Tsai Hsien-tang explained

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.

Career

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.

Notes and References

  1. News: zh:男足聯賽最佳陣容》中場篇-曾台霖、蔡暉鎧 . http://www.ltsports.com.tw/newweb/news.asp?no=44055&N_Class=4 . . 2005-11-25 . Chinese . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061217001544/http://www.ltsports.com.tw/NewWeb/news.asp?no=44055&N_Class=4 . 2006-12-17.
  2. News: zh:東亞運男足》傷兵衝擊 僅蔡暉鎧較不樂觀. http://www.ltsports.com.tw/newweb/news.asp?no=43345&N_Class=4 . LTSports. 2005-10-21. Chinese.
  3. News: zh:富邦企業足球聯賽》蔡暉鎧替補連中兩元 大同逆轉台電奪四連勝 . http://www.ltsports.com.tw/newweb/news.asp?no=48392&N_Class=4 . . 2006-06-25 . Chinese . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927225834/http://www.ltsports.com.tw/newweb/news.asp?no=48392&N_Class=4 . 2007-09-27.
  4. News: Sri Lanka through to finals. Asian Football Confederation. April 6, 2008.
  5. Web site: Strack-Zimmermann . Benjamin . Hsien-Tang Tsai (Player) . 2023-01-17 . www.national-football-teams.com . en.