Mao Mengsuo Explained

Mao Mengsuo
Fullname:Mao Mengsuo
Birth Date:15 June 1989
Birth Place:Changsha, Hunan, China[1]
Death Place:Nyingchi, Tibet, China
Height:1.75 m
Position:Winger[2]
Youthyears1:2002–2003
Youthclubs1:Bayi Zhenbang[3]
Youthyears2:2006–2008
Youthclubs2:Tai Po
Years1:2008–2010
Clubs1:Tai Po
Caps1:0
Goals1:0

Mao Mengsuo (15 June 1989[4] – 12 June 2010) was a Chinese professional footballer who played as a winger.

Club career

Mao had only one appearance in the first season of his professional football career. He appeared in a 2008–09 Hong Kong FA Cup match, which saw Tai Po defeating Tuen Mun Progoal by 3 goals.[5]

Mao did not appear in the next season. He was back on the field in the 2009–10 season, when he was an unused substitute in five matches.

Honours

Tai Po

Death

Mao and his girlfriend, Li Zhuoling, went to Tibet to teach rural children in June 2010. During this period, they were killed in a car accident.[6] Tai Po's general secretary Chan Ping said he shall be one of the main members of first team next year, and the club decided that the club would no longer use the number 16 shirt Mao wore.[7]

External links

Notes and References

  1. 足球小將毛夢索車禍亡 - 東方日報
  2. Tai Po FC - Mao Mengsuo
  3. 毛家足球少年香港成名 生死恋人天堂里追索足球梦
  4. https://int.soccerway.com/players/mengsuo-mao/101515/ Hong Kong – Mengsuo Mao - Soccerway
  5. http://www.hkfa.com/en/match_result.php?match_date=2009-05-17&match_id=5775 Hong Kong Football Association - 2008–09 Hong Kong FA Cup – NTR WF Tai Po 3–0 Tuen Mun Progoal
  6. 长沙球员赴藏区支教 遭遇车祸与女友共赴天国
  7. Takungpao, 2010-06-16, 大埔「掛起」16號 擬辦毛夢索紀念賽