Tscheu La Ling (

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: 林球立;

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: ''Lín Qiú Lì''; born 6 January 1956) is a Dutch former professional

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of mixed Dutch and Chinese descent, who played for clubs in the Netherlands, Greece and France. His name has been spelled in various ways throughout his career, but usually as Tscheu La Ling; he was generally uninterested in how it was spelled but revealed in a February 2007 interview that his name was officially Ling Tshen La. This name uses Chinese naming customs. The family name is Ling. In June 2015 he was appointed to the advisory board of Ajax Amsterdam. He is also the owner of the Slovak football club

AS Trenčín AS Trenčín () is a Slovak sports club in the town of Trenčín, most known for its football department. The first team currently plays in the Fortuna Liga after winning the 2010–11 Slovak First League. The club plays its home games at th ...

. He currently is the creator and owner of Fitshape, which sells professional sport supplementation for athletes.

Club career

Born in

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to a Chinese father and a Dutch mother, Ling began his career with his hometown team

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in the 1973-74 and 1974-75 seasons. He joined

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in the 1975-76 season. Ajax won the

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title in the 4 seasons of 1976-77, 1978-79, 1979-80, and 1981-82, and reached 4 Dutch Cup finals in the 4 consecutive seasons of 1977-78, 1978-79, 1979-80, and 1980-81, but these feats paled in comparison to the European successes during the early 1970s, when Ajax, with players like

Johan Cruijff Hendrik Johannes Cruijff (, internationally known as Johan Cruyff; 25 April 1947 – 24 March 2016) was a Dutch professional football player and manager. As a player, he won the Ballon d'Or three times, in 1971, 1973 and 1974. Cruyff was a pr ...

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, and

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won 3 European Cups in the 1970-71, 1971-72, and 1972-73 seasons. Only in 1979-80 was Ajax able to reach a European Cup semi-final. Ling played together with players like Krol,

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, Simon Tahamata, and Martin van Geel, and later also with

Wim Kieft Willem Cornelis Nicolaas "Wim" Kieft (born 12 November 1962) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a centre forward. Kieft went into punditry in 2001, occasionally appearing on football talk show ''Voetbal Inside'' A prolific ...

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, Gerald Vanenburg,

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, and

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. In December 1981, Cruijff returned to Ajax. The team was built around him, and Ling lost his place in the starting line-up to Vanenburg. He moved to Panathinaikos in July 1982, and then

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in July 1984. He spent a year with Ajax's bitter rival

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for the 1985-86 season, and moved back to Den Haag for the 1986-87 season before retiring at the end of the season.

International career

Ling played for the

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team during qualifying for

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. He earned 14 caps for the Netherlands and scored 2 goals from 1977 to 1982.

Honours

Ajax *

: 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1981–82 * KNVB Cup: 1978–79, 1981–82 Panathinaikos *

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: 1983–84 *

Greek Football Cup The Greek Football Cup ( el, Κύπελλο Ελλάδος Ποδοσφαίρου), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Kypello Elladas is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second most imp ...

: 1983–84

References

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