{{short description|Chinese footballer and coach}} {{about|the Chinese football coach|the ship-themed hotel complex in Shenzhen, China called Minghua|MS Ancerville}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Chi Minghua <br> 池明华 | image = | caption = | fullname = Chi Minghua | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|3|06}} | birth_place = [[Mei County, Guangdong|Meixian]], [[Guangdong]], China | death_date = | height = {{height|m=1.77}} | position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] | years1 = 1979–1997 | clubs1 = [[Guangdong Winnerway F.C.|Guangdong Winnerway]] | years2 = 1998 | clubs2 = [[Yunnan Hongta F.C.|Yunnan Hongta]] | nationalyears1 = 1982–1992 | nationalteam1 = [[China national football team|China]] | nationalcaps1 = 15 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | manageryears1 = 2009 | managerclubs1 = Guangdong Women's | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[association football|football]]}} {{MedalCountry | {{CHN}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[[AFC Asian Cup]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[1984 AFC Asian Cup|1984 Singapore]]|[[1984 AFC Asian Cup squads#China|Team]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[FISU World University Games|University Games]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[1985 Summer Universiade|1985 Kobe]]|[[Football at the 1985 Summer Universiade|Football]]}} }}
'''Chi Minghua''' ({{zh|s=池明华}}; born March 6, 1962) is a Chinese [[association football|football]] coach and former international football player. As a player, he spent the majority of his career playing as a [[Defender (association football)|defender]] for [[Guangdong Hongyuan F.C.|Guangdong]] football team while internationally he represented [[China national football team|China]] in the [[1984 Asian Cup]].
After retiring Chi would eventually return to football when he joined Chinese football club playing in the [[2005–06 Hong Kong First Division League]] [[Dongguan Dongcheng]] where he was their General Manager for a brief period. Chi would then go into management when he had the chance to manage Guangdong Women's and Guangdong Women's youth team in 2009.<ref>[https://archive.today/20121130023450/http://www.mzsports.gov.cn/html/qtdt/2010-4/20/20100420893.html 今生难舍绿茵情缘 访广东女子足球队主教练池明华] at mzsports.gov.cn 2010-04-03 Retrieved 2012-07-17</ref>
== Playing career== Chi Minghua started his career playing for the [[Guangdong Hongyuan F.C.|Guangdong]] football team where he started his career in the 1979 Chinese league season and saw his club win the league title.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chinahist.html China 1979] at rsssf.org 22 Oct 2009 Retrieved 2012-07-17</ref> His performances for Guangdong would soon see him included into the [[China national football team|Chinese national team]] where he would take part in the [[1984 AFC Asian Cup]] and aided China to a runners-up spot to [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]] in a 2-0 defeat.<ref>[http://teamchina.freehostia.com/match.php?date=1984-12-16 中国 0-2 沙特阿拉伯] at freehostia.com 1984-12-16 Retrieved 2012-07-17</ref> When he returned to Guangdong he would win the 1983 Southern Group title with Guangdong and go on captain the side for the next several seasons.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chinahist.html China 1983] at rsssf.org 22 Oct 2009 Retrieved 2012-07-17</ref> By 1994 the Chinese league became completely professional and despite nearing the end of career he carried on playing for the club until the 1997 league season before he moved to second tier club [[Yunnan Hongta F.C.]] where he ended his career.<ref>[http://news.qq.com/a/20091112/001491.htm 1994：中国足球拉开竞技体育职业化大幕] at news.qq.com 2009-01-17 Retrieved 2012-07-17</ref>
== Career statistics == === International statistics ===
{| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="width:50%;" |- style="text-align:center; background:#e0e0e0;" ! Year ! Competition ! Apps ! Goal |- style="text-align:center;" || 1982 || [[Great Wall Cup]] || 1 || 0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;" || 1982 || [[Asian Games]] || 4 || 0 |- style="text-align:center;" || 1983–1992 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]] || 2 || 0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;" || 1984 || [[Asian Cup]] || 4 || 0 |- style="text-align:center;" || 1985 || [[FIFA World Cup qualification]] || 1 || 0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;" || 1992 || [[Asian Cup]] Qualification || 3 || 0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#e0e0e0;" ! colspan="2" | Total ! style="text-align:center;"| 15 ! style="text-align:center;"| 0 |}
==Honours== ===Player=== *[[Chinese Jia-A League]]: 1979 *[[Chinese Jia-A League]]: 1983 (Southern Group)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://archive.today/20130411203622/http://sodasoccer.com/search/player/EA0B6791D9722EF6.html Player profile] at sodasoccer.com
{{China squad 1984 AFC Asian Cup}}
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