So Loi Keung
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 So playing for Citizen in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | So Loi Keung | ||
| Date of birth | 27 October 1982 | ||
| 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 | Hong Kong 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) | ||
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*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 Hong Kong former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Tai Po
So previously played for Fukien, Rangers and 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]
