# Chi Minghua

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Chinese footballer and coach

This article is about the Chinese football coach. For the ship-themed hotel complex in Shenzhen, China called Minghua, see [MS Ancerville](/source/MS_Ancerville).

Chi Minghua 池明华 Personal information Full name Chi Minghua Date of birth (1962-03-06) March 6, 1962 (age 64) Place of birth Meixian, Guangdong, China Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) Position Defender Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1979–1997 Guangdong Winnerway 1998 Yunnan Hongta International career 1982–1992 China 15 (0) Managerial career 2009 Guangdong Women's Medal record Men's football Representing China AFC Asian Cup 1984 Singapore Team University Games 1985 Kobe Football * Club domestic league appearances and goals

**Chi Minghua** ([Chinese](/source/Simplified_Chinese_characters): 池明华; born March 6, 1962) is a Chinese [football](/source/Association_football) coach and former international football player. As a player, he spent the majority of his career playing as a [defender](/source/Defender_(association_football)) for [Guangdong](/source/Guangdong_Hongyuan_F.C.) football team while internationally he represented [China](/source/China_national_football_team) in the [1984 Asian Cup](/source/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](/source/2005%E2%80%9306_Hong_Kong_First_Division_League) [Dongguan Dongcheng](/source/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.[1]

## Playing career

Chi Minghua started his career playing for the [Guangdong](/source/Guangdong_Hongyuan_F.C.) football team where he started his career in the 1979 Chinese league season and saw his club win the league title.[2] His performances for Guangdong would soon see him included into the [Chinese national team](/source/China_national_football_team) where he would take part in the [1984 AFC Asian Cup](/source/1984_AFC_Asian_Cup) and aided China to a runners-up spot to [Saudi Arabia](/source/Saudi_Arabia_national_football_team) in a 2-0 defeat.[3] 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.[4] 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.](/source/Yunnan_Hongta_F.C.) where he ended his career.[5]

## Career statistics

### International statistics

Year Competition Apps Goal 1982 Great Wall Cup 1 0 1982 Asian Games 4 0 1983–1992 Friendly 2 0 1984 Asian Cup 4 0 1985 FIFA World Cup qualification 1 0 1992 Asian Cup Qualification 3 0 Total 15 0

## Honours

### Player

- [Chinese Jia-A League](/source/Chinese_Jia-A_League): 1979

- [Chinese Jia-A League](/source/Chinese_Jia-A_League): 1983 (Southern Group)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [今生难舍绿茵情缘 访广东女子足球队主教练池明华](https://archive.today/20121130023450/http://www.mzsports.gov.cn/html/qtdt/2010-4/20/20100420893.html) at mzsports.gov.cn 2010-04-03 Retrieved 2012-07-17

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [China 1979](https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chinahist.html) at rsssf.org 22 Oct 2009 Retrieved 2012-07-17

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [中国 0-2 沙特阿拉伯](http://teamchina.freehostia.com/match.php?date=1984-12-16) at freehostia.com 1984-12-16 Retrieved 2012-07-17

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [China 1983](https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chinahist.html) at rsssf.org 22 Oct 2009 Retrieved 2012-07-17

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [1994：中国足球拉开竞技体育职业化大幕](http://news.qq.com/a/20091112/001491.htm) at news.qq.com 2009-01-17 Retrieved 2012-07-17

## External links

- [Player profile](https://archive.today/20130411203622/http://sodasoccer.com/search/player/EA0B6791D9722EF6.html) at sodasoccer.com

v t e China squad – 1984 AFC Asian Cup runners-up 1 Lu Jianren 2 Zhu Bo 3 Lin Lefeng 4 Lü Hongxiang 5 Jia Xiuquan 6 Lin Qiang 7 Gu Guangming 8 Zhao Dayu 9 Zuo Shusheng (c) 10 Li Hui 11 Li Huayun 12 Chi Minghua 14 Wu Yuhua 15 Qin Guorong 16 Liu Haiguang 17 Yang Zhaohui 18 Ma Lin 19 Wang Dongning 20 Jiang Fenglin 21 Tang Yaodong 22 Yang Ning 23 Wang Zhenjie Coach: Zeng Xuelin

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