Personal information | |||
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Full name | Wong Wai | ||
Date of birth | 27 August 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Hong Kong | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Tai Po | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Youth career | |||
Sham Shui Po | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2012 | Sham Shui Po | 62 | (32) |
2012–2015 | Metro Gallery | 39 | (2) |
2015–2016 | HK Pegasus | 7 | (0) |
2016- | Tai Po | 19 | (4) |
National team‡ | |||
2009 | Hong Kong U–19 | 5 | (1) |
2010– | Hong Kong U23 | 4 | (0) |
2013– | Hong Kong | 8 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2015 |
Wong Wai (Chinese: 黃威; Jyutping: wong4 wai1; born 27 August 1992 in Hong Kong), is a Hong Kong footballer who currently plays for Hong Kong First Division League club Tai Po as a midfielder.
Wong Wai studiued in Yu Chun Keung Memorial College and graduated after form 5 study. He represented various youth levels of the national team.
He joined Third Division club Sham Shui Po when he was young. In 2008, youth team members were all promoted to the club's first team in order to gain experience. In the first season, the club reached the final of Junior Shield, which they eventually lost 0–2 to Shatin. Wong Wai played 5 out of 6 games and scored a goal in the semi-finals.
In his second season, he scored 12 goals throughout the season, including 3 goals in the promotion play-offs, which he helped the club gain promotion to the Second Division.
Wong Wai helped the club gain promotion to the First Division for the first time in club history by scoring 12 goals in 19 games in the 2010–11 season. In the 2011–12 season, he failed to help the team prevent relegation to the Second Division, although he featured in most of the matches.
He followed former Sham Shui Po players and manager Lee Chi Kin and joined Yokohama FC Hong Kong in July 2012.
He had represented the Hong Kong national under-19 football team and participated in the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship qualification held in Indonesia. He scored one goal in four games.