DANDONG, Liaoning Province - Following is the factfile of Xie Yalong, a former Chinese soccer chief who stood trial on bribe-taking charges on Tuesday morning:

Xie Yalong in file photo. [Photo/titan24.com]

Born: December 1, 1955

Graduated from: Beijing Sports University

Career:

1973 - Joined the Shaanxi track and field team as a 100m/200m sprinter

1979 - Athletics coach

1992 - Vice-president of the Beijing Sports University

1996 - Director of the Mass Sports Department of the State Physical Culture and Sports Commission

2000 - Director of the Athletics Administrative Center

2002 - Deputy party secretary of Ankang city, Shaanxi province

2004 - Party secretary of the Sports Information Center

2005 - Director of the Football Administrative Center; Executive deputy chairman of the Chinese Football Association

2008 - Studied at the Chinese Academy of Governance

2009 - President of China Sports Industry Group Co Ltd.

Arrested in 2010