Chang Wu-yeh (; born 19 December 1978 in

Taichung County Taichung County was a County (Taiwan), county in central Taiwan between 1945 and 2010. The county seat was in Yuanlin Township before 1950 and Fengyuan District, Fongyuan City after 1950. History Taichung County was established on 26 November ...

(now part of

Taichung City Taichung (, Wade–Giles: '), officially Taichung City, is a special municipality in central Taiwan. Taichung is Taiwan's second-largest city, with more than 2.85 million residents, making it the largest city in Central Taiwan. It serves as th ...

)) is a Taiwanese football manager and former player. He currently manages Taipei Physical Education College's football team.

Player career

Chang, unlike many of his teammates who have played football since young ages, started his football career at the age of 14. After graduating from junior high school, he was enrolled into National Dajia Industrial Senior High School (). He performed well in domestic youth competitions. He also played for the

Taipei City Bank F.C. Taipei City Bank Football Club () was a Taiwanese football club playing in Chinese Taipei National Football League. It was dissolved by Ding Yukang after he became general manager of Taipei City Bank in 1999. Achievements * National First D ...

in the

Chinese Taipei National Football League The Enterprise Football League (), formerly known as the National Football League () or the National First Division Football League (), was the highest-ranked football league in the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was governed by the Chinese Taipe ...

when he was 18. However, he did not pass the entrance examination of Taipei Physical Education College. He chose to serve military service and was able to play for military-organized

Flying Camel Flying Camel Football Team () was a Taiwanese football team. The team was established on July 21, 1973, and belonged to the Combined Logistics Command of the Republic of China. They had played in Taiwan's first-ranked National Football League sinc ...

and

National Sports Training Center football team National Sports Training Center is a former football team based in Tainan, and was the football club for Taiwan's National Sports Training Center. It was merged in 2003 with the Lukuang football team, Taiwan's land army football team, after the ...

due to his experience in Taipei City Bank F.C. After completing the military service, Chang entered Taipei Physical Education College in 1998. In 2001, he was called up to represent the

Chinese Taipei national football team The Chinese Taipei national football team () represents Taiwan (The Republic of China) in international football and is controlled by the Chinese Taipei Football Association. Despite never qualifying for the FIFA World Cup, Chinese Taipei, t ...

in the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds.

Managerial career

Since December 2005, he has been appointed assistant coach to

under then head coach

Toshiaki Imai is a Japanese football manager and former player. Early life Imai was born in Saitama Prefecture on December 29, 1954. He is a graduate of Waseda University. Playing career Imai played for Fujitsu (later ''Kawasaki Frontale'') from 1977 to 198 ...

. He became Taipei Physical Education College football team's head coach in 2009.

Honours

Golden Shoe: 2004

References

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* 1978 births Living people Taiwanese men's footballers Taiwanese football managers Chinese Taipei men's international footballers Leopard Cat FC players Footballers from Taichung Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders {{Taiwan-footy-bio-stub