Lee Hong Lim

Lee Hong Lim (Chinese: 李康廉; Jyutping: lei⁵ hong¹ lim⁴, born 29 September 1983) is a Hong Kong professional footballer who currently plays as a left winger for Hong Kong Premier League club Lee Man.

Lee Hong Lim

Lee in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Lee Hong Lim
Date of birth	(1983-09-29) 29 September 1983 (age 39)
Place of birth	North District, Hong Kong
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Left winger
Club information
Current team	Lee Man
Number	7
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2009	Tai Po	64	(18)
2009–2012	Pegasus	62	(13)
2012–2014	South China	34	(8)
2014–2015	Pegasus	9	(0)
2015–2019	Eastern	55	(11)
2019–	Lee Man	26	(4)
International career^‡
2009–2017	Hong Kong	33	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 May 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 March 2017

He is the brother of former professional footballer Lee Wai Lim.^[1]

Early age

Lee Hong Lim and his brother, Lee Wai Lim grew up in Hong Kong Sha Tau Kok. They were discovered and recruited by Chan Ping, the team manager of Tai Po, who was impressed by the brothers in a street match.

Club career

Tai Po

Tai Po was in the Third Division when the brothers joined the team. The team were promoted to division two and brothers were crucial members of the promoted team, for which Lee Hong Lim scored 12 goals in 22 games. The team finished at the second spot at 2005–06 season and secured promotion from Second division to First division. Lee Hong Lim decided to quit his full-time job and became a full-time professional football player. He wore no. 7 shirt in 2006–07 season and had 2 goals in 21 games. Tai Po finished at the 7th spot in their debut 1st division season.

Pegasus

Lee Hon Lim moved to Pegasus in the January 2009 transfer window. He has since scored an important goal in the League Cup semifinal against South China which ended 2:1 in Pegasus' favour.

South China

On 9 July 2012, South China chairman Steven Lo announced that they have signed Lee Hong Lim for the 2012–13 season.^[2] He made his debut for South China on 2 September 2012 at Hong Kong Stadium, having scored a long-range goal to help the team win against Yokohama FC Hong Kong 5–2.

Lee Man

On 19 July 2019, Lee Man announced the signing of Lee at their season opening media event.^[3]

International career

Hong Kong

At the 2011 Long Teng Cup, in the final match against Chinese Taipei, Lee Hong Lim scored two goals and helped Hong Kong win the match 6–0 and retain the trophy.^[4]

Career statistics

Club

As of 4 May 2013

Club performance			League		Cup				League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hong Kong			League		Senior Shield		FA Cup		League Cup		AFC Cup		Total
2005–06	Tai Po	Second Division	21	12	4^1	1^1	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A	25	13
2006–07		First Division	15	2	1	0	1	0	4	0	N/A	N/A	21	2
2007–08		First Division	15	1	1	0	3	0	4	0	N/A	N/A	23	1
2008–09		First Division	13	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A	14	3
Tai Po Total			64	18	7	1	4	0	8	0	0	0	83	19
2008–09	Pegasus	First Division	10	3	0	0	4	2	4	1	N/A	N/A	18	6
2009–10		First Division	19	4	2	2	3	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	24	7
2010–11		First Division	16	4	1	0	2	1	3	1	6	1	28	7
2011–12		First Division	18	2	6	1	3	0	3	2	N/A	N/A	30	5
Pegasus Total			63	13	9	3	12	4	10	4	6	1	100	25
2012–13	South China	First Division	16	6	4	0	4	1	—	—	N/A	N/A	24	7
2013–14		First Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	0	0	0	0
South China Total			16	6	4	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	24	7
Hong Kong Total			143	37	20	4	20	5	18	4	6	1	207	51
Career Total			143	37	20	4	20	5	18	4	6	1	207	51

Remarks:
¹ Since Tai Po was in the Second Division in the 2005–06 season, they could only participate in Junior Challenge Shield but not Senior Challenge Shield.

International

As of 28 March 2017

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Hong Kong	2009	2	0
	2010	3	0
	2011	6	2
	2012	10	2
	2013	6	0
	2014	1	0
	2015	0	0
	2016	4	0
	2017	1	0
Total		33	4

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Scored	Competition
1	14 January 2009	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	India	2–1	0	Friendly
2	9 October 2009	Outsourcing Stadium, Shizuoka, Japan	Japan	0–6	0	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
3	11 February 2010	Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	Japan	0–3	0	2010 East Asian Football Championship
4	4 October 2010	Balewadi Stadium, Pune, India	India	1–0	0	Friendly
5	17 November 2010	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	Paraguay	0–7	0	Friendly
6	9 February 2011	Shah Alam Stadium, Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	0–2	0	Friendly
7	3 June 2011	Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Hong Kong	Malaysia	1–1	0	Friendly
8	23 July 2011	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam	Saudi Arabia	0–3	0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
9	28 July 2011	Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Hong Kong	Saudi Arabia	0–5	0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
10	30 September 2011	Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Philippines	3–3	0	2011 Long Teng Cup
11	4 October 2011	Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Chinese Taipei	6–0	2	2011 Long Teng Cup
12	29 February 2012	Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong	Chinese Taipei	5–1	1	Friendly
13	1 June 2012	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	Singapore	1–0	0	Friendly
14	10 June 2012	Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong	Vietnam	1–2	0	Friendly
15	15 August 2012	Jurong West Stadium, Singapore	Singapore	0–2	0	Friendly
16	16 October 2012	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Kowloon	Malaysia	0–3	0	Friendly
17	14 November 2012	Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam, Malaysia	Malaysia	1–1	0	Friendly
18	1 December 2012	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Guam	2–1	0	2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary Competition Round 2
19	3 December 2012	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Australia	0–1	0	2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary Competition Round 2
20	7 December 2012	Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong	Chinese Taipei	2–0	1	2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary Competition Round 2
21	9 December 2012	Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong	North Korea	0–4	0	2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary Competition Round 2
22	6 February 2013	Pakhtakor Stadium, Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	0–0	0	2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
23	22 March 2013	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Vietnam	1–0	0	2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
24	4 June 2013	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Philippines	0–1	0	Friendly
	6 September 2013	Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar	Myanmar	0–0	0	Friendly
25	10 September 2013	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Singapore	1–0	0	Friendly
26	15 October 2013	Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong	United Arab Emirates	0–4	0	2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
27	15 November 2013	Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	0–4	0	2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
28	19 November 2014	Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan	Guam	0–0	0	2015 EAFF East Asian Cup preliminary round 2
29	6 October 2016	Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia	Cambodia	2–0	0	Friendly
30	11 October 2016	Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong	Singapore	2–0	0	Friendly
31	9 November 2016	Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong	Chinese Taipei	4–2	0	EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2017 Round 2
32	12 November 2016	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	North Korea	0–1	0	EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2017 Round 2
33	28 March 2017	Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon	Lebanon	0–2	0	2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifying round - Third Round

Honours

Pegasus

• Hong Kong FA Cup: 2009–10

South China

• Hong Kong First Division: 2012–13
• Hong Kong Senior Shield: 2013–14

Eastern

• Hong Kong Premier League: 2015–16
• Hong Kong Senior Shield: 2015–16

References

1. "AFC Cup 2014 Group G - South China 4:0 Kelantan (MAS)". Hong Kong Football Association. 22 April 2014.
2. 2012–13 組軍消息 – 足主的話 – STEVEN LO'S BLOG 12 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine
3. Yung, Yat Fu. "理文新球季引入3大經驗老將 實行「以老帶新」聯賽站穩陣腳". Upower. Retrieved 19 July 2019. (in Chinese)
4. (in Chinese)龍騰盃冧莊！香港隊好波！ 7 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine Oriental Daily. 5 October 2011.

External links

• Lee Hong Lim at Soccerway
• Lee Hong Lim on Instagram