Jordan Lam

Jordan Lam Lok Kan (Chinese: 林樂勤; born 2 February 1999 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong professional footballer who currently plays for Hong Kong Premier League club R&F.

Jordan Lam
林樂勤
Personal information
Full name Jordan Lam Lok Kan
Date of birth (1999-02-02) 2 February 1999
Place of birth Hong Kong
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s) Wide midfielder
Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 R&F
Number 27
Youth career
2005–2015 Chelsea Soccer School (Hong Kong)
2016–2017 Bury
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Pegasus 12 (2)
2018–2019 Dreams 15 (1)
2019– R&F 0 (0)
National team‡
2014–2016 Hong Kong U-16 2 (0)
2015–2017 Hong Kong U-18 3 (0)
2017– Hong Kong U-23 4 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 June 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 July 2017

Youth career

Born in Hong Kong, Lam's family moved to Temple City, California when he was several months old.[1] Due to his father's need to frequently travel between Hong Kong and Los Angeles for work, the family decided to sell their house in Temple City and move back to Hong Kong after a few years.

When Lam was seven, he and his brother entered and won a 2 on 2 football tournament organized by the local YMCA. At age 10, he joined a football academy run by Hong Kong football star Leslie Santos, which would later become Chelsea Soccer School. During his time at Chelsea Soccer School, he trained under the tutelage of Shum Kwok Pui, competed in various Hong Kong youth tournaments and many overseas showcase tournaments.

In 2014, Lam led Diocesan Boys' School to the Hong Kong Inter-School Football Competition championship and was named season MVP. His performances soon attracted the attention of scouts and he was offered opportunities to join the youth teams of Guangzhou Evergrande and Shandong Luneng. However, his family did not want to relocate to the Mainland as they felt that the standard of players whom Lam would train against were similar to those in Hong Kong.[2]

On 21 June 2015, Lam led the South China U-16 team to a victory over the Kitchee U-16's in the HKFA U-16 Cup Final. Eastern expressed an interest in signing Lam to a professional contract following the match but ultimately were unable to come to terms.[3]

In March 2016, Lam and his Chelsea School teammate Tse Ka Wing travelled to England to seek out an opportunity to join the youth academy of an English side. The two trialled at Leicester City but left because they felt that it would be too difficult to break into the first team.[4] The two later trialled at Bury for six weeks and decided to join their academy.[5] However, their time at Bury was marred by a delay in the processing of their international clearance. As a result, the pair could not receive work permits in order to play in the Football League Youth Alliance with the rest of the squad.[6] Facing long odds of ever receiving a work permit, Lam returned to Hong Kong.

Professional career

Pegasus

On 10 February 2017, Lam signed his first professional contract with Pegasus.[7] He made his debut on 1 April, creating two assists in a 5–3 loss to Eastern.[8]

On 12 June 2018, Lam stated that he would leave Pegasus in search of greater playing opportunities elsewhere.[9]

Dreams

Following his departure, Lam joined Dreams on 11 July 2018.[10]

R&F

On 19 June 2019, R&F head coach Yeung Ching Kwong revealed that Lam would join the club.[11] He was officially announced as an R&F player on 9 July 2019.[12]

During preseason training in Portugal, Lam injured his anterior cruciate ligament, necessitating a long layoff to recover.[13]

International career

In October 2014, Lam received his first call up to the Hong Kong U-16's as a 15 year old. Head coach Yeung Ching Kwong selected him ahead of the 2014 AFC U-16 Championship despite being a year younger than some of his teammates. He made two appearances off the bench for Hong Kong but the team did not advance past the group stage.[14]

In May 2017, Lam was called into the Hong Kong U-23's squad which finished as runners up in the HKFC Soccer Sevens tournament.[15] In July 2017, he was called into the full squad for U-23's squad for a tournament in Myanmar and 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification.

Personal life

Lam's younger brother, Jerry, is also a professional footballer who is currently playing for Happy Valley.

References
  1. Wong, Peter. "黃興桂：由洛杉磯回到香江 見證到一位職業足球員的成長". Yahoo. (in Chinese)
  2. "港小將赴魯能跟操". Apple Daily. (in Chinese)
  3. "林樂勤自爆獲東方睇中". on.cc. (in Chinese)
  4. "車路士足校兩球員獲貝利學徒合約". on.cc. (in Chinese)
  5. "中超or英甲　踢波or返學　人生滿是選擇題". HK 01. (in Chinese)
  6. "超新星登場：香港一樣有機會！". on.cc. (in Chinese)
  7. "「車仔」林樂勤加盟香港飛馬". on.cc. (in Chinese)
  8. "U焦點 足球 林樂勤兩助攻難救飛馬 東方龍獅贏入球大戰". Upower. Retrieved 1 April 2017. (in Chinese)
  9. "「王子」續約東方三季 盼來季可贏錦標". Apple Daily. Retrieved 12 June 2018. (in Chinese)
  10. "陳偉豪留隊 夢想FC增林樂勤北村祝兩小將". Apple Daily. Retrieved 11 July 2018. (in Chinese)
  11. Tsang, Ngan Ping. "富力來季班費5,000萬楊正光：組軍已完成得八八九九". Apple Daily. Retrieved 19 June 2019. (in Chinese)
  12. "林乐勤、谢家荣加盟富力R&F". R&F (Hong Kong) Soccer Limited (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  13. "伊高沙托尼領軍　富力R＆F遣3新兵征大埔". on.cc. Retrieved 31 August 2019. (in Chinese)
  14. "車校之父撐囝囝　專注足球暫擱學業". on.cc. Retrieved 6 April 2017. (in Chinese)
  15. "香港足球會Citi七人足球賽". Facebook. Retrieved 26 May 2017. (in Chinese)
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