[4] Xie would be converted to a right-back by head coach Jin Zhiyang to accommodate the striker Gao Hongbo.
[5] The move would be a huge success for Xie and he would go on to win the 1996 and 1997 Chinese FA Cup with the club.
[6] After spending his whole career in Beijing, Xie joined another top tier club in Shenzhen Pingan where he remained until at the end of the 2001 league season where he spent the whole campaign recovering from injury before deciding to retire from playing and take the advice of the club's Head Zhu Guanghu and move into coaching.
In the 2010 Chinese Super League season, Xie was named assistant manager of Shaanxi Chanba.
[8] On 15 May 2019, following the sacking of Chris Coleman, Hebei China Fortune announced that Xie would manage the club on an interim basis.