Personal information | |||
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Full name | Chu Siu Kei | ||
Date of birth | 11 January 1980 | ||
Place of birth | Hong Kong | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Number | 30 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–1999 | Rangers (HKG) | ||
1999–2001 | Yee Hope | ||
2001–2002 | Double Flower | ||
2002–2009 | Sun Hei | 145 | (18) |
2009–2010 | Shatin | 16 | (4) |
2010–2014 | Kitchee | 33 | (5) |
2014 | Sun Source | (1) | |
2015–2016 | Dreams Metro Gallery | 9 | (1) |
2016– | South China | 6 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
1998–2013 | Hong Kong | 45 | (4) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 May 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 January 2016 |
Chu Siu Kei (Chinese: 朱兆基; Jyutping: zyu1 siu6 gei1, born 11 January 1980, Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong footballer midfielder for Hong Kong and South China.
Chu Siu Kei was a member of the Sun Hei squad that won 5 titles (League, Silver Shield, League Cup, FA Cup and Hong Kong Football Sevens) in the 2004-05 Hong Kong First Division League season. He scored a total of three goals for Sun Hei in the 2008-09 Hong Kong First Division League season as the club finished 5th in the league table. He did however assist the club to win the 2008-09 Hong Kong League Cup.
He played as midfielder for Shatin SA but in the early season he was plagued by injuries. On 24 October 2009, he started his first game for Shatin and promptly scored a hat-trick, one of them a bicycle kick, and helped his team beat Tai Po FC 4:1 to register Shatin's first win of the season. Chu was also named the match's Most Valuable Player. Chu in total scored 5 goals for Shatin but the club finished 9th and was relegated at the end of the season. At the end of the season, he was selected as a member of the Hong Kong League XI to play against Birmingham City FC in the Xtep Cup.
Chu moved to Kitchee after Shatin SA was relegated at the end of the 2009-10 Hong Kong First Division League season. In the penultimate match against Tai Chung FC, Chu Siu-Kei scored a hat-trick and helped secured a 7:1 win for Kitchee. Chu Siu Kei finished the season having scored 5 goals for Kitchee and the club duly won its first league title in 47 years, allowing the club to play in both the 2011 Barclays Asia Trophy and 2012 AFC Cup. Chu Siu Kei was named the Best Eleven of the 2010-11 Hong Kong First Division League season.