Tsai Hsien-tang

Tsai Hsien-tang
Personal information
Full nameTsai Hsien-tang (蔡憲棠)
Date of birthApril 29, 1977
Place of birthTaiwan
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionDefender / defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
Tatung
Number58
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Tatung (?)
National team
?-presentChinese Taipei
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Tsai Hsien-tang (Chinese: 蔡憲棠, born April 29, 1977), formerly known as Tsai Hui-kai (Chinese: 蔡暉鎧), is a Taiwanese football (soccer) player. He usually plays as a defender or a defensive midfielder. During his service 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] His absence also impacted the Tatung's results in the Oasis Super Cup,[1] an invitational competition organized by the shoe-making Oasis Group. The injury made him unable to be in the starting lineup during the whole Enterprise Football League 2006 season.[3]

In 2008, Tsai changed his name to Tsai Hsien-tang. He became captain of the Chinese Taipei national football team during the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup.[4]

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