Edge Rewrite
restyle Source code View original
// HTMLRewriter · presentation

This page was redesigned at the edge.

Cloudflare fetched the original article and streamed it through HTMLRewriter to apply an entirely new visual system without rebuilding the source page.

Jump to content

Angeline Chua

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Angeline Chua
Personal information
Full name Angeline Chua Kai Yi[1]
Date of birth (1988-11-07) 7 November 1988 (age 37)
Place of birth Singapore[2]
Position Midfielder[3]
International career‡
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2019 Singapore 32 (1)
Managerial career
2021–2023 Seychelles
2023–2025 Fiji
2026 Singapore U16
‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 September 2020[2]

Angeline Chua Kai Yi (born 7 November 1988), known as Angeline Chua, is a Singaporean women's football manager who leads the Fiji women's national football team, and a former footballer who played as a midfielder for the Singapore women's national team. She was previously Seychelles Football Federation's director of women's football and head coach of Seychelles women's senior national team.

Coaching career

[edit]

Chua started coaching when she was a polytechnic student, coaching Arion Football Academy's U-4 to U-8 age groups.[4]

Chua subsequently became the assistant coach of the Singapore women's football team's U-14 and U-16 teams.[4] She would later become the national Under-14 women's head coach.[5]

In April 2021, Chua took up a two-year contract to become Seychelles Football Federation's (SFF) director of women's football and head coach of Seychelles women's senior national team.[4][6] During her time with, she revitalised women's football in Seychelles, putting together a team that was able to be competitive in the matches played. She was instrumental in putting the team on the FIFA ranking for the first time in 2022.[7]

Fiji women's

[edit]

After the expiration of her contract in February 2023,[8] she was appointed head coach of the Fiji women's national football team on 1 March 2023.[9] Since she took over, she started to encourage the players to speak up and communicate in order to improve on the teamwork and team's performance.[10] Her focus was mainly on developing youth players and guiding them into the national team.[11]

In 2024, Chua made history by leading the Under-20 team to their first-ever FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup appearance in Colombia.[12]

In 2025, Chua came under scrutiny following the National team's performance at the 2025 OFC Women's Nations Cup. Fiji FA council expressed their disappointment and would relook at the coaching team.[13] The host team finished in fourth after losing 2-0 to Samoa in the third-place match.

In September 2025, Chua then lead the Under-19 team[14] to a third place after beating Cook Islands on penalties.

In November 2025, Chua announced that she will be stepping down after the 2025 MSG Prime Minister's Cup.[15] In her final assignment[11], the team finished second in the competition.[16]

On 23 September 2026, Football Association of Singapore announced that Chua will be leading the Singapore U16 team in the 2027 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup qualification.[17]

International goals

[edit]
Scores and results list Singapore's goal tally first.
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.6 November 2019Hisor Central Stadium, Hisor, Tajikistan Mongolia1–22–22020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

References

[edit]
  1. ↑ "CHUA KAI YI ANGELINE". Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Angeline Chua". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  3. ↑ "WOMEN'S OLYMPIC FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT 2020". Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 Kwek, Kimberly (20 May 2021). "Football: Angeline Chua goes from void deck kickabouts in Singapore to coaching in the Seychelles". The Straits Times. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  5. ↑ Descalsota, Marielle (12 July 2017). "Local coaches attend JFA's Int'l Women's Coaching Course". The New Paper. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  6. ↑ "Seychelles' women team loses to Maldives in first among three friendly football matches". Seychelles News Agency. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "Former Singapore International named Kulas coach". Fiji Football Association. 1 March 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  8. ↑ Nicette, Sedrick (16 February 2023). "Women's football: Seychelles bids farewell to history-making Singaporean coach". Seychelles News Agency. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  9. ↑ Romena, Romeka (1 March 2023). "Singaporean Chua is Fiji Kulas Coach". fijilive. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  10. ↑ Basiyalo, Taina (31 January 2025). "Coach Chua works to break silence". FBC News. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
  11. 1 2 Chand, Simran (3 December 2025). "Fiji FA opens applications for new women's national coach". FBC News. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
  12. ↑ "First-timers Fiji looking for goals". fifa.com. 25 August 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
  13. ↑ Chand, Simran (21 July 2025). "Chua under scrutiny, contract review underway". FBC News. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
  14. ↑ Chand, Simran (26 September 2025). "Chua's strategy pays off as Kulas win". FBC News. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
  15. ↑ Laddpeter, Meli (5 November 2025). "Chua focuses on MSG Cup". FBC News. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
  16. ↑ Chandar, Reginald (23 November 2025). "Fiji Kulas outclassed in inaugural MSG PM's Cup final". fijilive. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
  17. ↑ "Singapore women's football takes centre stage this October". www.fas.org.sg. FAS. 23 September 2026.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Angeline_Chua&oldid=1376472730"