Cai Jinbiao

Cai Jinbiao
蔡锦标

Personal information
Full name	Cai Jinbiao
Date of birth	1954
Place of birth	Xingning, Guangdong, China
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1974–19??	Guangdong FC
International career
1976–1982	China	20	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cai Jinbiao (Chinese: 蔡锦标; born 1954) is a former Chinese international footballer who played as a defender. He represented Guangdong FC where he won the 1979 Chinese league title as well as playing for the China national football team in the 1980 Asian Cup.

Playing career

At an early age Cai Jinbiao would be accepted in a specialist sports school within Xingning, Guangdong before he started his career playing for the Guangdong youth team where he would soon be promoted to the senior team in 1974. Despite his relatively short height for a defender he would go on to establish himself as an extremely effective defender and receive the nickname "Steel head" by the local fans. He would soon receive his first call-up to the Chinese national team by the manager Nian Weisi while back at his club Cai's free-kick skills and jumping ability would then go on to see Guangdong FC win their first ever Chinese league title at the end of the 1979 league season.

Career statistics

International statistics

Competition	Year	Apps	Goal
Friendly	1978-1982	5	0
Great Wall Cup	1980	1	0
Asian Cup	1980	2	0
World Cup Qualifier	1980-1982	12	1
Total		20	1

Honours

Guangdong FC

• China national league: 1979

External links

• Team China Stats