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Mai Chao (born on March 9, 1964, in
Guangzhou Guangzhou, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Canton or Kwangchow, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guangdong Provinces of China, province in South China, southern China. Located on the Pearl River about nor ...
,
Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...
) is a
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football coach and a former international football player. He spent his whole playing career for
Guangzhou Apollo Guangzhou Football Club (), previously Guangzhou Evergrande (), was a Chinese professional Association football, football club based in Guangzhou, Guangdong. Historically, Guangzhou FC played its home matches at various grounds in their home ci ...
as an attacking
left-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categ ...
. After retiring, he moved into management, where he went on to manage Guangzhou twice as well as
Shenzhen Xiangxue Eisiti Shenzhen Football Club () was a Chinese professional football club based in Shenzhen, Guangdong. Shenzhen played its home matches at the Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre and the Shenzhen Stadium. Their majority shareholder was the Kaisa Group, a ...
.


Playing career

Mai Chao spent his whole playing career with
Guangzhou Apollo Guangzhou Football Club (), previously Guangzhou Evergrande (), was a Chinese professional Association football, football club based in Guangzhou, Guangdong. Historically, Guangzhou FC played its home matches at various grounds in their home ci ...
as an attacking
left-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categ ...
and saw the team rise through the Chinese pyramid before being called up to the Chinese national team where he made his debut appearance against
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in friendly on May 11, 1986, in a 2–0 defeat. He became a regular with the team and scored his debut goal against
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on August 25, 1986, in a 3–0 win before being called up to the
Football at the 1986 Asian Games Football (soccer), Football at the 1986 Asian Games was held in Seoul, South Korea from 20 September to 5 October 1986. Singapore was forced to withdraw as their team was unable to get visas to enter South Korea. Medalists Venues Squads ...
and then the
1988 AFC Asian Cup The 1988 AFC Asian Cup was the 9th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international association football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held in Qatar between 2 December and 18 Decembe ...
. Unfortunately he was part of the squad that narrowly missed out of reaching the
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after losing the final group game to
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in the dying minutes during
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. Mai ended his international career as the country's top goalscoring defender while also seeing Guangzhou move into full professionalism before he retired.


International goals


Management career

After retiring Mai moved into training and due to high regard within
Guangzhou Apollo Guangzhou Football Club (), previously Guangzhou Evergrande (), was a Chinese professional Association football, football club based in Guangzhou, Guangdong. Historically, Guangzhou FC played its home matches at various grounds in their home ci ...
he rejoined them in 1997 as their new manager. His time as manager was not successful and he was gone by the end of the 1998 league season, which also saw the club relegated after they finished bottom of the league. Out of management, he would go on to form a youth football school before Guangzhou once again asked for his services. This time he was asked to achieve promotion back into the top tier, however while his second reign was considerably more successful he was unlucky in achieving this goal in his first attempt when he narrowly missed out on promotion through head-to-head results with
Henan Construction Henan Football Club (), currently known as Henan F.C. Jiuzu Dukang () for sponsorship reasons, is a Chinese professional football club based in Zhengzhou, Henan, that competes in . Henan plays their home matches at the Hanghai Stadium, located wi ...
in the 2003 league season. Despite coming close through the next two seasons, Guangzhou decided to allow Mai to leave, but he didn't have to wait long before he took a position at
Shenzhen Xiangxue Eisiti Shenzhen Football Club () was a Chinese professional football club based in Shenzhen, Guangdong. Shenzhen played its home matches at the Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre and the Shenzhen Stadium. Their majority shareholder was the Kaisa Group, a ...
in January 2007 where he later became their head coach on December 14 of the same year during the off season. During this period he took on the training sessions and led the team out at the beginning of the
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before his contract finished, and he left the club.


Honours


Player

Guangzhou Apollo Guangzhou Football Club (), previously Guangzhou Evergrande (), was a Chinese professional Association football, football club based in Guangzhou, Guangdong. Historically, Guangzhou FC played its home matches at various grounds in their home ci ...
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Chinese Jia-A League The National Football Jia A League (simplified Chinese: 全国足球甲A联赛), commonly known as Jia-A, was the highest tier of professional football in the People's Republic of China, during 1994 through 2003, operating under the auspices of th ...
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1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...
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1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...
(Runners-up) *
Chinese FA Cup The Chinese FA Cup (, abbreviated as CFA Cup) is the national knockout cup competition in China organized by the Chinese Football Association. The current holders are Shanghai Port, having beaten Shandong Taishan in 2024 for their first title. H ...
: 1991 (Runners-up)


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mai, Chao 1964 births Living people Chinese men's footballers Footballers from Guangzhou Chinese football managers Guangzhou F.C. players Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics 1988 AFC Asian Cup players Olympic footballers for China China men's international footballers Guangzhou F.C. managers Footballers at the 1986 Asian Games Shenzhen F.C. managers Footballers at the 1990 Asian Games Men's association football defenders Asian Games competitors for China 20th-century Chinese sportsmen