So Loi Keung
So playing for Citizen in 2012 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | So Loi Keung | ||
Date of birth | 27 October 1982 | ||
Place of birth | Aberdeen, Hong Kong | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2005 | Fukien | 35 | (1) |
2005–2006 | Rangers | 7 | (0) |
2007–2010 | Tai Po | 73 | (13) |
2010–2011 | Kitchee | 12 | (3) |
2011–2014 | Citizen | 44 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Yuen Long | 13 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Sun Hei | 26 | (6) |
2016–2018 | Wong Tai Sin | 50 | (6) |
2018–2019 | Central & Western | 22 | (5) |
2019–2020 | King Fung | 10 | (1) |
2020 | Tai Po | 1 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Wong Tai Sin | 21 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2002–2004 | Hong Kong U23 | 6 | (0) |
2010–2011 | Hong Kong | 3 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2019–2020 | King Fung (player-coach) | ||
2020 | Tai Po (player-coach) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 June 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 October 2011 |
So Loi Keung (Chinese: 蘇來強; Jyutping: sou1 loi4 koeng4; born 27 October 1982) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
[edit]So previously played for Fukien, Rangers and Tai Po.
Tai Po
[edit]During his Tai Po career, So helped the team beat Pegasus 4-2 to win the 2008–09 Hong Kong FA Cup, thus Tai Po earned the right to play in the 2010 AFC Cup.
Kitchee
[edit]On 26 May 2010, Kitchee announced that So had joined the team for the 2010–11 Hong Kong First Division League. He wore no. 8 at Kitchee and scored 3 goals for the club.[1]
Citizen
[edit]On 16 June 2011, Citizen announced that they had signed So for the 2011–12 Hong Kong First Division League season and the 2012 AFC Cup.[2] He cited a lack of playing time at Kitchee as the reason for the move. He hopes to share his AFC Cup experience with the team. He will continue to wear the No. 8 shirt at his new club.[3]
So is reunited with former teammate Chiu Chun Kit at Citizen and both have been recruited to be coaches at the Hong Kong Arsenal Soccer School.[4]
International career
[edit]So was selected to represent Hong Kong in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification match away to Bahrain. Hong Kong lost 4‐0. He started and finished the match.[5] On 16 June 2011, So was named as one of the 25-men Hong Kong squad to face Saudi Arabia in the 2014 FIFA World Cup Asian qualification match.[6] On 30 September 2011, So was sent off in the 3-3 draw with the Philippines in the 2011 Long Teng Cup.[7]
Career statistics
[edit]International
[edit]# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Goals | Competition |
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1 | 6 January 2010 | National Stadium, Madinat 'Isa, Bahrain | 0–4 | 0 | 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification | |
2 | 30 September 2011 | Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan | 3–3 | 0 | 2011 Long Teng Cup | |
3 | 4 October 2011 | Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan | 6–0 | 0 | 2011 Long Teng Cup |
References
[edit]- ^ 大埔隊長蘇來強轉投傑志 Archived 2 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 蘇來強轉投公民 http://paper.wenweipo.com [2011-06-16]
- ^ 蘇來強轉投公民 Archived 24 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine 2011年6月16日 04:11:51 大公報
- ^ 「糖黐豆」退役後繼續「黐」 Archived 24 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Ta Kung pao 22 July 2011 04:53:30
- ^ Bahrain vs Hong Kong match information www.the-afc.com
- ^ 港足決選25人撼沙特 Wen Wei Po. 17 June 2011
- ^ (in Chinese)龍騰盃 港隊逼和菲律賓史上最差 Apple Daily. 1 October 2011.
External links
[edit]- So Loi Keung at HKFA
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Men's association football midfielders
- Hong Kong men's footballers
- Hong Kong men's international footballers
- Hong Kong First Division League players
- Hong Kong Premier League players
- Hong Kong Rangers FC players
- Tai Po FC players
- Kitchee SC players
- Citizen AA players
- Yuen Long FC players
- Sun Hei SC players
- Wong Tai Sin DRSC players
- Hong Kong Sapling players