Lee Kin Wo
Hong Kong footballer-manager
About Lee Kin Wo
Born 1967. Lee Kin Wo is a Chinese association football player and association football coach.
Lee Kin Wo (; born 20 October 1967) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer who played as a winger.
Lee won the Hong Kong Footballer of the Year award three times during his career. He holds an AFC "A" License.
Club career Lee made his debut in Hong Kong First Division on 13 October 1985 when he was only 17 years old. He is most memorable for participating in the friendly match for South China (Lee was loaned from Eastern for that match, along with Dale Tempest) versus SΓ£o Paulo, the Brazilian team with national representatives Cafu, Leonardo AraΓΊjo and Zetti at that time. Finally, South China won the match by 4β2 and Lee scored the fourth goal of his team.
Lee retired from professional football after the end of the 2008β09 season, at the age of 41.
International career In May 2000, during an international friendly hosted by Macau, Lee kicked the football toward the upper body of the Macau referee Choi Kuok-kun, after several unfair decisions were being awarded in favour of the home side. Hong Kong eventually won the match by 1β0 and Choi was banned from officiating for life.
Coaching career Lee was appointed as the head coach of Hong Kong national football team on 22 May 2007. The first match he led was a friendly match played away against Indonesia. Hong Kong lost by 0β3 in the match.
Lee was appointed as head coach of Eastern for the second time on 19 January 2018 following the resignation of Szeto Man Chun.
Personal life Lee resides with his family on Peng Chau island. His eldest son Lee Ka Wah is also a former professional footballer.
Honours Double Flower Hong Kong FA Cup: 1988β89 Viceroy Cup: 1988β89
Eastern Hong Kong First Division: 1992β93, 1993β94, 1994β95 Hong Kong Senior Shield: 1986β87, 1992β93, 1993β94, 2007β08 Hong Kong FA Cup: 1992β93, 1993β94
Geylang United FAS Premier League: 1991
South China Hong Kong First Division: 1995β96, 1997β98, 1998β99 Hong Kong FA Cup: 1997β98, 2000β01 Hong Kong League Cup: 2001β02 Hong Kong Viceroy Cup: 1997β98
Sun Hei Hong Kong First Division: 2003β04, 2004β05 Hong Kong Senior Shield: 2004β05 Hong Kong FA Cup: 2004β05, 2005β06 Hong Kong League Cup: 2003β04, 2004β05
Individual Hong Kong Footballer of the Year: 1993, 1994, 2003
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Hong Kong footballer-manager
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Lee Kin Wo was born on 20 October 1967 in Hong Kong.
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Lee Kin Wo is Chinese.
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