Ng Wai Chiu
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 October 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Hong Kong | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Center-back, defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Tianjin Songjiang | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996 | Shatin | ||
| 1996–97 | HKSI | ||
| 1997–98 | Instant-Dict | ||
| 1998 | Huddersfield Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2001 | Instant–Dict | ||
| 1998–1999 | → Kitchee (loan) | ||
| 2001 | Guangdong Mingfeng | ||
| 2002–2003 | Guangzhou Xiangxue | 35 | (1) |
| 2002 | → South China (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2004 | Nanjing Yoyo | 27 | (2) |
| 2005 | → Shanghai Zobon (loan) | 23 | (1) |
| 2006–2008 | Shanghai Shenhua | 38 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | Hangzhou Greentown | 34 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | South China | 8 | (2) |
| 2012 | → TSW Pegasus (loan) | 6 | (2) |
| 2012 | Sun Pegasus | 9 | (2) |
| 2013–2016 | Tianjin Songjiang | 67 | (4) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2001–2012 | Hong Kong | 19 | (2) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 November 2015. | |||
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| Traditional Chinese | 吳偉超 | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 吴伟超 | ||||||||||
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Ng Wai Chiu (born 22 October 1981 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong professional football player cuurently playing for China League One club Tianjin Songjiang. He has been capped for Hong Kong at various youth levels, including the Olympic U-23 team and is now a regular in senior 'A' internationals.
Early life
Ng Wai Chiu's father Ng Chi Ying was also a footballer for Guangdong. At the age of 7, Ng Wai Chiu moved from Kowloon Bay to Shatin's Hin Keng Estate. He then started playing football in the football field below his building. He began to challenge his father's football skills when he was 15 but lost every time. He joined the Hong Kong Sports Institute in the same year and met his Hong Kong defence partner Chan Wai Ho there for the first time. [1]
Club career
Ng spent time learning his trade at various clubs, including a short spell in England when he was an apprentice with Huddersfield Town and Southampton side.
Unsatisfied with the Hong Kong League, Ng moved to Mainland to further develop his football ability. After gradually working his way up from the lower-divisions in Mainland, he signed for Nanjing Yoyo in the Chinese Jia League on 15 February 2004,[2] before moving to Shanghai Zobon in the Chinese Super League in 2005.
Shanghai Zobon
In 2005, Ng Wai Chiu was a regular starter for newly promoted club Shanghai Zobon under coach Ma Liang-Xing. He played 23 matches for Zobon and scored 1 goal. The club finished 11th in the 14 team league. He was named as a member of the Shanghai United team to face Primera Liga outfits Villareal CF and Sevilla.[3]
Shanghai Shenhua
Near the end of the 2006 Chinese Super League season, Ng Wai Chiu was selected as a member of the CSL All Stars. With Ng and Li Wei Feng in central defence, Shenhua only conceded 18 goals, the second best record in the league.[4] On 21 December, the club and the player announced an extension to their contract.[5]
Hangzhou Greentown
Ng played for the Chinese Super League club Hangzhou Greentown, and is the first professional player from Hong Kong to be in the Chinese Super League.[6]
In the 2010–11 season, he was plagued by injuries to his knee and missed many matches with Hangzhou Greentown as well as the Hong Kong national football team.[7]
South China
Ng Wai Chiu return to Hong Kong and joined South China on 22 January 2011.[8] But his knee injury persisted and he did not play until April. On 16 April, He played 13 minutes as a substitute as South China beat Rangers (HKG) 3:1.[9]
On 3 May, in the 2011 AFC Cup, Ng Wai-Chiu came on as a substitute in the away game against Persipura Jayapura and scored with a header with 4 minutes remaining. But it was to no avail as South China lost 4:2 and was dumped out of the tournament.[10]
TSW Pegasus
Ng Wai Chiu joined TSW Pegasus in January 2012 to get more playing opportunities. He made his debut on 4 February 2012 at home against Sham Shui Po and scored a goal to help his new club seal a 3–0 victory.[11]
Tianjin Songjiang
Ng Wai Chiu joined Tianjin Songjiang for an undisclosed fee on 25 December 2012. He was the captain of Tianjin Songjiang in the Season 2012–13.
International
Hong Kong
Ng Wai Chiu played for Hong Kong against Japan in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification match in Hong Kong, but Hong Kong lost 0:4.
Ng Wai Chiu also played in the 2010 East Asian Football Championship where Hong Kong lost all 3 of its matches and finished last.
Ng Wai Chiu was optimistic he would be able to play for Hong Kong in the 2014 FIFA World Cup Asian qualification matches.[12] But in the end he missed the 2014 FIFA World Cup Asian qualification matches against Saudi Arabia due to his poor form.[13]
On 30 September 2011, Ng Wai-Chiu was sent off in the 3:3 draw with the Philippines in the 2011 Long Teng Cup.[14]
On 1 January 2012, Ng Wai-Chiu captained Hong Kong to victory over Guangdong in the 2012 Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup when Hong Kong won the cup on penalties.[15]
On 18 September 2012, Ng decided to quit international football.
Personal life
Ng Wai Chiu's uncle is Hong Kong actor Francis Ng. Francis Ng wrote the foreword for Ng Wai Chiu's autobiography Winning Over Myself (贏自己).[16]
International career
- As of 4 October 2011
References
- ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK))我來自呢區：沙田 Shatin 街場→中超→南華 吳偉超走不出沙田 Apple Daily. 11 April 2011.
- ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK))吳偉超轉投南京有有 Apple Daily. 16 February 2004
- ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK))吳偉超中超打穩陣腳 Apple Daily. 8 November 2005.
- ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK))入選中超明星賽 求驗客手記：吳偉超為港爭光 20 October 2006
- ↑ (Chinese)雙方一拍即合 港腳吳偉超明年續留上海申花 Xin Wen Wen Pao. 22 December 2006
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20091027101228/http://www.geocities.com/hkgfootball/players/ng_wc.txt
- ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK))吳偉超跟操谷狀態 Wen Wei Po. 18 January 2011
- ↑ (Chinese) 吳偉超回歸港甲投南華 Wen Wei Po. 23 January 2011.
- ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK))吳偉超回歸港甲首戰奏捷 Ta Kung Pao. 17 April 2011.
- ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK))基士文兩失入球良機 Wen Wei Po. 4 May 2011.
- ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK))銀牌決賽前哨戰 南華 4:2勇挫晨曦 Apple Daily. 5 April 2012.
- ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK))吳偉超回歸港甲首戰奏捷 Ta Kung Pao. 17 April 2011.
- ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK))簡訊/吳偉超無緣作客鬥沙特 Ta Kung Pao. 19 July 2011.
- ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK))龍騰盃 港隊逼和菲律賓史上最差 Apple Daily. 1 October 2011.
- ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK))第34屆省港盃（次回合） 英雄輝狂救3個12碼 港隊捧盃上天堂 Apple Daily. 2 January 2012.
- ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK))無意投南華 吳偉超心繫中超 Ta Kung Pao. 9 July 2009.
- ↑ 31st Guangdong-HK Cup – Match Results, Hong Kong Football Association, 1 January 2009
- ↑ 31st Guangdong-HK Cup – Match Results, Hong Kong Football Association, 4 January 2009
External links
- Ng Wai Chiu at National-Football-Teams.com
- Hong Kong Football
- BMA Football Star (Chinese)
| Awards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Chan Ka Ki Kwok Man Tik |
Hong Kong First Division League Best Youth Player Award (with Chan Ho Man) 2000–01 |
Succeeded by Chan Ho Man Goldbert Chi Chiu |
| Sporting positions | ||
| Preceded by Ma Cheng |
Hangzhou Greentown F.C. captain 2009–2010 |
Succeeded by Du Wei |
| Preceded by Chan Wai Ho |
Hong Kong national football team captain 2011–2012 |
Succeeded by Chan Wai Ho |
| Preceded by Itaparica |
Sun Pegasus F.C. captain August 2012 – December 2012 |
Succeeded by Jaimes McKee |
| Preceded by Yu Rui |
Tianjin Songjiang F.C. captain January 2013 – |
Succeeded by Incumbent |