Yeung Ching Kwong (Chinese: 楊正光; Jyutping: joeng4 zing3 gwong1, born 7 May 1976) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer and a football coach. He is currently the head coach of Hong Kong Premier League club Southern.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Southern (head coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1994 | Kitchee | ||
| 1994–1995 | Kui Tan | ||
| 1995–1997 | Eastern | ||
| 1997–2009 | South China | 52 | (10) |
| 2008–2009 | → Pegasus (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Eastern (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 2009–2011 | Pegasus | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2001–2010 | Hong Kong | 7 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 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 | ||
| 2021 | Meizhou Hakka (assistant coach) | ||
| 2022–2023 | Kitchee (youth coach) | ||
| 2023– | Southern | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 June 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 February 2008 | |||
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.
In February 2021, Yeung became the assistant coach of Meizhou Hakka.
On 18 March 2022, Yeung returned to Hong Kong and joined Kitchee as a youth coach.
On 6 June 2023, Yeung was announced as the head coach of Southern.
Career statistics
Club
As of 1 February 2009.
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 | Pegasus | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | - | 0 (0) | 0 | ||
| Total | Hong Kong | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
References
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)