Wong Wai

Wong Wai

Personal information
Full name	Wong Wai
Date of birth	27 August 1992
Place of birth	Hong Kong
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Hong Kong Pegasus
Number	- 7
Youth career
	Sham Shui Po
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2008–2012	Sham Shui Po	62	(32)
2012–2015	Yokohama FC Hong Kong	41	(2)
2015–	Pegasus	0	(0)
National team^‡
2009	Hong Kong U–19	5	(1)
2010–	Hong Kong U23[1]	4	(0)
2013–	Hong Kong	6	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 May 2013. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 January 2015

Wong Wai (Chinese: 黃威; Jyutping: wong⁴ wai¹; born 27 August 1992 in Hong Kong), is a Hong Kong footballer who plays for Hong Kong First Division League club Hong Kong Pegasus FC as a midfielder.

Club career

Early career

Wong Wai studiued in Yu Chun Keung Memorial College and graduated after form 5 study. He represented various youth levels of the national team.

Sham Shui Po

He joined Third Division club Sham Shui Po when he was young. In 2008, youth team members were all promoted to the club's first team in order to gain experience. In the first season, the club reached the final of Junior Shield, which they eventually lost 0–2 to Shatin. Wong Wai played 5 out of 6 games and scored a goal in the semi-finals.

In his second season, he scored 12 goals throughout the season, including 3 goals in the promotion play-offs, which he helped the club gain promotion to the Second Division.

Wong Wai helped the club gain promotion to the First Division for the first time in club history by scoring 12 goals in 19 games in the 2010–11 season. In the 2011–12 season, he failed to help the team prevent relegation to the Second Division, although he featured in most of the matches.

Yokohama FC Hong Kong

He followed former Sham Shui Po players and manager Lee Chi Kin and joined Yokohama FC Hong Kong in July 2012.^[2]

International career

He had represented the Hong Kong national under-19 football team and participated in the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship qualification held in Indonesia. He scored one goal in four games.

On 16 February 2013, he received his first call-up from the senior team for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification against Vietnam.^[3][4] However, he was excluded from the final squad announced on 15 March 2013.^[5]

On 31 May 2013, he was included into the 20-men final squad for an international friendly match against the Philippines held on 4 June.^[6] He made his debut during the match, as he entered in the 77th minute as a substitute for Leung Chun Pong.^[7]

Career stats

Club

As of 4 May 2013

Club	Season	Division	League		Senior Shield		League Cup		FA Cup		AFC Cup		Others^1		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sham Shui Po	2008–09	Third 'District' Division	13	9	5^2	1^2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	18	10
	2009–10	Third 'District' Division	13	9	—^3		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3	3	16	12
	2010–11	Second Division	19	12	3^2	5^2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	22	17
	2011–12	First Division	17	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	23	2
Sham Shui Po Total			62	32	10	6	2	0	2	0	0	0	3	3	76	36
Yokohama FC Hong Kong	2012–13	First Division	17	1	1	0	—	—	1	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	19	1
Yokohama FC Hong Kong Total			17	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	1
Total			79	33	11	6	2	0	3	0	0	0	3	3	98	42

International

As of 5 March 2014

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Scored	Competition
1	4 June 2013	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Philippines	0–1	0	Friendly
2	5 March 2014	My Dinh National Stadium, Từ Liêm District, Hanoi, Vietnam	Vietnam	1–3	0	2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Notes

1. ^ Others include Hong Kong Third Division Champion Play-off.

2. ^ ^ ^ ^ Since Sham Shui Po was competing in lower divisions, they could only join the Junior Shield instead of Senior Shield.

3. ^ Hong Kong Junior Challenge Shield was not held in the 2009–10 season.

References

1. "Hong Kong U23 Squad – Training schedule". hkfa.com. 4 January 2013.
2. "日乙FC橫濱來征 港甲". Sing Tao. 27 May 2012.
3. "香港代表隊– 初選名單公佈". hkfa.com. 16 February 2013.
4. "體壇快訊﹕拿尼撞警車無礙". Ming Pao. 17 February 2013.
5. "香港代表隊主場撲擊越南 力爭首捷 (香港代表隊名單公佈)". hkfa.com. 15 March 2013.
6. "國際友誼賽：香港對菲律賓 – 香港代表隊決選名單公佈". hkfa.com. 31 May 2013.
7. GMA Network. "Azkals: Philippines beat Hong Kong for the first time after mammoth Neil Etheridge performance". 4 June 2013. Retrieved on 4 June 2013.

External links

• Wong Wai profile at Soccerway