Yeung Ching Kwong
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Yeung Ching Kwong | ||
Date of birth | 7 May 1976 | ||
Place of birth | Hong Kong | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1993–1994 | Kitchee | ||
1994–1995 | Kui Tan | ||
1995–1997 | Eastern | ||
1997–2009 | South China | ||
2008–2009 | → Pegasus (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2009 | → Eastern (loan) | 5 | (1) |
2009–2012 | Pegasus | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2001–2010 | Hong Kong | 7 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
2009–2012 | Pegasus (player-coach) | ||
2012–2015 | South China (assistant coach) | ||
2015 | Eastern | ||
2015–2017 | Meizhou Hakka (assistant coach) | ||
2017 | Pegasus (assistant coach) | ||
2017–2018 | Pegasus | ||
2018–2020 | R&F | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 October 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 February 2008 |
Yeung Ching Kwong (Chinese: 楊正光; Jyutping: joeng4 zing3 gwong1, born 7 May 1976 in Hong Kong) is a former Hong Kong professional football player and currently a football coach.
Managerial career[]
Yeung worked previously as an assistant with Pegasus and South China.
In 2015, he served as head coach of Eastern before resigning on 8 December 2015 to become an assistant coach with Meizhou Hakka.[1] His successor, Chan Yuen Ting, led Eastern to the 2015–16 Hong Kong Premier League title and became the first woman to lead a men's professional side to a league title.[2]
On 31 March 2017, Pegasus announced via Facebook that Yeung had returned to the club to become an assistant coach under manager Kevin Bond.[3] Following Bond's departure to join Harry Redknapp's coaching staff at Birmingham City, Yeung was promoted to be the head coach in June 2017.[4]
On 14 June 2018, Yeung was announced as the head coach of Hong Kong Premier League side R&F.[5] On 19 May 2019, Yeung disclosed to the media that he had renewed his contract for a further two years.[6] On 14 October 2020, he left the club after his club announced its withdrawal from HKPL in the new season.
Career statistics[]
Club[]
As of 1 February 2009.
Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
Hong Kong | League | FA Cup & Shield | League Cup | Asia | Total | |||||||
2005–06 | South China | First Division | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 9 | 2 | |
2006–07 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 13 | 2 | |||
2007–08 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
2008–09 | TSW Pegasus | 4 (3) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | - | - | 4 (3) | 0 | |||
Eastern | 5 (0) | 1 | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 | 11 (0) | 1 | ||
2009–10 | TSW Pegasus | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | - | 0 (0) | 0 | ||
Total | Hong Kong | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
References[]
- ^ "港足史上首位女主帥誕生!陳婉婷接替楊正光執東方教鞭". 體路. Retrieved 8 December 2015. (in Chinese)
- ^ Chan, Kin-wa (22 April 2016). "Hong Kong's Chan Yuen-ting becomes first woman ever to coach a men's soccer team to top-flight title". South China Morning Post.
- ^ "港超聯 返嚟喇!楊正光任香港飛馬助教博爭盃". on.cc. 東網. (in Chinese)
- ^ "【未講得住】飛馬外援換血 三線各一新援遲啲公布". Apple Daily. Retrieved 19 June 2017. (in Chinese)
- ^ "公告|杨正光先生出任港超R&F富力主教练". Guangzhou R&F. (in Chinese)
- ^ Gao, Si Kei. "富力險勝飛馬 來季外援註六出四 力爭亞冠資格". HK01. Retrieved 19 May 2019. (in Chinese)
External links[]
- Yeung Ching Kwong at HKFA
- Scaafc.com 球員資料 - 8. 楊正光 (in Chinese)
- SCAA Official Blog 8號 楊正光 (Yeung Ching Kwong) (in Chinese)
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Hong Kong footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Hong Kong First Division League players
- Eastern Sports Club footballers
- South China AA players
- TSW Pegasus FC players
- Kitchee SC players
- Hong Kong international footballers
- South China AA managers
- Hong Kong football managers
- Hong Kong League XI representative players
- Hong Kong football biography stubs