Emmet Wan

Emmet Wan (Chinese: 溫俊, born 26 March 1992) is an Irish-born Hong Kong professional footballer who currently plays as a defensive midfielder for Hong Kong Premier League club HKFC.

Emmet Wan
Personal information
Full nameEmmet Chun-Shan Patrick Wan-Mackey
Date of birth (1992-03-26) 26 March 1992 (age 32)
Place of birthCork, Ireland
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)Defensive midfielder
Centre back
Team information
Current team
HKFC
Number16
Youth career
2008–2009Friar Lane & Epworth
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2018Kitchee8(0)
2015–2016Southern (loan)14(1)
2016Pegasus (loan)0(0)
2017–2018Lee Man (loan)3(0)
2018–2019Southern7(0)
2020Citizen0(0)
2020–2021HKFC7(1)
2022–HKFC17(0)
International career
2014Hong Kong U-222(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 May 2023

Club career

Kitchee

Wan joined Kitchee in 2013. Soon he raised the interest of Kim Pan-gon to pick him for the Hong Kong national under-23 football team as he holds a Hong Kong SAR passport.[1]

Southern

After three loan spells in five years, Wan left Kitchee for a permanent move to fellow Hong Kong side Southern.[2]

HKFC

On 16 August 2022, it was reported Emmet would return to HKFC to play in the Hong Kong Premier League.

International career

In the summer of 2014, Wan was selected by Hong Kong national under-23 football team coach Kim Pan Gon to play in the 2014 Asian Games football tournament. He took part in the warm-up match against Newcastle United under-21 team.[3] He played in the last 16 match against South Korea.

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