Saturday, September 27, 2008

Chen Po-liang

Chen Po-liang is a football midfielder.

In July, 2006, Chen and compatriot Tai Hung-hsu were reported to join Xiamen Lanshi of China Super League, but it came to naught. In October, Chen went to Japan to train with the reserves of Yokohama F. Marinos together with goalkeeper Lu Kun-chi for two weeks.

Chen Jeng-i

Chen Jeng-i is a football player who currently plays for Tatung F.C. as a . He can play both right back and left back and was voted as one of the best defenders in 2005 league season.

Playing history


* Feng Lin Primary School
* Feng Lin Junior High School
* Chung Cheng Industrial Vocational High School
* Taipei Physical Education College
* Lukuang football team
* Tatung F.C.

Chang Han

Chang Han is a football player. He usually plays as forward. In , he was the starting line-up in Chinese Taipei's 4-4-2 with Huang Wei-yi. He currently studies in National Taiwan College of Physical Education.

Career statistics

Yu Chih-hung

Yu Chih-hung is a football player. He currently plays for Tatung F.C. as a midfielder.

Education


* National Hualien University of Education

Yeh Hsien-chung

Yeh Hsien-chung is a and futsal goalkeeper. Nicknamed '''' , he is better known as his performance in futsal games. He has represented in the 2004 Summer Olympics and AFC Futsal Championships. He has also been member of Tatung F.C. squad in AFC President's Cup 2006.

Yang Cheng-hsing

Yang Cheng-hsing is a former player. He had been 's first-choice goalkeeper for more than 10 years and sometimes been called the ''Taiwanese ''. In his international career, he once scored a , also his first goal for Chinese Taipei, in East Asian Cup 2003 qualifiers against . It made him the first Taiwanese goalkeeper who had scored in international competitions. At club level, he had played for Taiwan Power Company F.C.. He retired in 2004.

Wu Pai-ho

Wu Pai-ho is a football player. He received the Golden Shoe award in the Highschool Football League 2006 season.

Playing history


* Taipei County Ching Shui Senior High School
* National Pei Men Senior High School
* Fu Jen Catholic University

Career Honours


;Individual Honours
* Highschool Football League 2006 Golden Shoe

Wang Yong-lun

Wang Yong-lun is a player. He currently serves in and plays for the Taiwan National Sports Training Center football team.

Wang Chih-sheng

Wang Chih-sheng is a player. He currently plays for Tatung F.C..

Tsai Hsien-tang

Tsai Hsien-tang , formerly known as Tsai Hui-kai , is a football player. He usually plays as a defender or a defensive midfielder. During his service in Tatung F.C., he was voted the best defensive midfielder after the Chinese Taipei National Football League 2005 season.

In October 2005, he suffered a serious knee ligament injury in training and was unable to represent at the held in Macau. His absence also impacted the Tatung's results in the Oasis Super Cup,

In 2008, Tsai changed his name to Tsai Hsien-tang. He became captain of the Chinese Taipei national football team during the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup.

Tseng Tai-lin

Tseng Tai-lin is a football and futsal player.

Nicknamed ''Little Tiger'', Tseng started to play football at Li Nong Elementary School in Taipei. His usual position is an attacking midfielder. He was once praised as "the best footballer in Taiwan" by then Yugoslavian coach of in 2003. He was also voted the best attacking midfielder during the Chinese Taipei National Football League 2005 season when he played for Ming Chuan University.

In addition to association football, Tseng is active in futsal as well. He has represented in many international futsal competitions.

However, a lasting ankle injury has influenced his performance in recent years. As a result, he was dropped from the squad during 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualifications in 2006.

From 2005 to 2007, he served in and plays for Taiwan National Sports Training Center football team. After retiring from military service, he joined Tatung F.C. in shirt number 79.

Tsai Chih-chieh

Tsai Chih-chieh is a player. He currently serves in and plays for the Taiwan National Sports Training Center football team.

Tai Hung-hsu

In July, 2006, Tai, at the age of 19, was reported to join Chinese side Xiamen Lanshi along with another Taiwanese youngster, Chen Po-liang. It ended up with disappointment as handed in the name list in September whereas the summer transfer window of China Super League has already ended in July.

In December, Tai was banned by CTFA Discipline Committee for refusing the call-up of 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification against in October. As a result, he was not allowed to attended any local or international football competitions for two years.

Playing history


* National San Chung Senior High School football team
* Ming Chuan University football team
* Chinese Taipei national Olympic football team

Chen Yi-wei

Chen Yi-wei is a football player. He plays as a midfielder.

Education


* National Taiwan College of Physical Education

Cheng Yung-jen

Cheng Yung-jen is a football player who currently plays as a for Taiwan Power Company F.C.. Most of the time he is the in the team. Nevertheless, he has been appointed defensive midfielder in the Chinese Taipei national football team after new manager Toshiaki Imai joined in January 2006. He is the captain of Chinese Taipei at present.

Career statistics




Honours


;With Taiwan Power Company F.C.
*Enterprise Football League:

Chiang Shih-lu

Chiang Shih-lu is a football player who currently plays for as a striker. He has often been called ''Fast Legs of Taipower'' for his fast speed on the field.

Career statistics




Honours


; With Taiwan Power Company F.C.
*Enterprise Football League:

; Individual
*Enterprise Football League MVP:
*Enterprise Football League Golden Boot: ,

Chuang Wei-lun

Chuang Wei-lun is a football player who currently plays for Tatung F.C. and the Chinese Taipei national football team. He is fit either as a striker or as a midfielder. When he played for Tatung F.C., he was voted the best right winger in the Chinese Taipei National Football League 2005 season.

On February 9, 2007, Grulla Morioka of Japanese Tohoku League announced Chuang's transfer in their official site. He became the second Taiwanese male player to join a Japanese professional football club, following goalkeeper Lu Kun-chi. Grulla Morioka had a formal press conference for them on March 4, 2007, in which Chuang expressed his desire to help the team for promotion. However, on March 13, the official site of Grulla Morioka reported that Chuang returned to Taiwan before contracting with the club due to family affair.

Afterward, Chuang returned to Tatung.

Chung Kuang-tien

Chung Kuang-tien is a football who currently plays for and Tatung F.C..

Playing history


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* Tatung F.C.

Feng Pao-hsing

Feng Pao-hsing is a football player. He currently plays for Taiwan Power Company F.C.. His usual position is defensive midfielder.

Career statistics

Ho Ming-tsan

Ho Ming-tsan is a football player who has played for Taiwan Power Company F.C. and Chinese Taipei national football team as or midfielder.

Ho and Kuo Yin-hung have been friends since childhood.

Honors


* National First Division Football League 2005 Top Scorer

Hsu Chia-cheng

Hsu Chia-cheng is a football player who currently plays for Tatung F.C. as a striker.

Career Honours


;Tatung F.C

; Winner
*Chinese Taipei National Football League: ,
*CTFA Cup: 1990, 1996, 2005

Hsu Jen-feng

Hsu Jen-feng is a goalkeeper. He currently plays for Tatung F.C.. He is also the second-choice goalkeeper in the Chinese Taipei national football team.

In the Intercity Football League 2007 season, he helped Tatung F.C. to win the championship, and he personally won the Best Goalkeeper Award.

Huang Wei-yi



Huang Wei-yi is a football striker who currently plays for Tatung F.C.. He comes from tribe.

In games, he scored 3 goals, which were the only goals received by . In 2000, Huang started playing for the Ilan Youth soccer team, for which he capped 22 times and scored 10 goals.

On August 132005, Huang was transferred to Tatung F.C. after his talents were noticed when playing for the Chinese Taipei National Football League.

Career Honours


Tatung F.C.
; Winner
*Chinese Taipei National Football League: ,
*CTFA Cup: 2005

Kao Hao-chieh

Kao Hao-chieh is a football player who currently plays for Tatung F.C. as a .

Kao represented in and East Asian Cup 2005 and became regular squad in 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification .

Lee Tai-lin

Lee Tai-lin is a football player. He has played for Taiwan Power Company F.C.. He is now serving military service and playing for National Sports Training Center football team.

Lin Chia-sheng

Lin Chia-sheng is a football player. He has played for Taipei City Bank F.C. in Taiwan and the reserve teams of Hayes F.C. and Bolton Wanderers F.C. in England.

Biography


Early years


Lin began to play football at the age of 9 when he studied in Sheng Li Elementary School in his home town Tainan. He later entered the football teams of Guei Ren Junior High School and Hsin Feng Senior High School and started to play in the with Taipei City Bank F.C. when he was 18. In 1999, he was enrolled into Ming Chuan University and helped its football team to win the National College Cup.

However, 2000 was a miserable year for Lin. His most supportive mother was seriously injured in a car accident when she drove home after a match in which she cheered for her son. It left her , and Lin had to give up his participation in Ming Chuan football team and commuted between Taipei and Tainan every week for taking care of her. Moreover, Taipei City Bank dissolved its football club as it turned into a private entity. Those have made him out of the field for nearly one year until he joined the .

Move to England


After serving the military service, Lin determined to develop his career overseas. On January 26, 2005, Lin contracted with the reserve team of Bolton Wanderers and became the first Taiwanese footballer joining European professional football club. He has been there for nearly one and half years, played 7 games, and scored 3 goals in the .

MLS tryouts


In the early 2007, Lin tried to move to the Major League Soccer in the United States. In Fabruary, being one of the the 900 participants competing in the open tryouts of Los Angeles Galaxy, he was included in the final 24, but the coaching staff did not pick him up in the end. Lin also tried out for Chivas USA, but he was not able to make the semifinals. In February 2008, he made another attempt in LA Galaxy's open tryout but did not succeed.

Return to Taiwan

List of Taiwanese footballers

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Lo Chih-an

Lo Chih-an is a football player who comes from Atayal tribe. Despite still being a high school student, Lo made his debut for Chinese Taipei national football team, together with his brother Lo Chih-en, and assisted the latter's first goal in the game against of East Asian Cup 2008 preliminary competition on June 17, 2007.

Lo Chih-en

Lo Chih-en is a football player. He comes from Atayal tribe. On June 17, 2007, Lo made his debut for in the game against of East Asian Cup 2008 preliminary competition, in which he scored 4 goals to help Chinese Taipei's 10-0 victory. His twin brother, Lo Chih-an, is also a footballer. Both of them currently study in National Pingtung University of Education.

Honours and awards


*Intercity Football League Golden Boot

Lu Kun-chi

Lu Kun-chi is a football . Nicknamed ''Taiwanese '' , he is the first choice goalkeeper in the Chinese Taipei national football team.

Biography


Early years


Lu was born in , Taiwan. He has one brother and one sister, among whom he is the youngest. Lu started to play football at the age of 10 after his family moved to Jiali, another township in Tainan other than which he was born. He has played goalkeeper since age 11 in Jiali Primary School and Jiali Junior High School.

When he was 14, his height reached 180 cm . It was thought he was likely to be included in the Chinese Taipei U-15 squad, but he was not. "At that time, I told myself I should enter the youth team in three years," he said to the press after years. Under the instruction of goalkeeper coach Hung Chin-chang, he spent only two years to make his wish come true. He was called up to the Chinese Taipei U-21 at age 17, the at age 18, and eventually the senior team in 2004.

Chinese Taipei debut


Lu's Chinese Taipei senior team debut was on October 14, 2004 against in . His amazing performance soon earned him a regular place in the national team. Since then, he has been the first choice goalkeeper for Chinese Taipei. He also performed well in domestic league. He has been voted as the Best Goalkeeper in the Chinese Taipei National Football League 2005 season at the time he plays for National Taiwan College of Physical Education.

Seeking opportunities in Japan


In June, 2005, Masakazu Suzuki, former manager of J. League side Júbilo Iwata, was invited to Taiwan to give lectures and to provide selection tests to Taiwanese talented youngsters. Lu took the test but did not perform himself because he was too nervous to keep his pace.
One month later, supported by his professor Chao Jung-jui in , he went to Japan for the first time to accept the training tests provided by Yokohama FC and JEF United Ichihara Chiba. However, he failed to earn his position in both clubs.

In October, 2006, with the recommendation of then Chinese Taipei manager Toshiaki Imai, Lu flew to Japan again to join the trainings with Yokohama F. Marinos for 2 weeks along with his teammate Chen Po-liang.

Grulla Morioka


After two months of waiting, although there was no update from Yokohama, Lu received an invitation from Grulla Morioka of the Japanese regional Tohoku League. He became the first Taiwanese male footballer to join a Japanese professional football club. On March 4, 2007, a press conference was held, and Grulla Morioka formally announced their signings of Lu and his compatriot Chuang Wei-lun, albeit the latter suddenly returned to Taiwan and failed to contract with the club afterwards. Lu's contract was confirmed on March 9,

Back to Taiwan PE College


Lu is presently representing National Taiwan College of Physical Education football team in the Enterprise Football League 2008.

Lu will serve military service in September, 2008.

Career statistics

Pan Wei-chih

Pan Wei-chih is a football goalkeeper. He succeeded Yang Cheng-hsing to become Taiwan Power Company F.C.'s goalkeeper. He has been called up to the Chinese Taipei national football team. He is also the first-choice goalkeeper in the Chinese Taipei national futsal team.

Career statistics