Yeh Hsien-chung (; born on 1 July 1979) is a Taiwanese
football
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and
futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hardcourt, hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and Indoor soccer, indoor football.
Futsal is played between two teams of five players ...
goalkeeper
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. Nicknamed ''
Red Dragon'' (), he is better known as his performance in futsal games. He has represented
Taiwan
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in the
2004 Summer Olympics
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and
AFC Futsal Championship
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s. He has also been member of
Tatung F.C. squad in
AFC President's Cup 2006
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.
In 2009, Yeh became Taiwan's goalkeeping coach. However, in the
2010 East Asian Football Championship
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Participating teams
Preliminary
Round 1
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, Yeh participated as a player in Taiwan squad. He made his senior team debut in the game against
Guam
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, in which Taiwan won 4–2, on 25 August 2009.
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1979 births
Living people
Futsal goalkeepers
Taiwanese footballers
Taiwanese men's futsal players
Tatung F.C. players
Association football goalkeepers
Chinese Taipei national football team managers
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