Beijing time, March 24 news, Chinese football today came a sad news, the first generation of new Chinese international footballer, former national football coach, vice chairman of the AFC and director of the technical committee Mr. Chen Chengda died today, at the age of 93.
Chen Chengda is the elder of Chinese football and the most senior person in Chinese football. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chen Chengda was selected for the national team in 1952. In 1957, at the age of 28, Chen Chengda became the fourth manager of the national team and the youngest national team coach of the national football team to date.
For seven years, from 1957 to 1963, Chen Chengda served as the manager of the national football team. After coming down from the national team coach, Chen Chengda successively served in the football department of the sports committee and the coach of the Hebei team. In 1982, Chen Chengda received the FIFA Intercontinental Senior Coaching Certificate, and in 1983 he became the director of the Football Department and the secretary general of the Football Association.
Chen Chengda has also served in FIFA and AFC for a long time, starting at FIFA in 1980, being elected a member of the AFC Executive Committee in 1984, elected vice president of the AFC in 1986, and receiving the FIFA Special Merit Medal in 1994.
After retiring, Chen Chengda's fate with football has not been interrupted, and he still offers suggestions for the development of Chinese football. He advocated the development of youth football and the establishment of a youth football competition system. In the 1999 Women's World Cup, Sonorous Rose finished runners-up, and in that team, Chen Chengda was the team's adviser.