Angeline Chua Explained

Angeline Chua
Fullname:Angeline Chua Kai Yi[1]
Birth Date:1988 11, df=y
Birth Place:Singapore[2]
Position:Midfielder[3]
Nationalyears1:2007–2019
Nationalteam1:Singapore
Nationalcaps1:32
Nationalgoals1:1
Manageryears1:2021–2023
Managerclubs1:Seychelles
Manageryears2:2023–
Managerclubs2:Fiji
Nationalteam-Update:16 September 2020

Angeline Chua Kai Yi (born 7 November 1988), known as Angeline Chua, is a Singaporean women's football manager who leads the Fiji women's national football team, and a former footballer who played as a midfielder for the Singapore women's national team. She was previously Seychelles Football Federation's director of women's football and head coach of Seychelles women's senior national team.

Coaching career

Chua started coaching when she was a polytechnic student, coaching Arion Football Academy's U-4 to U-8 age groups.[4]

Chua subsequently became the assistant coach of the Singapore women's football team's U-14 and U-16 teams. She would later become the national Under-14 women's head coach.[5]

In April 2021, Chua took up a two-year contract to become Seychelles Football Federation's (SFF) director of women's football and head coach of Seychelles women's senior national team.[6] During her time with, she revitalised women’s football in Seychelles, putting together a team that was able to be competitive in the matches played. She was instrumental in putting the team on the FIFA ranking for the first time in 2022.[7]

After the expiration of her contract in February 2023,[8] she was appointed head coach of the Fiji women's national football team on 1 March 2023.[9]

International goals

Scores and results list Singapore's goal tally first.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CHUA KAI YI ANGELINE. Asian Football Confederation. 16 September 2020.
  2. Web site: Angeline Chua. Global Sports Archive. 16 September 2020.
  3. Web site: WOMEN'S OLYMPIC FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT 2020. Asian Football Confederation. 16 September 2020.
  4. News: Kwek . Kimberly . 20 May 2021 . Football: Angeline Chua goes from void deck kickabouts in Singapore to coaching in the Seychelles . . 12 January 2023 . en.
  5. Web site: Descalsota . Marielle . 12 July 2017 . Local coaches attend JFA's Int'l Women's Coaching Course . 12 January 2023 . . en.
  6. Web site: Seychelles' women team loses to Maldives in first among three friendly football matches . 12 January 2023 . Seychelles News Agency.
  7. Web site: Former Singapore International named Kulas coach . 1 Mar 2023 . . 15 Apr 2024 .
  8. News: Women's football: Seychelles bids farewell to history-making Singaporean coach . 16 February 2023 . 8 July 2023 . . Sedrick . Nicette.
  9. News: Singaporean Chua is Fiji Kulas Coach . 1 March 2023 . 8 July 2023 . fijilive . Romeka . Romena.