Mao Mengsuo (, 15 June 1989 – 12 June 2010
) was a
Chinese
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* Something related to China
* Chinese people, people identified with China, through nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity
**Han Chinese, East Asian ethnic group native to China.
**'' Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic ...
professional
footballer
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who played as a
winger.
Club career
Mao had only one appearance in the first season of his professional football career.
He appeared in a
2008–09 Hong Kong FA Cup
2008–09 Hong Kong FA Cup (officially named Sheffield United F.A. Cup due to sponsorship from Chengdu Blades F.C. Ltd, ) was the 35th season of Hong Kong FA Cup.
NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po won the title, and qualified for the 2010 AFC Cup as TSW P ...
match, which saw Tai Po defeating
Tuen Mun Progoal
Tuen Mun Progoal Football Club () was a Hong Kong football club which played in the Hong Kong First Division League in the 2008–09 and 2009–10 season. It borrowed the entities of Shek Kip Mei to compete in the league.
Match-fixing controversy ...
by 3 goals.
Mao did not appear in the next season. He was back on the field in the
2009–10 season, when he was an unused substitute in five matches.
Honours
;Tai Po
*
Hong Kong FA Cup
Hong Kong FA Cup () is a knockout cup competition in Hong Kong football, run by and named after The Hong Kong Football Association. The first edition of the competition was held in 1975, before then the cup was known as the Golden Jubilee Cup. T ...
:
2008–09
Death
Mao and his girlfriend, Li Zhuoling (), went to
Tibet
Tibet (; ''Böd''; ), or Greater Tibet, is a region in the western part of East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are other ethnic groups s ...
to teach rural children in June 2010. During this period, they were killed in a car accident.
长沙球员赴藏区支教 遭遇车祸与女友共赴天国
Tai Po
Tai Po is an List of areas of Hong Kong, area in the New Territories of Hong Kong. It refers to the vicinity of the traditional market towns in the area presently known as Tai Po Old Market or Tai Po Kau Hui () (the original "Tai Po Mark ...
's general secretary Chan Ping said he shall be one of the main members of first team next year,[Takungpao, 2010-06-16, 大埔「掛起」16號 擬辦毛夢索紀念賽]
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References
External links
*
Mao Mengsuo
at HKFA
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mao, Mengsuo
1989 births
2010 deaths
Sportspeople from Changsha
Chinese men's footballers
Chinese expatriate men's footballers
21st-century Chinese sportsmen
Footballers from Hunan
Hong Kong First Division League players
Tai Po FC players
Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong
Road incident deaths in the People's Republic of China
Men's association football wingers