Lin Chia-sheng

Football player infobox
playername= Lin Chia-sheng


fullname = Lin Chia-sheng (林家聖)
nickname = Jason
height = 1.82 m
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1980|7|12
cityofbirth = Tainan
countryofbirth = R.O.C. (Taiwan)
position = Midfielder
clubnumber =
currentclub =
youthyears = 1986–1992 1992–1995 1995–1998 1999–2000
youthclubs = Sheng Li ES Gueiren JHS Hsin Feng SHS Ming Chuan Uni.
years = 1997–2000 2000 2001
2003
2003-2004
2004-2005
2005-2006
clubs = Taipei City Bank
Ming Chuan Uni.
NSTC Taipei P.E. College NSTC Hayes Reserves
Bolton Wanderers Reserves
caps(goals) =
pcupdate =
nationalyears =1998
2000
2003
2006–present
nationalteam = Chinese Taipei U-19
Chinese Taipei U-23 Chinese Taipei futsal
Chinese Taipei
nationalcaps(goals) = 1 (1)
1 (1)
1 (6)
1 (0)
ntupdate =

Lin Chia-sheng (zh-c|c=林家聖, born July 12, 1980 in Tainan) is a Taiwanese football player. He has played for Taipei City Bank F.C. in Taiwan and the reserve teams of Hayes F.C. and Bolton Wanderers F.C. in England.

Biography

Early years

Lin began to play football at the age of 9 when he studied in Sheng Li Elementary School (台南市勝利國小) in his home town Tainan. He later entered the football teams of Guei Ren Junior High School (台南縣歸仁國中) and Hsin Feng Senior High School(國立新豐高中) and started to play in the National First Division Football League with Taipei City Bank F.C. when he was 18. In 1999, he was enrolled into Ming Chuan University and helped its football team to win the National College Cup.

However, 2000 was a miserable year for Lin. His most supportive mother was seriously injured in a car accident when she drove home after a match in which she cheered for her son. It left her paraplegic, and Lin had to give up his participation in Ming Chuan football team and commuted between Taipei and Tainan every week for taking care of her. Moreover, Taipei City Bank dissolved its football club as it turned into a private entity. [cite news
title=飄洋過海 只為心中夢
url=http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2005/new/feb/21/today-sp9.htm
publisher=Liberty Times
date=2005-02-21
language=Chinese] Those have made him out of the field for nearly one year until he joined the Army team.

Move to England

After serving the military service, Lin determined to develop his career overseas. On January 26, 2005, Lin contracted with the reserve team of Bolton Wanderers and became the first Taiwanese footballer joining European professional football club. [cite news
title=林家聖 與英超波爾頓簽約
url=http://www.epochtimes.com/b5/5/1/27/n794422.htm
publisher=Epoch Times
date=2005-01-27
language=Chinese] He has been there for nearly one and half years, played 7 games, and scored 3 goals in the Coca-Cola League. [cite news
title=媽看球賽車禍重殘 林家聖拚戰為她！
url=http://news.yam.com/view/mkvideopage.php/20070212936565
publisher=United Daily News
date=2007-02-11
language=Chinese]

MLS tryouts

In the early 2007, Lin tried to move to the Major League Soccer in the United States. In Fabruary, being one of the the 900 participants competing in the open tryouts of Los Angeles Galaxy, [cite news
title=前進美國足球大聯盟 林家聖台灣第1人
url=http://news.yam.com/view/mkvideopage.php/20070212936455
publisher=United Daily News
date=2007-02-11
language=Chinese] he was included in the final 24, but the coaching staff did not pick him up in the end. [cite news
title=林家聖 與貝克漢無緣
url=http://news.yam.com/view/mkvideopage.php/20070213939043
publisher=Liberty Times
date=2007-02-13
language=Chinese] Lin also tried out for Chivas USA, [cite news
title=Chivas USA-Galaxy Notebook: A chance at a dream
url=http://www.dailybreeze.com/sports/articles/5910716.html
publisher=Daily Breeze
date=2007-02-17] but he was not able to make the semifinals. [cite news
title=Sixty semifinalists named for 'Sueño MLS: Chivas USA Wants You!'
url=http://chivas.usa.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20070221&content_id=84162&vkey=pr_cdc&fext=.jsp&team=t120
publisher=Chivas USA
date=2007-02-21] In February 2008, he made another attempt in LA Galaxy's open tryout but did not succeed. [cite news|title=林家聖自費想當小貝隊友 未能如願|url=http://www.ltsports.com.tw/main/news.asp?no=55791&N_Class=4|publisher=LTSports|date=February 12, 2008|language=Chinese]

Return to Taiwan

References

External links

; Websites
* [http://blog.pixnet.net/powerowen 林家聖網誌] , Lin Chia-sheng's blog site zh icon
* [http://www.wretch.cc/mypage/powerowen 林家聖] , Lin Chia-sheng's personal site zh icon
* [http://tw.club.yahoo.com/clubs/TAINANFOOTBALL/ 南縣足球] , Lin's forum zh icon ; Videos
* [http://news.yam.com/view/mkvideopage.php/20070212936565/ Brief interview with Lin's mother] zh icon
* [http://www.im.tv/vlog/Personal/252592/3385160/ TVBS News] zh icon
* [http://www.im.tv/vlog/Personal/252592/3355950/ TTV News] zh icon