Tsai Hsien-tang | |
Fullname: | Tsai Hsien-tang (蔡憲棠) |
Birth Date: | 1977 4, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Taipei, Taiwan |
Position: | Defender / defensive midfielder |
Currentclub: | Tainan City |
Clubnumber: | 58 |
Years1: | 2000-2016 |
Clubs1: | Tatung |
Years2: | 2017- |
Clubs2: | Tainan City |
Nationalyears1: | 2000- |
Nationalteam1: | Chinese Taipei |
Nationalcaps1: | 43 |
Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
Tsai Hsien-tang (; born 29 April 1977), formerly known as Tsai Hui-kai, is a Taiwanese football (soccer) player. He played as a defender and a defensive midfielder.
During his participation in Tatung F.C., he was voted the best defensive midfielder after the Chinese Taipei National Football League 2005 season.[1]
In October 2005, he suffered a serious knee ligament injury in training and was unable to represent Chinese Taipei at the 2005 East Asian Games held in Macau.[2] The injury also made him unable to be in the starting lineup during the entire Enterprise Football League 2006 season.[3]
In 2008, after he changed his name to Tsai Hsien-tang, he became captain of the Chinese Taipei national football team during the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup.[4]
For the years of 2008-2012 he played for the national team of Taiwan.[5]
In 2017 he played for Tainan City. He retired in 2018.