Xavier Chen
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Xavier Chen | ||
| Date of birth | 5 October 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Sint-Agatha-Berchem, Brussels, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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KV Mechelen | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–2003 | Anderlecht | ||
| 2003–2005 | KV Kortrijk | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2007 | KV Kortrijk | 38 | (0) |
| 2007–2013 | KV Mechelen | 124 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Guizhou Renhe | 75 | (2) |
| 2016– | KV Mechelen | 3 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2001–2002 | Belgium U19 | 11 | (0) |
| 2011–2016 | Chinese Taipei | 7 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 March 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 October 2015 (UTC) |
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Xavier Chen (Chinese: 陳昌源/夏維耶, born 5 October 1983) is a Belgian-born Taiwanese footballer who plays predominantly as a right back. He currently plays for KV Mechelen in the Belgian Pro League, the top flight of football in Belgium. He began his youth career with Anderlecht. He has also played for KV Kortrijk (2003–2007) and Guizhou Renhe (2012–2016).
Chen was born to a Taiwanese father and a French mother. His paternal grandfather is a former diplomat who still lives in Taiwan. He completed his master's degree in Law at Université libre de Bruxelles, making him the only active European first division football player in the modern era to have obtained such a degree.
Chen started his senior career in KV Kortrijk, but gained recognition in his first stint with KV Mechelen, where he became captain. Due to the inconvenience of traveling back and forth between Belgium and Taiwan, Chen decided to move to Chinese side Guizhou Renhe when he accepted CTFA's invitation to play for the national team. In January 2016, Chen returned to KV Mechelen, stating that he only wanted to play for a maximum of three years in China. A few Chinese teams showed interest to sign him, but he ultimately decided to return to his country of birth.
Chen's eligibility to play for Chinese Taipei was discovered by the Chinese Taipei Football Association public relations director Chen Chia Ming in 2009, and Chen was invited to play for the national team. China Football Association had also made an attempt to recruit Chen three months after CTFA. On 24 May 2011, encouraged by his relatives in Taiwan, Chen elected to play for Chinese Taipei.
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