So_Loi_Keung
So Loi Keung (Chinese: 蘇來強; Jyutping: sou1 loi4 koeng4; born 27 October 1982 in Hong Kong) is a former professional football player and current player-coach for Hong Kong First Division club Wong Tai Sin. He played as a left midfielder and a left back.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | So Loi Keung | ||
| Date of birth | (1982-10-27) 27 October 1982 (age 41) | ||
| Place of birth | Aberdeen, Hong Kong | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Central Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Wong Tai Sin | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2005 | Fukien | 59 | (4) |
| 2005–2006 | Rangers | 7 | (0) |
| 2007–2010 | Tai Po | 73 | (17) |
| 2010–2011 | Kitchee | 12 | (3) |
| 2011–2014 | Citizen | 44 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Yuen Long | 13 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | Sun Hei | 31 | (8) |
| 2019–2020 | King Fung | 9 | (1) |
| 2020 | Tai Po | 1 | (0) |
| 2021– | Wong Tai Sin | 3 | (0) |
| 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) | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 April 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 October 2011 | |||
During his Tai Po career, he 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.
On 26 May 2010, Kitchee announced that So Loi Keung has 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]
On 16 June 2011, Citizen announced that they have signed So Loi Keung 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 Loi Keung 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]
So Loi Keung 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 Loi Keung 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 Loi Keung was sent off in the 3-3 draw with the Philippines in the 2011 Long Teng Cup.[7]
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Goals | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 January 2010 | National Stadium, Madinat 'Isa, Bahrain |  Bahrain |
0–4 | 0 | 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 2 | 30 September 2011 | Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan |  Philippines |
3–3 | 0 | 2011 Long Teng Cup |
| 3 | 4 October 2011 | Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan |  Chinese Taipei |
6–0 | 0 | 2011 Long Teng Cup |
- 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
- 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.
- So Loi Keung at HKFA