Yeap Cheng Eng
Chinese footballer (1915–1994)
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Yeap Cheng Eng (1915 – 14 January 1994)[1][2] was a Chinese footballer. He was the first Malayan ever to participate in the Olympic Games, when he was a member of the football team which represented the China as a guest players in the 1948 Olympic Games in London.[3]
Date of birth
1915
Place of birth
British Malaya
Date of death
14 January 1994 (aged 78–79)
Position
Left winger
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1915 | ||
| Place of birth | British Malaya | ||
| Date of death | 14 January 1994 (aged 78–79) | ||
| Position | Left winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1934–1958 | Penang | ||
| International career | |||
| Malaya | |||
| China | |||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
| Yeap Cheng Eng | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional Chinese | 葉清榮 | ||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 叶清荣 | ||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
In Malayan domestic football, he represented Penang for a record 24 years and was their captain for many years, winning the Malaya Cup in 1953, 1954, and 1958 (at the age of 42).[4][5][6]
