Mao Mengsuo (simplified Chinese: 毛梦索; traditional Chinese: 毛夢索; pinyin: Máo Mèngsuǒ, 15 June 1989[4] – 12 June 2010[1]) was a Chinese professional footballer who played as a winger.

Mao Mengsuo
Personal information
Full name Mao Mengsuo
Date of birth (1989-06-15)15 June 1989
Place of birth Changsha, Hunan, China[1]
Date of death 12 June 2010(2010-06-12) (aged 20)
Place of death Nyingchi, Tibet, China[1]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger[2]
Youth career
2002–2003 Bayi Zhenbang[3]
2006–2008[2] Tai Po
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010[2] Tai Po 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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Mao had only one appearance in the first season of his professional football career.[2] He appeared in a 2008–09 Hong Kong FA Cup match, which saw Tai Po defeating Tuen Mun Progoal by 3 goals.[5]

Mao did not appear in the next season. He was back on the field in the 2009–10 season, when he was an unused substitute in five matches.[2]

Honours

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Tai Po

Death

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Mao and his girlfriend, Li Zhuoling (Chinese: 李卓玲), went to Tibet to teach rural children in June 2010. During this period, they were killed in a car accident.[6] Tai Po's general secretary Chan Ping said he shall be one of the main members of first team next year,[1] and the club decided that the club would no longer use the number 16 shirt Mao wore.[7]

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