he joined the local primary school team in Haidian District.

Bayern Munich World Squad In June 2023, Guo was selected as part of the 2023 Bayern Munich World Squad, and trained with the Bayern Munich U19 team. He joined the team in Germany on 3 July and returned to China on 17 July.

International career In January 2023, Guo was called up to the China under-17 national team for a training camp in March and April of the same year.

Injury and death On 6 February 2025, while with the Beijing Football Association U20 squad in Spain in preparation for the 2025 National Games of China, Guo sustained a severe head injury in a training match against Rayo Ciudad Alcobendas CF. Guo went for a tackle and his head impacted an opposition player's knee. After the incident, a helicopter landed on the pitch and carried him to the Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre. After four hours at the hospital, he was declared brain dead. On 13 February, he was transported back to Beijing for medical care from Madrid. He never regained consciousness.

On 19 March 2025, Guo died at Beijing's Tiantan Hospital, one day before what would have been his nineteenth birthday. Beijing Guoan and Bayern Munich both released statements mourning Guo's death. On 26 March, the video of Guo's tackle was, for the first time, shown to his family, and was also publicly released by the Beijing Football Association. His memorial service was held at Babaoshan Crematorium in Beijing on 30 March.

The Beijing Football Association team, whose training session led to Guo's death, failed to qualify for the main football event of the 2025 National Games of China, as the team was eliminated during the qualification stage on 6 June 2025.