Gai Zengchen

Gai Zengchen (Chinese: 盖增臣; born 6 April 1955) is a Chinese football coach and a former international who played for Liaoning FC as well as China in the 1980 Asian Cup.

Gai Zengchen
Personal information
Date of birth (1955-04-06)6 April 1955
Place of birth Dalian, China
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1984 Liaoning FC
National team
1977–1980 China 1 (0)
Teams managed
1995–1996 China U-20 team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Gai Zengchen was born in Dalian where he showed great tactical awareness and was soon snapped up by Liaoning FC where he joined their senior team in the 1974 Chinese league season. His abilities soon saw him called up to the Chinese U-20 team where he played in the 1975 AFC Youth Championship and helped guide China to a quarter-finals finish.[1] Back with Liaoning he became a regular within their team as they went on to win the 1978 Chinese league title.[2] During this period Gai received a call-up to the senior national team and was included in the squad that went to the 1980 Asian Cup. After spending several more years with Liaoning he decided to retire in 1984 where he went back to his studies finishing University. Gai returned to football in 1986 when he went back to Liaoning as a coach, which eventually saw become their youth coach from 1989 to 1993. This was followed by a stint at a Chinese high school from 1993 to 1997 as well as short period with the Chinese U-20 team. In 1998, he returned to Liaoning before having a stint with Changchun Yatai in 1999, Dalian Shide F.C. in 2000 and from 2002 to 2004 he was with Shenyang Jinde.[3]

Career statistics

International statistics
CompetitionYearAppsGoal
Great Wall Cup 197710
Asian Cup 198000
Total 10

Honours

Player

Liaoning FC

  • Chinese Jia-A League: 1978

References
  1. Asian U-19 Championship 1975 at rsssf.com 18 Apr 2008 Retrieved 08-01-2012
  2. China 1978 at rsssf.com 22 Oct 2009 Retrieved 08-01-2012
  3. 运动健将--盖增臣 at tyj.dl.gov.cn 2010-04-02 Retrieved 08-01-2012
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