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| Personal information | |||
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| 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.
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. The injury also made him unable to be in the starting lineup during the entire Enterprise Football League 2006 season.
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.
For the years of 2008-2012 he played for the national team of Taiwan.
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.
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