Yapp Hung Fai
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| Full name | Yapp Hung-fai | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | 21 March 1990 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Hong Kong | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||
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Current team
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Eastern | |||||||||||
| Number | 1 | |||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Hong Kong 09 | |||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Workable | 13 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Eastern | 21 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2009–2010 | TSW Pegasus | 17 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2010–2014 | South China | 44 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2014– | Eastern | 29 | (0) | |||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||
| 2009–2014 | Hong Kong U-23 | 17 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2010– | Hong Kong | 51 | (0) | |||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 April 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2016 |
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Yapp Hung-fai (Chinese: 葉鴻輝; Jyutping: jip6 hung4 fai1, born 21 March 1990 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong international footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Hong Kong Premier League club Eastern. He is widely regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in Hong Kong. He is recently the captain of the Hong Kong national football team.
Born in a Hakka family, Yapp finished his studies at form 5 level. He scored 13 points in his HKCEE examination and was accepted by Queen's College Old Boys Association Secondary School for form 6. But he gave it up to pursue his football dream. He had already represented Hong Kong at under-17 level.
Yapp Hung Fai started his professional career at Workable FC when he was only 17 under coach Lee Kin Wo and Chan Hiu Ming in 2007. His salary was only HK$5,000. During his time at Workable FC, he helped the team to an unexpected 1:0 win against South China AA in the 2007-08 Hong Kong League Cup.
After Workable FC was relegated at the end of the 2007–08 season, Yapp followed Lee Kin Wo and Chan Hiu Ming to Eastern AA. But the club did not achieve good results and decided to return to the Hong Kong Third Division League at the end of the season.
Yapp Hung Fai moved to TSW Pegasus FC in 2009. After helping the club beat Citizen AA 2:1 to win the 2009-10 Hong Kong FA Cup and qualify for the 2011 AFC Cup, Yapp Hung Fai announced that he will join league champions South China AA along with teammate Lau Nim Yat. Yapp said he decided to join South China before the game and South China's Hong Kong location will be easier for him to attend school. He is also not worried about competing with Zhang Chunhui for the starting goalkeeper place.
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