Chan Yuen-ting

Chan Yuen Ting (; born 7 October 1988) is a former football player and coach. She is the current head coach of Jiangsu L.F.C. In 2016, she became the first woman to coach a men's professional football team to the championship of a nation's top league. In 2017, she became the first woman to coach a male football club in a top-flight continental competition when she managed Eastern against Guangzhou Evergrande in a match of AFC Champions League.

Chan holds the AFC “Pro” License and AFC “Futsal Level 2” License coaching certifications.

Career

In December 2015, Chan was appointed as the manager of Eastern Sports Club in the Hong Kong Premier League, replacing Yeung Ching Kwong. She was the first female manager in the league.

Chan became interested in association football through her admiration as a teenager for David Beckham. Despite her parents' initial desire that Chan pursue a more stable career, her first position after graduating from university was as a data analyst for Hong Kong Pegasus FC (then known as TSW Pegasus FC). Prior to joining Eastern Sports Club, she worked as an assistant manager at fellow Hong Kong Premier League clubs Pegasus FC and Southern District FC. She also held coaching roles with the Hong Kong women's national association football and futsal teams, and plays at the non-professional club level for a team from Sha Tin.

In a March 2016 interview, Chan expressed an interest in managing teams elsewhere in Asia that had more established football cultures, but also that she hopes that her success steers investment into football in Hong Kong.

In 2017, she became the first woman to coach a male football club in a top-flight continental competition when she managed Eastern against Guangzhou Evergrande in the AFC Champions League.

On 18 July 2018, Chan returned as the role of head coach of Eastern. She resigned less than seven months later on 4 February 2019, follow a run of only one win in 10 matches.

Honours Club Coach Eastern Hong Kong Premier League: 2015–16 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield: 2015–16 Hong Kong Community Cup: 2016

Individual Hong Kong Coach of the Year: 2016 AFC Women's Coach of the Year: 2016