Claim: Marko Maschke started his coaching career in 1992 at the lower leagues in Germany with BSC Rehberge Berlin after which he went abroad to China to sign with Chengdu Tiancheng FC where he won a promotion in 1997.
Evidence: Maschke began coaching at the lower leagues in Germany with BSC Rehberge Berlin in 1992. After several years with Berlin he went abroad to China to sign with Chengdu Tiancheng F.C.. With Tiancheng he won promotion for the club in 1997.