Lim Teong Kim
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| Full name | Lim Teong Kim | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 26 August 1963 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Malacca, Malaysia | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1983 | Malacca | 29 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 1984–1986 | Kuala Lumpur | 82 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
| 1987 | Hertha BSC | 29 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 1987–1991 | Kuala Lumpur | 129 | (18) | ||||||||||||||
| 1992 | Negeri Sembilan | 20 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | Kedah | 22 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| 1982–1991 | Malaysia | 42 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
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| 2001–2013 | Bayern Munich Junior Team | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013– | National Football Development Programme | ||||||||||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Lim Teong Kim (born 26 August 1963 in Malacca) is a retired Malaysian football player and formerly an assistant coach of Bayern Munich U-19 Team.
The former midfielder, renowned for his ruthless streak, began his career with Malacca in 1983 before moving to Kuala Lumpur from 1984-1986.
He became the first Malaysian footballer to play in Europe when he signed for German club Hertha BSC in 1987. He only played for a single season in Germany before returning to Malaysia.
After returning from Germany, Lim signed and played for Kuala Lumpur, winning Malaysia Cup winner’s medals for a record three consecutive times from 1987-1989.
Apart from the stay in Berlin, Lim had a short trial with Austrian outfit, Grazer AK in 1990. His last outing as a player was for Kedah FA in 1993-1994.
With the Malaysia national team, he won the 1989 Southeast Asian Games gold medal. He scored the second goal in the 3-1 win over Singapore in the final.
Lim stated his coaching career with Bayern Munich Junior Team in 2001 until 2011. He return to Malaysia in August 2013 signing a five-year contract with the Sports Ministry as the Project Director of National Football Development Programme (NFDP).
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