Chi Minghua Explained

Chi Minghua
池明华
Fullname:Chi Minghua
Birth Date:6 March 1962
Birth Place:Meixian, Guangdong, China
Position:Defender
Years1:1979–1997
Clubs1:Guangdong
Years2:1998
Clubs2:Yunnan Hongta F.C.
Nationalyears1:1982–1992
Nationalteam1:China
Nationalcaps1:15
Nationalgoals1:0
Manageryears1:2009
Managerclubs1:Guangdong Women's

Chi Minghua (; born March 6, 1962) is a Chinese football coach and former international football player. As a player, he spent the majority of his career playing as a defender for Guangdong football team while internationally he represented China in the 1984 Asian Cup.

After retiring Chi would eventually return to football when he joined Chinese football club playing in the 2005–06 Hong Kong First Division League Dongguan Dongcheng where he was their General Manager for a brief period. Chi would then go into management when he had the chance to manage Guangdong Women's and Guangdong Women's youth team in 2009.[1]

Playing career

Chi Minghua started his career playing for the Guangdong football team where he started his career in the 1979 Chinese league season and saw his club win the league title.[2] His performances for Guangdong would soon see him included into the Chinese national team where he would take part in the 1984 AFC Asian Cup and aided China to a runners-up spot to Saudi Arabia in a 2-0 defeat.[3] When he returned to Guangdong he would win the 1983 Southern Group title with Guangdong and go on captain the side for the next several seasons.[4] By 1994 the Chinese league became completely professional and despite nearing the end of career he carried on playing for the club until the 1997 league season before he moved to second tier club Yunnan Hongta F.C. where he ended his career.[5]

Career statistics

International statistics

Year CompetitionAppsGoal
1982Great Wall Cup10
1982Asian Games40
1983–1992Friendly20
1984Asian Cup40
1985FIFA World Cup qualification10
1992Asian Cup Qualification30
Total150

Honours

Player

1979

1983 (Southern Group)

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://archive.today/20121130023450/http://www.mzsports.gov.cn/html/qtdt/2010-4/20/20100420893.html 今生难舍绿茵情缘 访广东女子足球队主教练池明华
  2. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chinahist.html China 1979
  3. http://teamchina.freehostia.com/match.php?date=1984-12-16 中国 0-2 沙特阿拉伯
  4. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chinahist.html China 1983
  5. http://news.qq.com/a/20091112/001491.htm 1994:中国足球拉开竞技体育职业化大幕