Mai Chao
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Mai Chao is a Chinese
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

 football coach and a former international football player. He spent his whole playing career for Guangzhou FC as an attacking left-back. After retiring, he moved into management, where he went on to manage Guangzhou twice as well as Shenzhen Xiangxue.

Playing career

Mai Chao spent his whole playing career with Guangzhou FC as an attacking left-back and saw the team rise through the Chinese pyramid before being called up to the Chinese national team where he would make his debut appearance against Italy
Italy national football team
The Italy National Football Team , represents Italy in association football and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation , the governing body for football in Italy. Italy is the second most successful national team in the history of the World Cup having won four titles , just one fewer than...

 in friendly on May 11, 1986 in a 2–0 defeat. He would become a regular within the team and score his debut goal against Indonesia
Indonesia national football team
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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 at the 1986 Asian Games
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 and then the 1988 AFC Asian Cup
1988 AFC Asian Cup
The Asian Football Confederation's 1988 AFC Asian Cup finals were held in Qatar between December 2 and December 18. Saudi Arabia defeated Republic of Korea in the final match in Doha.-Qualification:...

. Unfortunately he was part of the squad that narrowly missed out of reaching the FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup
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 after losing the final group game to Qatar
Qatar national football team
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 in the dying minutes during qualification
1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
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. Mai, however would end his international career as the countries top goalscoring defender while also seeing Guangzhou move into full professionalism before he retired.

Coaching career

After retiring Mai would move into training and due to high regard within Guangzhou he would rejoin 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 in the 2003 league season. Despite coming close through the next two seasons Guangzhou decided to allow Mai to leave, however he wouldn't have to wait long before he took a position at Shenzhen Xiangxue on January, 2007 where he was the Teams leader. This would later become Head coach on December 14 of the same year during the off season where during this period he took on the training sessions and lead the team out at the beginning of the 2008 Chinese Super League
Chinese Super League 2008
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 before his contracted finished and he left the club.

Honours

As a player

Guangzhou FC
  • Chinese Jia-A League
    Chinese Jia-A League
    The National Football Jia A League , 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 the Chinese Football Association.The Chinese Professional Football League was established in 1994...

    : 1992
    Chinese Jia-A League 1992
    -League standings:-References:*...

    , 1994
    Chinese Jia-A League 1994
    -Overview:It was performed in 12 teams, and Dalian Wanda won the championship.-Managerial changes:-League standings:-Top scorers:-References:** at Zuqiuziliao.cn...

     (Runners-up)
  • Chinese FA Cup
    Chinese FA Cup
    The Chinese FA Cup is the national knockout cup competition in China organised by the Chinese Football Association. Its current format started in the 1995 season.In the new season, 2011 it was announced, that current Chinese FA Cup will start in May....

    : 1991 (Runners-up)

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