Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ong Kim Swee | ||
Date of birth | 11 December 1970 | ||
Place of birth | Malacca, Malaysia | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Malaysia U22 (head coach) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1991–1992 | Malacca | 6 | (0) |
1993–1994 | Sarawak | 11 | (0) |
1994–1998 | Sabah | 61 | (2) |
Total | 78 | (2) | |
National team | |||
1990–1991 | Malaysia Olympic | 8 | (1) |
1994–1995 | Malaysia | 5 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
2004–2005 | Malacca | ||
2009–2014 | Harimau Muda A | ||
2011–2015 | Malaysia U23 | ||
2014 | Malaysia (interim) | ||
2015–2017 | Malaysia | ||
2017– | Malaysia U22 | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Ong Kim Swee (Chinese: 王金瑞; pinyin: Wáng Jīn Ruì) is a Malaysian football manager and former footballer. He currently in charge as head coach of Malaysia U22.
He spent most of his career playing for East Malaysian teams, notably Sarawak and Sabah during the mid 90's.
Ong is a supporter of Premier League club Arsenal Football Club.
Ong began his career as a player for Malacca in the early 90's. He was a member of the Malaysia Olympic teams nicknamed Barcelona 1992 under Chow Kwai Lam.
In 1993 Ong joined Sarawak FA for whom he played two seasons before being controversially transferred to Sabah FA in late 1994. With Sabah he won the Malaysia FA Cup in 1995 and M-League in 1996.
Ong made his full international debut against Kuwait on 22 September 1994. He was a member of the Malaysian squad for the 1994 Asian Games and also played for a Malaysian Selection side who famously held Flamengo to a 1-1 draw in an exhibition match in 1995.
Ong coached Malacca FA in 2005. In 2009, Ong took over as head coach of Harimau Muda from Datuk K. Rajagopal. He won the 2009 Malaysia Premier League with Harimau Muda that year. He was the manager of the Malaysia national under-23 football team which competed in the 2012 Olympic Qualifiers and 2011 Southeast Asian Games.