Education
He joined the school football team when he studied in Guan Yu Elementary School (管嶼國小) in his hometown Changhua. He later attended Fusing Junior High School (福興國中) in 1982 and National Pei Men Senior High School, the then high school football power in southern Taiwan, in 1985.
Career
As a player, he plays for Taiwan Power Company F.C. and Chinese Taipei national football team as an attacking midfielder. As a manager, he coaches National Pei Men Senior High School football team and is an assistant coach of Chinese Taipei national football team Chen started to play football at the age of 10.
In 1986, Chen played for the junior Chinese Taipei national team in the 1987 Fédération internationale de football association World Youth Championship qualification of OFC, to which Republic of China (Taiwan) belonged then, in New Zealand.
After finishing serving the military service in Lukuang football team, Chen joined the Taiwan Power Company F.C. in 1993. In 2001, Pei Men Senior High School, his alma mater, started afresh to enroll football-specialized students and invited Chen to join the coaching staff
He has expressed, "My form improved as I trained myself as my players."
In 2005, Chen was appointed assistant to Toshiaki Imai, then manager of Chinese Taipei national team
Membership
He gradually became an essential member of the national team during the 1990s.