So Loi Keung

So Loi Keung
So playing for Citizen in 2012
Personal information
Full name So Loi Keung
Date of birth (1982-10-27) 27 October 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Aberdeen, Hong Kong
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2005 Fukien 35 (1)
2005–2006 Rangers 7 (0)
2007–2010 Tai Po 73 (13)
2010–2011 Kitchee 12 (3)
2011–2014 Citizen 44 (0)
2014–2015 Yuen Long 13 (0)
2015–2016 Sun Hei 26 (6)
2016–2018 Wong Tai Sin 50 (6)
2018–2019 Central & Western 22 (5)
2019–2020 King Fung 10 (1)
2020 Tai Po 1 (0)
2021–2022 Wong Tai Sin 21 (3)
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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 June 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 October 2011

So Loi Keung (Chinese: 蘇來強; Jyutping: sou1 loi4 koeng4; born 27 October 1982) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

So previously played for Fukien, Rangers and Tai Po.

Tai Po

During his Tai Po career, So 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.

Kitchee

On 26 May 2010, Kitchee announced that So had 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]

Citizen

On 16 June 2011, Citizen announced that they had signed So 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 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]

International career

So 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 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 was sent off in the 3-3 draw with the Philippines in the 2011 Long Teng Cup.[7]

Career statistics

International

# 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

References

  1. ^ 大埔隊長蘇來強轉投傑志 Archived 2 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ 蘇來強轉投公民 http://paper.wenweipo.com [2011-06-16]
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ 「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
  5. ^ Bahrain vs Hong Kong match information www.the-afc.com
  6. ^ 港足決選25人撼沙特 Wen Wei Po. 17 June 2011
  7. ^ (in Chinese)龍騰盃 港隊逼和菲律賓史上最差 Apple Daily. 1 October 2011.