Английская Википедия:Chow Chee Keong
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:EngvarB Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Family name hatnote Шаблон:Infobox football biography Chow Chee Keong (26 November 1948 – 21 February 2018)[1] was a Malaysian football goalkeeper who played in Hong Kong.
Career
His nickname in Hong Kong was Asian Steel Gate (Шаблон:Zh) and Crazy Sword (Шаблон:Zh). He was a Malaysian Chinese. In 1963, he represented the Malaysian in under-20 level as a 13-year-old. Two years later, he joined the Malaysian national football team as a 15-year-old. At that point, he was the youngest ever Malaysian international player. He was briefly on the playing staff at Bedford Town FC. From 1966 to 1970, he was voted by the Asian Football Confederation as the best goalkeeper for 5 straight times.[2][3][4]
In 1968, he came to Hong Kong with a Chinese Malaysian selection side and many Hong Kong clubs took notice of him. Two years later, he joined Hong Kong Rangers for three guest matches. Then, he joined Jardine for a salary of HK$2,500 per month[5] which was the Hong Kong record at that time. However, a year later, Jardines withdrew from the Hong Kong football league system. So he moved to South China where his career started to take off. For his three seasons with South China, he won many trophies and personal awards. In 1974, he moved to Tung Sing. His salary was HKD 7000 per month plus housing. In 1977, he returned to South China. A year later, he started to play in both Hong Kong league and the Malaysian league simultaneously. In 1979, he left Hong Kong, but returned in 1981. He spent a short time again with South China before moving to Hong Kong Rangers. In 1982, he finally returned to Malaysia and played for Malaysian national football team for three years before retiring from football.
Retirement
He became a golfer after retiring from football. In 1991, he finally earned a coaching license. He first started to teach in Malaysia. In 1995, he moved to a golf club in Shenzhen, China. In 1997, he returned to South China as a golfing instructor.
Honours
Club
- Winners (1): 1971-72
- Winners (1): 1971-72
International
- Malaysia
- Winners (1): 1968[6]
Individual
- AFC Asia's best goalkeeper: 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970[2]
- AFC Asian All Stars: 1968[7]
- Between The Sticks-Top 10 Asian & Oceanic goalkeepers of all time (5th place): 2020[8]
- MasterCard Asian/Oceanian Team of the 20th Century: 1998[9]
- IFFHS Men Best Malaysian Goalkeeper of the Century (1901-2000)[10]
- IFFHS Men’s All Time Malaysia Dream Team: 2022[11]
References
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 AFC President offers condolences on passing of Malaysian legend Chow Chee Keong Шаблон:Webarchive, Asian Football Confederation(AFC)
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ (Updated) Chow Chee Keong, the Malaysian football legend passes away [NSTTV] Шаблон:Webarchive, New Straits Times(NST)
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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- Английская Википедия
- 1948 births
- 2018 deaths
- South China AA players
- Hong Kong Rangers FC players
- Hong Kong First Division League players
- Malaysian expatriate men's footballers
- Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent
- Malaysian men's footballers
- Malaysia men's international footballers
- Selangor F.C. players
- SEA Games medalists in football
- SEA Games bronze medalists for Malaysia
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Competitors at the 1969 SEAP Games
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