Chou Tai-ying

Chou Tai-ying

Personal information
Full name	Chou Tai-ying (周台英)
Date of birth	August 16, 1963 (1963-08-16) (age 48)
Place of birth	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Playing position	Manager (former striker/midfielder)
Club information
Current club	N/a
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1987-1989	TSV Siegen (?)
1989-1993	Shimizu F.C. Ladies
National team
1977-1994	Chinese Taipei	? (1??)
Teams managed
2005-present	Natl. Taiwan Normal Uni.
2006	Chinese Taipei
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chou.

Chou Tai-ying (Chinese: 周台英, born August 16, 1963) is a Taiwanese female football (soccer) coach and former player. She is considered the most successful Taiwanese footballer so far. She was Chinese Taipei's key player in the 1980s and early 1990s, winning three AFC Women's Asian Cups (1977, 1979, 1981) and two OFC Women's Championships (1986, 1989). She was also one of the few Taiwanese players who have played for foreign professional clubs. In 1987, she joined a German football club (possibly TSV Siegen) and won two championships.^[1] She joined Shimizu F.C. Ladies of Japanese L. League in 1989, in which Shimizu F.C. Ladies won the first league season title and Chou herself scored 12 goals, making her the Golden Boot winner and member of Best XI.^[2] She retired from player career after 1994 Asian Games.^[3]

In 2005, Chou took over the head coach of Chinese Taipei women's national football team.

Honours

With Chinese Taipei women's national football team

• AFC Women's Asian Cup: 1977, 1979, 1981
• AFC Women's Asian Cup MVP: 1979
• OFC Women's Championship: 1986, 1989

With Shimizu F.C. Ladies

• L. League: 1989
• L. League top scorer: 1989

References

1. ^ "木蘭隊揚威國際　球后周台英不讓鬚眉" (in Chinese). http://www.tpml.edu.tw/blind/cgi/dlpic.php?filename=9311005.TXT. 
2. ^ "JLSL & Women's Football 1989/90". http://homepage1.nifty.com/kisch/football/lady/l11.html. 
3. ^ "中國台北主帥周台英雄心萬丈" (in Chinese). Asian Football Confederation. July 23, 2006. http://www.the-afc.com/chi/articles/viewArticle.jsp_23601.html. 

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Name	Chou, Tai-ying
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Date of birth	August 16, 1963
Place of birth	Republic of China (Taiwan)
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