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Mai Chao
麦超Personal information Date of birth March 9, 1964 Place of birth Guangzhou, Guangdong, China Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Playing position Left-back (Retired) Club information Current club Guangzhou U-17 Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1981–1995 Guangzhou FC National team 1986–1992 China PR 49 (16) Teams managed 1997–1998 Guangzhou Apollo 2003–2005 Guangzhou Rizhiquan 2008 Shenzhen Xiangxue 2008– Guangzhou U-17 * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Mai Chao (Chinese: 麦超; born on March 9, 1964 in Guangzhou, Guangdong) is a Chinese football coach and a former international football player. He spent his whole playing career for Guangzhou FC as an attacking left-back. After retiring, he moved into management, where he went on to manage Guangzhou twice as well as Shenzhen Xiangxue.
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Playing career
Mai Chao spent his whole playing career with Guangzhou FC as an attacking left-back and saw the team rise through the Chinese pyramid before being called up to the Chinese national team where he would make his debut appearance against Italy in friendly on May 11, 1986 in a 2–0 defeat.[1] He would become a regular within the team and score his debut goal against Indonesia on August 25, 1986 in a 3–0 win before being called up to the Football at the 1986 Asian Games and then the 1988 AFC Asian Cup.[2] Unfortunately he was part of the squad that narrowly missed out of reaching the FIFA World Cup after losing the final group game to Qatar in the dying minutes during qualification. Mai, however would end his international career as the countries top goalscoring defender while also seeing Guangzhou move into full professionalism before he retired.
Coaching career
After retiring Mai would move into training and due to high regard within Guangzhou he would rejoin them in 1997 as their new manager. His time as manager was not successful and he was gone by the end of the 1998 league season, which also saw the club relegated after they finished bottom of the league.[3] Out of management he would go on to form a youth football school before Guangzhou once again asked for his services. This time he was asked to achieve promotion back into the top tier, however while his second reign was considerably more successful he was unlucky in achieving this goal in his first attempt when he narrowly missed out on promotion through head-to-head results with Henan in the 2003 league season.[4] Despite coming close through the next two seasons Guangzhou decided to allow Mai to leave, however he wouldn't have to wait long before he took a position at Shenzhen Xiangxue on January, 2007 where he was the Teams leader. This would later become Head coach on December 14 of the same year during the off season where during this period he took on the training sessions and lead the team out at the beginning of the 2008 Chinese Super League before his contracted finished and he left the club.[5]
Honours
As a player
Guangzhou FC
- Chinese Jia-A League: 1992, 1994 (Runners-up)
- Chinese FA Cup: 1991 (Runners-up)
References
- ^ "China National Football Team Database – China PR 0–2 Italy". Teamchina.freehostia.com. 1986-05-11. http://teamchina.freehostia.com/en/match.php?date=1986-05-11. Retrieved 2010-08-03.
- ^ "China National Football Team Database – China PR 3–0 Indonesia". Teamchina.freehostia.com. 1986-08-25. http://teamchina.freehostia.com/en/match.php?date=1986-08-25. Retrieved 2010-08-03.
- ^ "China – List of Champions". Rsssf.com. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/chinachamp.html. Retrieved 2010-08-03.
- ^ "China 2003". Rsssf.com. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/china03.html. Retrieved 2010-08-03.
- ^ "麦超|麦超数据|麦超资料|近况|进球|新闻|比赛－搜达足球网". Sodasoccer.com. http://sodasoccer.com/search/player/A835A794F8C85104.html. Retrieved 2010-08-03.
External links
- Player stats at Nationalfootballteams.com
China PR Squad – 1988 Summer Olympics 1 Kong Guoxiang • 2 Zhu Bo • 3 Gao Sheng • 4 Guo Yijun • 5 Jia Xiuquan • 6 Wu Qunli • 7 Xie Yuxin • 8 Tang Yaodong • 9 Liu Haiguang • 10 Ma Lin • 11 Zhu Ping • 12 Wang Baoshan • 13 Cui Guangri • 14 Huo Jianting • 15 Zhang Xiaowen • 16 Li Hui • 17 Mai Chao • 18 Duan Ju • 19 Wang Jun • 20 Zhang Huikang • Coach: Gao Fengwen
China Squad – 1988 AFC Asian Cup Fourth Place 1 Kong Guoxiang • 2 Zhu Bo • 3 Gao Sheng • 4 Guo Yijun • 7 Xie Yuxin • 8 Tang Yaodong • 10 Ma Lin • 11 Wu Wenbing • 12 Wang Baoshan • 13 Shi Lianzhi • 14 Cui Biao • 15 Zhang Xiaowen • 16 Huang Chong • 17 Mai Chao • 18 Duan Ju • 19 Dong Liqiang • 20 Zhang Huikang • 21 Tu Shengqiao • Coach: Gao FengwenCategories:- 1964 births
- Living people
- People from Guangzhou
- Chinese football managers
- Chinese footballers
- Guangzhou FC players
- Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- 1988 AFC Asian Cup players
- Olympic footballers of China
- China international footballers
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