Background
Chen was born to a Taiwanese father and a French mother.
陳昌源夏維耶
Chen was born to a Taiwanese father and a French mother.
He completed his master"s degree in Law at Université libre de Bruxelles, making him the only active European first division football player in the modern era to have obtained such a degree.
He currently plays for KV Mechelen in the Belgian Pro League, the top flight in Belgium. He has previously played for Anderlecht (1991–2003), KV Kortrijk (2003–2007), and (2012–2016) and captained the Belgium U19 team Chen started his senior career in KV Kortrijk, but gained recognition in his first stint with KV Mechelen, where he became captain.
Due to the inconvenience of traveling back and forth between Belgium and Taiwan, Chen decided to move to Chinese side when he accepted CTFA"s invitation.
In January 2016, Chen returned to KV Mechelen, stating that he only wanted to play for a maximum of three years in China. A few Chinese teams showed interest to sign him, but he ultimately decided to return to his country of birth.
However, Chen continued to feature for his national team Chen"s eligibility to play for Taiwan was discovered by the Chinese Taipei Football Association public relations director Chen Chia Ming in 2009, and Chen was invited to play for the national team
China Football Association had also made an attempt to recruit Chen three months after CTFA. On 24 May 2011, encouraged by his relatives in Taiwan, Chen elected to play for Taiwan.
Chen made his international debut against Malaysia on 3 July 2011 and scored the winning goal. This made it the first time in 10 years that Taiwan beat an opponent that was ranked in the Fédération internationale de football association top 150. The attendance of the game was a record breaking at 15,335, which was 10,000 higher than the average.
On 9 October 2015, Chen scored CTFA"s third goal in a 5–1 victory over Macau.
International goals Club.