Angeline Chua Kai Yi (born 7 November 1988), known as Angeline Chua, is a Singaporean women's football manager who leads the Fiji women's national football team, and a former footballer who played as a midfielder for the Singapore women's national team. She was previously Seychelles Football Federation's director of women's football and head coach of Seychelles women's senior national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Angeline Chua Kai Yi[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 November 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Singapore[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder[3] | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2019 | Singapore | 32 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2021–2023 | Seychelles | ||
| 2023– | Fiji | ||
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 September 2020[2] | |||
Coaching career edit
Chua started coaching when she was a polytechnic student, coaching Arion Football Academy's U-4 to U-8 age groups.[4]
Chua subsequently became the assistant coach of the Singapore women's football team's U-14 and U-16 teams.[4] She would later become the national Under-14 women's head coach.[5]
In April 2021, Chua took up a two-year contract to become Seychelles Football Federation's (SFF) director of women's football and head coach of Seychelles women's senior national team.[4][6] During her time with, she revitalised women’s football in Seychelles, putting together a team that was able to be competitive in the matches played. She was instrumental in putting the team on the FIFA ranking for the first time in 2022.[7]
After the expiration of her contract in February 2023,[8] she was appointed head coach of the Fiji women's national football team on 1 March 2023.[9]
International goals edit
- Scores and results list Singapore's goal tally first.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 6 November 2019 | Hisor Central Stadium, Hisor, Tajikistan |  Mongolia |
1–2 | 2–2 | 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament |
References edit
- ^ "CHUA KAI YI ANGELINE". Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
- ^ a b "Angeline Chua". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
- ^ "WOMEN'S OLYMPIC FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT 2020". Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
- ^ a b c Kwek, Kimberly (20 May 2021). "Football: Angeline Chua goes from void deck kickabouts in Singapore to coaching in the Seychelles". The Straits Times. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ Descalsota, Marielle (12 July 2017). "Local coaches attend JFA's Int'l Women's Coaching Course". The New Paper. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ "Seychelles' women team loses to Maldives in first among three friendly football matches". Seychelles News Agency. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ "Former Singapore International named Kulas coach". Fiji Football Association. 1 March 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ Nicette, Sedrick (16 February 2023). "Women's football: Seychelles bids farewell to history-making Singaporean coach". Seychelles News Agency. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ Romena, Romeka (1 March 2023). "Singaporean Chua is Fiji Kulas Coach". fijilive. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
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