{{short description|Chinese footballer and coach}} {{family name hatnote|[[Mai (Chinese surname)|Mai]]|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Mai Chao <br> 麦超 | image = | full_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|03|09}} | birth_place = [[Guangzhou]], Guangdong, China | height = 1.78 m | position = [[Left-back]] | currentclub = [[Guangzhou Glorious]] (manager) | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1981–1995 | clubs1 = [[Guangzhou Apollo]] | caps1 = | goals1 = | nationalyears1 = 1986–1992 | nationalteam1 = [[China national football team|China]] | nationalcaps1 = 49 | nationalgoals1 = 16 | manageryears1 = 1997–1998 | managerclubs1 = [[Guangzhou Apollo]] | manageryears2 = 2003–2005 | managerclubs2 = [[Guangzhou F.C.|Guangzhou FC]] | manageryears3 = 2008 | managerclubs3 = [[Shenzhen Xiangxue Eisiti]] | manageryears4 = 2008–2011 | managerclubs4 = Guangzhou U17 | manageryears5 = 2014 | managerclubs5 = [[Guangdong Sunray Cave]] | manageryears6 = 2017 | managerclubs6 = [[Hainan Boying]] | manageryears7 = 2017– | managerclubs7 = [[Guangzhou Glorious]] | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[association football|football]]}} {{MedalCountry | {{CHN}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[[AFC U-20 Asian Cup|AFC Youth Championship]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[1982 AFC Youth Championship|1982 Bangkok]]|[[China national under-20 football team|Team]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[FISU World University Games|University Games]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[1985 Summer Universiade|1985 Kobe]]|[[Football at the 1985 Summer Universiade|Football]]}} }} {{Infobox Chinese | s = 麦超 | p = Mài Chāo | mi = {{IPAc-cmn|m|ai|4|-|ch|ao|1|}} | j = Mak6 Ciu1 | ci = {{IPAc-yue|m|ak|6|-|c|iu|1|}} }}
'''Mai Chao''' (born March 9, 1964) is a Chinese football coach and a former international football player. He spent his whole playing career for [[Guangzhou Apollo]] as an attacking [[left-back]]. After retiring, he moved into management, where he went on to manage Guangzhou twice as well as [[Shenzhen Xiangxue Eisiti]].
==Playing career== Mai Chao was born in [[Guangzhou]], Guangdong. He spent his whole playing career with [[Guangzhou Apollo]] as an attacking [[left-back]] and saw the team rise through the Chinese pyramid before being called up to the [[China PR national football team|Chinese national team]] where he made his debut appearance against [[Italy national football team|Italy]] in friendly on May 11, 1986, in a 2–0 defeat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://teamchina.freehostia.com/en/match.php?date=1986-05-11 |title=China National Football Team Database – China PR 0–2 Italy |publisher=Teamchina.freehostia.com |date=1986-05-11 |accessdate=2010-08-03}}</ref> He became a regular with the team and scored his debut goal against [[Indonesia national football team|Indonesia]] on August 25, 1986, in a 3–0 win before being called up to the [[Football at the 1986 Asian Games]] and then the [[1988 AFC Asian Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://teamchina.freehostia.com/en/match.php?date=1986-08-25 |title=China National Football Team Database – China PR 3–0 Indonesia |publisher=Teamchina.freehostia.com |date=1986-08-25 |accessdate=2010-08-03}}</ref> Unfortunately he was part of the squad that narrowly missed out of reaching the [[FIFA World Cup]] after losing the final group game to [[Qatar national football team|Qatar]] in the dying minutes during [[1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|qualification]]. Mai ended his international career as the country's top goalscoring defender while also seeing Guangzhou move into full professionalism before he retired.
==Managerial career== After retiring Mai moved into training and due to high regard within [[Guangzhou Apollo]] he rejoined 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chinachamp.html |title=China – List of Champions |publisher=Rsssf.com |date=21 Jun 2012 |accessdate=2012-08-07 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704080845/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/chinachamp.html |archivedate=2014-07-04 }}</ref> 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 Construction]] in the 2003 league season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china03.html |title=China 2003 |publisher=Rsssf.com |date=18 Apr 2004 |accessdate=2010-08-03 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524145940/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/china03.html |archivedate=2011-05-24 }}</ref> Despite coming close through the next two seasons, Guangzhou decided to allow Mai to leave, but he didn't have to wait long before he took a position at [[Shenzhen Xiangxue Eisiti]] in January 2007 where he later became their head coach on December 14 of the same year during the off season. During this period he took on the training sessions and led the team out at the beginning of the [[Chinese Super League 2008|2008 Chinese Super League]] before his contract finished, and he left the club.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sodasoccer.com/search/player/A835A794F8C85104.html |title=麦超|麦超数据|麦超资料|近况|进球|新闻|比赛－搜达足球网 |publisher=Sodasoccer.com |date= |accessdate=2010-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307000804/http://sodasoccer.com/search/player/A835A794F8C85104.html |archive-date=2012-03-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Career statistics== {| class="wikitable" |- ! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || 23 February 1989 || [[Tianhe Stadium]], [[Guangzhou]], China || {{fb|BAN}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || align=center| 2–0 || rowspan=2| [[1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round|1990 FIFA World Cup qualification]] |- | 2. || 22 July 1989 || [[Azadi Stadium]], [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] || {{fb|IRN}} || align=center|'''1'''–3 || align=center| 2–3 |- | 3. || rowspan=2| 12 October 1989 || rowspan=2| [[National Stadium, Singapore|National Stadium]], [[Kallang]], Singapore || rowspan=2| {{fb|KSA}} || align=center|'''1'''–1 || rowspan=2 align=center| 2–1 || rowspan=2| [[1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|1990 FIFA World Cup qualification]] |- | 4. || align=center|'''2'''–1 |}
==Honours==
===Player=== '''Guangzhou Apollo''' *[[Chinese Jia-A League]] runner-up: [[Chinese Jia-A League 1992|1992]], [[Chinese Jia-A League 1994|1994]] *[[Chinese FA Cup]] runner-up: 1991
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{NFT}}
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