Xavier Chen
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Xavier Chen (Template:Zh; born 5 October 1983) is a former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He began his youth career with Anderlecht before moving to KV Kortrijk where he first played at senior level (2003–2007). After Kortrijk, he spent six years at KV Mechelen (2007–2013) and two at Guizhou Renhe (2013–2015) before returning to KV Mechelen. Born in Belgium, he represented Chinese Taipei at international level.
Personal life
Chen was born to a French mother and a Taiwanese father. His paternal grandfather is a former diplomat who still lives in Taiwan.
Club career
Chen started his senior career in KV Kortrijk, but gained recognition in his first stint with KV Mechelen, where he became captain. Due to the inconvenience of traveling back and forth between Belgium and Taiwan, Chen decided to move to Chinese side Guizhou Renhe when he accepted CTFA's invitation to play for the national team. In January 2016, Chen returned to KV Mechelen, stating that he only wanted to play for a maximum of three years in China. A few Chinese teams showed interest to sign him, but he ultimately decided to return to his country of birth. Altogether, Chen spent seven seasons with KV Mechelen.[1]
International career
Chen's eligibility to play for Chinese Taipei was discovered by the CTFA public relations director Chen Chia-Ming in 2009[2] and Chen was invited to play for the national team. The Chinese Football Association of the mainland had also made an attempt to recruit Chen three months after the CTFA did. On 24 May 2011, encouraged by his relatives, Chen elected to play for Chinese Taipei.[3][4]
Chen made his international debut against Malaysia on 3 July 2011 and scored the winning goal. This marked the first time in 10 years that Chinese Taipei beat an opponent that was ranked in the FIFA top 150. The attendance of the game was a record breaking at 15,335, which was 10,000 higher than average. On 9 October 2015, Chen scored the third goal in a 5–1 victory over Macau.
International goals
- Scores and results list Taiwan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Chen goal.[5]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 July 2011 | Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Malaysia | flag alias = Flag of Malaysia.svg | flag alias-1895 = Flag of the Federated Malay States (1895 - 1946).svg | flag alias-1948 = Flag of Malaya (1950–1963).svg | flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Malaysia.svg | link alias-naval = Royal Malaysian Navy | flag alias-air force = Royal Malaysian Air Force Flag.svg | link alias-air force = Royal Malaysian Air Force | flag alias-civil = Civil Ensign of Malaysia.svg | link alias-civil = Malaysia | flag alias-army = Flag of the Malaysian Army.svg | link alias-army = Malaysian Army | flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Malaysia.svg | link alias-navy = Royal Malaysian Navy | flag alias-military = Flag of the Malaysian Armed Forces.svg | link alias-military = Malaysian Armed Forces | flag alias-coast guard = Flag of the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency.svg | link alias-coast guard = Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency | flag alias-23px = Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} || align="center"|3–2 || align="center"|3–2 || 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 9 October 2015 | Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Macau | flag alias = Flag of Macau.svg | flag alias-colonial = Flag of Portugal.svg | flag alias-municipal = Flag of Municipal Council of Macau.svg | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} || align="center"|3–1 || align="center"|5–1 || Friendly | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 10 June 2017 | Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Singapore | flag alias = Flag of Singapore.svg | flag alias-state = State Marine Ensign of Singapore.svg | flag alias-colonial = Flag of Singapore in the Straits Settlements.svg | flag alias-colonial-1946 = Flag of Singapore (1946–1952).svg | flag alias-colonial-1952 = Flag of Singapore (1952–1959).svg | flag alias-civil = Civil Ensign of Singapore.svg | flag alias-military = SAFinfoboxflag.png | link alias-military = Singapore Armed Forces | flag alias-army = SingaporeArmyinfoboxflag.png | link alias-army = Singapore Army | flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Singapore.svg | link alias-naval = Republic of Singapore Navy | flag alias-air force = RSAFinfoboxflag.png | link alias-air force = Republic of Singapore Air Force | flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Singapore.svg | link alias-navy = Republic of Singapore Navy | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} || align="center"|1–1 || align="center"|2–1 || 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
Honours
Guizhou Renhe
References
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External links
- Pages with script errors
- 1983 births
- Living people
- People from Sint-Agatha-Berchem
- Taiwanese men's footballers
- Belgian men's footballers
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Chinese Taipei men's international footballers
- Belgium men's youth international footballers
- Belgian people of Taiwanese descent
- Belgian people of French descent
- Taiwanese people of French descent
- Belgian Pro League players
- Chinese Super League players
- K.V. Kortrijk players
- K.V. Mechelen players
- Beijing Chengfeng F.C. players
- Taiwanese expatriate men's footballers
- Taiwanese expatriate sportspeople in China
- Belgian expatriate men's footballers
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in China
- Expatriate men's footballers in China
- Footballers from Brussels
- 21st-century Belgian sportsmen