Tsai Hsien-tang

Taiwanese footballer

Tsai Hsien-tang
Personal information

Full name	Tsai Hsien-tang (蔡憲棠)
Date of birth	(1977-04-29) 29 April 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Taipei, Taiwan
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender / defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Tainan City
Number	58
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000-2016	Tatung
2017-	Tainan City
International career
2000-	Chinese Taipei	43	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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. 2005-11-25. Archived from the original on 2006-12-17.
^ 東亞運男足》傷兵衝擊　僅蔡暉鎧較不樂觀 (in Chinese). LTSports. 2005-10-21.
^ 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. 2006-06-25. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27.
^ "Sri Lanka through to finals". Asian Football Confederation. April 6, 2008.
^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Hsien-Tang Tsai (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2023-01-17.