Szeto Man Chun (Chinese: 司徒文俊; Jyutping: si1 tou4 man4 zeon3; born 5 June 1975) is a Hong Kong football coach and a former professional footballer. He is currently the assistant coach of Hong Kong Premier League club Lee Man.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Szeto Man Chun | ||
| Date of birth | 5 June 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Hong Kong | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lee Man (assistant coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1994 | Voicelink | ||
| 1994–1998 | Happy Valley | ||
| 1998–1999 | Sai Kung Friends | ||
| 1999–2000 | Sai Kung | ||
| 2000–2001 | Orient & Yee Hope Union | ||
| 2001–2004 | South China | 26 | (2) |
| 2004–2008 | Kitchee | 34 | (3) |
| 2008–2009 | Eastern | 20 | (2) |
| 2011 | Hoi Fan | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2000–2007 | Hong Kong | 45 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2013–2016 | Hong Kong (team manager) | ||
| 2016–2017 | Eastern (assistant coach) | ||
| 2017–2018 | Eastern | ||
| 2018 | Eastern (team manager) | ||
| 2018–2019 | Eastern (deputy director) | ||
| 2020–2021 | Wigan Athletic (director) | ||
| 2022–2024 | HK U23 | ||
| 2023–2024 | Hong Kong U-23 | ||
| 2024– | Lee Man (assistant coach) | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 July 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 June 2020 | |||
International career
editSzeto has played for the Hong Kong national football team for more than 8 years. In his football career, he played a lot of games against various national teams around the world, such as Denmark, Sweden, Brazil, Japan, South Korea and so on. He also played invitation matches with Liverpool and Real Madrid etc. He retired from professional football after the 2008–09 season.
Coaching career
editSzeto started his coaching career during his footballing career. Since 2007, he was one of the coaches of the Hong Kong national youth team.
On 27 May 2017, Eastern chairman announced Szeto as Chan Yuen Ting's successor as their head coach.[1] He resigned less than a year later on 19 January 2018 due to a poor results.[2]
In July 2022, it was reported that Szeto had become the head coach of HK U23.
In March 2023, Szeto was appointed as the head coach of Hong Kong U-23.
Executive career
editOn 4 June 2020, Wigan Athletic announced the takeover of the club by Next Leader Fund L.P. had been completed. Szeto, who was a friend of Next Leader Fund's General Partner, Au Yeung Wai Kay, was named as a director of the club as part of the takeover.[3] Less than a month later he voted them into administration.[4]
Commentator career
editHe began his commentator career in January 2007 in Hong Kong Cable TV.
Honours
edit- Kitchee
- Hong Kong League Cup: 2005–06, 2006–07
- Hong Kong Senior Shield: 2005–06
References
edit- ^ Chan, Kin-wa. "History-making Chan Yuen-ting full of tears as she steps down as Eastern coach". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
- ^ Chan, Kin-wa. "Eastern boss Szeto Man-Chun walks after Kitchee thrashing as Lee Kin-wo steps up for crucial AFC Champions League tie". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
- ^ "Following approval from the EFL, Hong Kong Stock Exchange and the shareholders of International Entertainment Corporation (IEC), the transaction to sell the majority shareholdings of the Wigan Athletic Group to Next Leader Fund L.P. has now completed.Appointed administrators on 1st July 2020". Wigan Athletic FC. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ^ Conn, David (2 July 2020). "Brutal and bizarre: the story of how Wigan collapsed into administration | David Conn". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
External links
edit- Szeto Man Chun at HKFA
- Szeto Man Chun – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Profile at kitchee.com (in Chinese)
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