Angeline Chua

Angeline Chua
Personal information
Full name Angeline Chua Kai Yi[1]
Date of birth (1988-11-07) 7 November 1988 (age 36)
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]

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.

Coaching career

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

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

  1. ^ "CHUA KAI YI ANGELINE". Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Angeline Chua". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  3. ^ "WOMEN'S OLYMPIC FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT 2020". Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Descalsota, Marielle (12 July 2017). "Local coaches attend JFA's Int'l Women's Coaching Course". The New Paper. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Seychelles' women team loses to Maldives in first among three friendly football matches". Seychelles News Agency. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Former Singapore International named Kulas coach". Fiji Football Association. 1 March 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  8. ^ Nicette, Sedrick (16 February 2023). "Women's football: Seychelles bids farewell to history-making Singaporean coach". Seychelles News Agency. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  9. ^ Romena, Romeka (1 March 2023). "Singaporean Chua is Fiji Kulas Coach". fijilive. Retrieved 8 July 2023.


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