Tsai Hsien-tang (Chinese: 蔡憲棠; born 29 April 1977), formerly known as Tsai Hui-kai (Chinese: 蔡暉鎧), 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.
References
- ^ 男足聯賽最佳陣容》中場篇－曾台霖、蔡暉鎧 (in Chinese). LTSports. 25 November 2005. Archived from the original on 17 December 2006.
- ^ 東亞運男足》傷兵衝擊 僅蔡暉鎧較不樂觀 (in Chinese). LTSports. 21 October 2005.
- ^ 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 (in Chinese). LTSports. 25 June 2006. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007.
- ^ "Sri Lanka through to finals". Asian Football Confederation. 6 April 2008.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Hsien-Tang Tsai (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 17 January 2023.