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Trail Blazing National Team Striker Announces His Retirement
Former national team player, Onur Doğan has announced his retirement from football aged 37. The long-time Tatung FC striker made history after becoming the first-ever naturalized player for the mens national team, and was among the best goal scorers in Taiwanese football for most of the 2010’s. A youth team player with Turkish side, Çanakkale…
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Chokemor Upgraded To Permanent Womens Coach
Although the decision felt like a formality after two recent wins over Indonesia and Nepal, women’s coach Prasobchoke Chokemor appears to have been upgraded from interim to the full-time manager of the Taiwan women’s team. The Thai national stepped in after the resignation of Chan Hiu Ming in August. The announcement to extend Chokemormade was found in…
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Taiwan Premier League Recap: Round 12
In the final round of Taiwan Premier League games before the winter break, Hang Yuan maintained their position at the top of the standings but needed a moment of magic to do so. Other subplots to emerge this week included Taipower’s struggles continued to get worse whilst exciting teenage playmaker Lai Yi Chiao, maintained his…
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Mulan League Recap: Round 11
With seven points separating the top three teams, all of the potential contenders found themselves playing sides below them in the standings and thus had to be perfect to keep their championship chances alive. Meanwhile, the hugely experienced core of Hualien were able to continue their quiet march up the table but did so in…
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Chang Tsan Elected New CTFA Chairman
The Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA) has a new chairman, effective immediately. On Saturday, Chang Tsan– who ran unopposed for the role— was voted in at a special CTFA meeting and will lead Taiwan’s football association for at least the next eight months. Chang is also the chairman of Valkyrie FC, a team in Taiwan’s…
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Taiwan Premier League Recap: Round 11
Hang Yuan opened up a three point lead at the top of the table thanks to a composed victory in the latest round of the Taiwanese Football Premier League. With all eight teams playing, Hang Yuan were also helped out immensely by the results of other games being played at the same time. Meanwhile long-time…
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