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{{Short description|Chinese football player and coach from Taiwan}}
{{Family name hatnote|Chou|lang=Chinese}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Chou Tai-ying
| image = 
| fullname = Chou Tai-ying (周台英)
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1963|8|16}}
| birth_place = [[Taiwan|Republic of China (Taiwan)]]
| death_date = 
| height = 
| position = [[Forward (association football)#Striker|Striker]]/[[midfielder]]
| currentclub = 
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1987–1989 
| years2 = 1989–1993
| clubs1 = [[SV Bergisch Gladbach 09]]
| clubs2 = [[Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies|Suzuyo Shimizu F.C. Ladies]]
| caps1 =           
| goals1 = 
| nationalyears1 = 1977–1994
| nationalteam1 = [[Chinese Taipei women's national football team|Chinese Taipei]]
| nationalcaps1 = 
| nationalgoals1 = 
|  manageryears1 = 2005–
| manageryears2 = 2006
|  managerclubs1 = [[National Taiwan Normal University]] 
| managerclubs2 = [[Chinese Taipei women's national football team|Chinese Taipei]]
}}

'''Chou Tai-ying''' ({{zh|t=周台英}}; born 16 August 1963) is a [[Taiwanese people|Taiwanese]] female [[association football]] coach and former player. She is considered the most successful Taiwanese footballer so far.

==Domestic Career==
She was [[Chinese Taipei women's national football team|Chinese Taipei]]'s key player in the 1980s and early 1990s, winning three [[AFC Women's Asian Cup|AFC Women's Championships]] (1977, 1979, 1981) and two [[OFC Women's Nations Cup|OFC Women's Championships]] (1986, 1989).

== Overseas career ==
Chou was also one of the few Taiwanese players who have played for foreign professional clubs. In 1987, she joined the  German football club [[SV Bergisch Gladbach 09]] and won two championships.<ref name="tpml">{{cite web
|script-title=zh:木蘭隊揚威國際 球后周台英不讓鬚眉
|url=http://www.tpml.edu.tw/blind/cgi/dlpic.php?filename=9311005.TXT
|language=Chinese
|access-date=2007-12-27
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303182658/http://www.tpml.edu.tw/blind/cgi/dlpic.php?filename=9311005.TXT
|archive-date=2016-03-03
|url-status=dead
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|title=Schnuppern am Pokal
|url=http://www.swp.de/gaildorf/sport/sonstige/regional/Pokal-Kickerin-Weltpokal-Bekanntschaft-Horaffe-Innenstadt-Taiwan-Siegelbach-Wuerttemberg;art387029,1025981
|language=German
|accessdate=15 May 2013
|date=5 July 2011
|publisher=[[Südwest Presse]]
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222060110/https://www.swp.de/gaildorf/sport/sonstige/regional/Pokal-Kickerin-Weltpokal-Bekanntschaft-Horaffe-Innenstadt-Taiwan-Siegelbach-Wuerttemberg%3Bart387029%2C1025981
|archivedate=22 February 2014
}}</ref> She was chosen by the Japanese team [[Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies|Suzuyo Shimizu F.C. Ladies]] for their inaugural team in the newly formed Japanese [[Nadeshiko League|L. League]] in 1989, to add power to the team’s offence, which had been lacking.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=日本女子サッカーリーグ |title=なでしこリーグの歴史を知ろう 第4回「初代チャンピオンは清水ＦＣ」 {{!}} 連載コラム |url=http://www.nadeshikoleague.jp/serial/2021/0825_1630.html |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=日本女子サッカーリーグ オフィシャルサイト |language=ja}}</ref> The Shimizu F.C. Ladies won the first league season title and Chou was the stand out player, scoring 12 goals,<ref name=":0" /> earning the Golden Boot and a spot as member of Best XI.<ref>{{cite web
|title=JLSL & Women's Football 1989/90
|url=http://homepage1.nifty.com/kisch/football/lady/l11.html
|access-date=2007-12-28
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060719070540/http://homepage1.nifty.com/kisch/football/lady/l11.html
|archive-date=2006-07-19
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>

== International career ==
Chou was the [[captain (association football)|captain]] of the [[Chinese Taipei women's national football team]] at the inaugural [[1991 FIFA Women's World Cup]]. The team reached the quarter-finals before being beaten 7–0 by the eventual winners the [[United States women's national soccer team|United States]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/08/19/wwc_91_tr_part2_260.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111227003624/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/08/19/wwc%5f91%5ftr%5fpart2%5f260.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 27, 2011 |title=FIFA Women's World Cup China '91 – Technical Report & Statistics |publisher=[[FIFA]]|accessdate=20 April 2013|page=76}}</ref>

She retired from her playing career following the [[1994 Asian Games]].<ref>{{cite web |date=July 23, 2006 |script-title=zh:中國台北主帥周台英雄心萬丈 |url=http://www.the-afc.com/chi/articles/viewArticle.jsp_23601.html |publisher=[[Asian Football Confederation]] |language=Chinese}}</ref>

== Coaching career ==
In 2005, Chou took over as the head coach of the [[Chinese Taipei women's national football team]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}}

==Honours==
;With [[Chinese Taipei women's national football team]]
*[[AFC Women's Asian Cup|AFC Women's Championship]]: 1977, 1979, 1981
*[[AFC Women's Asian Cup|AFC Women's Championship]] MVP: 1979
*[[OFC Women's Nations Cup|OFC Women's Championship]]: 1986, 1989
;With [[Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies|Shimizu F.C. Ladies]]
*[[Nadeshiko League|L. League]]: 1989
*[[Nadeshiko League|L. League]] top scorer: 1989

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Nadeshiko League top scorers}}
{{Chinese Taipei Squad 1991 Women's World Cup}}
{{Chinese Taipei squad 2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Nadeshiko League players]]
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[[Category:Taiwanese expatriate women's footballers]]
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[[Category:1991 FIFA Women's World Cup players]]
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[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei]]
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[[Category:Footballers at the 1990 Asian Games]]
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[[Category:Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists in football]]

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