Vom Ca-nhum (Chinese: 王家中; born 1965) is a Taiwanese football manager and former professional footballer. He is currently the head coach of Hong Kong Premier League club Rangers.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1965 (age 58–59) | ||
| Place of birth | East Timor | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Rangers (head coach) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2018–2019 | Chinese Taipei U-19 | ||
| 2018–2019 | Chinese Taipei (caretaker) | ||
| 2019–2020 | Shanxi Metropolis | ||
| 2020–2021 | Chinese Taipei | ||
| 2020–2022 | Taichung Futuro | ||
| 2023– | Rangers | ||
Early life edit
Vom was born to a Taiwanese father and an East Timorese mother.
Managerial career edit
In 2019, Vom was appointed manager of Shanxi Metropolis, becoming the first Taiwanese manager to coach a Chinese team.[1]
In February 2020, Vom was appointed as Chinese Taipei head coach, having been one of only a small number of coaches on the island with an AFC Pro A coaching license.[2] He was sacked in October 2021, due to mismanagement of the team.
In July 2020, Vom succeeded Toshiaki Imai as manager of Taiwan Football Premier League team Taichung Futuro.[3]
On 13 May 2023, Rangers director Philip Lee announced that Vom would be the head coach of the club for 2023–24 AFC Champions League matches in order to fulfil AFC License requirements.[4] The AFC mandates that all head coaches in the Champions League carry an AFC Pro License.
On 7 July 2023, it was announced that Vom would be the head coach of Rangers for the entire 2023–24 season.
Managerial statistics edit
- As of match played 15 June 2021
| Team | From | To | Record | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Chinese Taipei U19 | 1 October 2018 | 3 April 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Shanxi Longjin F.C. | 4 April 2019 | 6 May 2019 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Chinese Taipei | 14 February 2020 | 2 October 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Tong Jie FC | 1 July 2020 | 18 July 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Taichung Futuro F.C. | 19 July 2020 | Present | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 60.0 | |
| Total | 22 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 31.8 | — | ||
References edit
- ^ Chang Chih-Hsuan (14 February 2020). "足球》中華男足新任總教練 前主帥王家中出線". FOX Sports Taiwan (in Chinese). Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ Pan, Jason (15 February 2020). "Men's national soccer team appoints Vom Ca-nhum as side's new manager - Taipei Times". Taipei Times. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ Pan, Jason (28 July 2020). "Futuro's Vom wins battle of national team coaches". The Taipei Times. Taipei: The Liberty Times Group. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ "流浪與中華台北前帥王家中簽短約 助帶隊出戰亞冠外圍賽". Ming Pao. Retrieved 13 May 2023. (in Chinese)
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