{{short description|Chinese footballer}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Cai Jinbiao <br> 蔡锦标 | image = | caption = | fullname = Cai Jinbiao | birth_date = June 1954 | birth_place = [[Xingning, Guangdong|Xingning]], [[Guangdong]], China | death_date = | height = {{height|meters=1.78}} | position = Defender | years1 = 1974–1983 | clubs1 = [[Guangdong Hongyuan F.C.|Guangdong team]] | nationalyears1 = 1976–1982 | nationalteam1 = [[China national football team|China]] | nationalcaps1 = 20 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[association football|football]]}} {{MedalCountry | {{CHN}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[[AFC Asian Cup]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[1976 AFC Asian Cup|1976 Iran]]|[[1976 AFC Asian Cup squads#China|Team]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[1978 Asian Games|1978 Bangkok]]|[[Football at the 1978 Asian Games|Football]]}} }}
'''Cai Jinbiao''' ({{zh|c=蔡锦标}}; born 1954) is a former [[China|Chinese]] international [[association football|footballer]] who played as a defender. He represented [[Guangdong Hongyuan F.C.|Guangdong team]] where he won the 1979 Chinese league title as well as playing for the [[China national football team]] in the [[1980 Asian Cup]].
== Playing career == At an early age, Cai Jinbiao would be accepted in a specialist sports school within [[Xingning, Guangdong]]. This was before he started his career playing for the Guangdong youth team where he would soon be promoted to the senior team in 1974.{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}}
Despite his relatively short height for a defender, he would go on to establish himself as an extremely effective defender and receive the nickname "Steel head" by the local fans.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gzdaily.dayoo.com/html/2009-07/16/content_635127.htm|title=蔡锦标中流砥柱号铜头魏崇金摧城拔寨称射手|publisher=gzdaily.dayoo.com|date=2009-07-16|accessdate=2012-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090722145650/http://gzdaily.dayoo.com/html/2009-07/16/content_635127.htm|archive-date=2009-07-22|url-status=dead}}</ref> He would soon receive his first call-up to the [[China national football team|Chinese national team]] by the manager [[Nian Weisi]] while back at his club Cai's free-kick skills and jumping ability would then go on to see [[Guangdong Hongyuan F.C.|Guangdong FC]] win their first ever Chinese league title at the end of the 1979 league season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chinahist.html|title=China 1979|date=22 Oct 2009|website=[[RSSSF]]|accessdate=2012-07-25}}</ref>
== Career statistics == === International statistics === {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align: center;" |- !Competition!!Year!!Apps!!Goal |- |rowspan=1|'''[[Exhibition game|Friendly]]''' |1978-1982||5||0 |- |rowspan=1|'''[[Great Wall Cup]]''' |1980||1||0 |- |rowspan=1|'''[[Asian Cup]]''' |1980||2||0 |- |rowspan=1|'''[[World Cup Qualifier]]''' |1980-1982||12||1 |- |rowspan=1|'''Total''' |||20||1 |- |- |}
== Honours == '''Guangdong FC''' * China national league: 1979<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chinahist.html|title=China 1979|date=2017-02-02|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=2019-08-06}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://teamchina.freehostia.com/en/player.php?id=caijinbiao Team China Stats]
{{China squad 1976 AFC Asian Cup}} {{China squad 1980 AFC Asian Cup}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cai, Jinbiao}} [[Category:1954 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Chinese men's footballers]] [[Category:China men's international footballers]] [[Category:Footballers from Meizhou]] [[Category:Hakka sportspeople]] [[Category:People from Xingning, Guangdong]] [[Category:Guangdong Winnerway F.C. players]] [[Category:1976 AFC Asian Cup players]] [[Category:1980 AFC Asian Cup players]] [[Category:Men's association football defenders]] [[Category:20th-century Chinese sportsmen]]