Tseng Tai-lin

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playername= Tseng Tai-lin


fullname = Tseng Tai-lin (曾台霖)
nickname = "Little Tiger" (小老虎)
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dateofbirth =
cityofbirth = Taipei
countryofbirth = Taiwan
position = Midfielder
currentclub = Tatung
clubnumber = 79
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2001–2005 2005–2007 2007–
clubs = Ming Chuan Uni. NSTC Tatung
caps(goals) =
pcupdate =
nationalyears = 2003 2003– 2003–
nationalteam = Chinese Taipei U-23 Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei futsal
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Tseng Tai-lin (zh-t|t=曾台霖, born in Taipei) is a Taiwanese football (soccer) and futsal player.

Nicknamed "Little Tiger", Tseng started to play football at Li Nong Elementary School (zh-t|t=立農國小) in Taipei. His usual position is an attacking midfielder. He was once praised as "the best footballer in Taiwan" by then Yugoslavian coach of NSTC football team in 2003. [cite news
title=北市曾台霖台灣第一
url=http://www.ltsports.com.tw/newweb/news.asp?no=15690&N_Class=4
publisher=LTSports
date=2003-07-08
language=Chinese] He was also voted the best attacking midfielder during the Chinese Taipei National Football League 2005 season when he played for Ming Chuan University. [cite news
title=男足聯賽最佳陣容》中場篇－曾台霖、蔡暉鎧
url=http://www.ltsports.com.tw/NewWeb/news.asp?no=44055&N_Class=4
publisher=LTSports
date=2005-11-25
language=Chinese]

In addition to association football, Tseng is active in futsal as well. He has represented Chinese Taipei in many international futsal competitions.

However, a lasting ankle injury has influenced his performance in recent years. As a result, he was dropped from the Chinese Taipei squad during 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualifications in 2006. [cite news
title=亞洲杯資格賽》中華男足赴伊朗名單出爐　林家聖、曾台霖成遺珠
url=http://www.ltsports.com.tw/newweb/news.asp?no=45901&N_Class=4
publisher=LTSports
date=2006-02-15
language=Chinese]

From 2005 to 2007, he served in military service and plays for Taiwan National Sports Training Center football team. After retiring from military service, he joined Tatung F.C. in shirt number 79.

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