Liu Chun Fai

Liu Chun Fai
Liu Chun Fai
Traditional Chinese 廖俊輝
Simplified Chinese 廖俊辉

Liu Chun Fai (Chinese: 廖俊輝) (born in 1956)is a former Hong Kong professional footballer and the head coach of South China. He is regarded as one of the best Hong Kong goalkeepers in the 1980s. He holds an AFC A license and the goalkeeper coach qualification.

In his player career, he played for Happy Valley, Caroline Hill, Sea Bee, Eastern, Harps, Seiko,[1] May Ching, Lai Sun and Sing Tao.

He retired in the early 1990s and became a coach. He was the coach of Hong Kong 09, Yau Tsim Mong and Citizen. He started at Citizen as a goalkeeper coach, and in 2006 he became the head coach of the team.[2] In 2007-08 season, he led the team to finish second in Hong Kong First Division and captured the champion of Hong Kong FA Cup, the first major trophy won by the team ever.[3] With this outstanding result, he was awarded the Best Coach Award of the season.[4]

On 5 February 2018, Liu was named as interim coach of the Hong Kong national football team following the resignation of Kim Pan-gon in December 2017.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 精工球員名單 Archived 2008-05-26 at the Wayback Machine. (in traditional Chinese (HK))
  2. ↑ 公民官網：職員資料 (in traditional Chinese (HK))
  3. ↑ 公民創會首冠賀銀禧 (in traditional Chinese (HK))
  4. ↑ 2007/08 HKFA HK Top Footballer Awards - Result
  5. ↑ "廖俊輝確認為臨時主帥 將領港足生死戰硬撼北韓". Apple Daily. Retrieved 5 February 2018. (in traditional Chinese (HK))
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