Pioneering female coach Chan Yuen-ting has stepped down one year after making history as the first woman to lead a team to a men’s top flight league title.
The trailblazing Chan, nicknamed “Beef Ball” for her toughness, coached Eastern Sports Club to win Hong Kong’s Premier League in April last year for the first time in 21 years and led them into this season’s Asian Football Confederation Champions (AFC) League.
The 28-year-old on Saturday announced her resignation after the final game of a disappointing season in which Eastern failed to add to their silverware and managed only one point in the Champions League group stages.
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Eastern were outclassed in their continental campaign, scoring just one goal and conceding 24 in six group matches, including a 7-0 defeat by Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao.
An emotional Chan, who appeared close to tears on Saturday said she “must take responsibility” for failing to add any trophies this season and losing out in the title race to rivals Kitchee SC, the South China Morning Post reported.
Chan earned the AFC coach of the year award in her debut season in charge last year and a place in the Guinness Book of World Records as the first woman coach to win a men’s championship in a top-flight football league.
She also made the BBC’s prestigious list of the top 100 global women of last year.
Szeto Man-chun is to replace Chan as head coach, but she is expected to stay on with the club in a lesser coaching role.
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