Ho Ying Fun

Ho Ying Fun (1921 – 21 October 2012) was a professional footballer and football manager.[2] Born in Hong Kong, he represented Republic of China in 1948 Olympics[3][4] and Republic of China (Taiwan) in 1954, 1958 Asian Games, as well as 1956 and 1960 AFC Asian Cup.[5] Ho also represented Hong Kong League XI in Merdeka Tournament, a friendly tournament in 1957.[6]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Ho (何).
Ho Ying Fun
Personal information
Date of birth 1921
Place of birth British Hong Kong
Date of death 21 October 2012[1]
Place of death Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Singtao
International career
194? China
1948 China Olympic 1 (0)
1954–1960 Republic of China
Managerial career
1966 Republic of China
1960s Laos
1973–1975 Hong Kong
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Ho Ying Fun
Traditional Chinese何應芬
Simplified Chinese何应芬

After retirement, he coached Republic of China (Taiwan) in 1966 Pestabola Merdeka.[5] He also coached Laos[1][7] and Hong Kong.

Honours

Republic of China

References
  1. "足壇名宿何應芬辭世". Wen Wei Po (in Chinese). 25 October 2002. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  2. "Ho Ying Fun". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  3. "Chinese Olympic team 1948".
  4. "Olympians in soccer side". The Sydney Morning Herald. archive of National Library of Australia. 14 July 1953. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  5. 鄭, 夏英; 吳, 俊賢; 王, 宏義 (December 2006). "The Influence of Hong Kong South China Football Club to Taiwan's Football Development (1949–1970)" (PDF). 《人文與社會》學報 (in Chinese). I-Shou University. 1 (9th issue): 237–265. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-10. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
  6. Lee, John C.W. (2015). 足球王國：戰後初期的香港足球 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Hong Kong: Joint Publishing. p. 72. ISBN 9789620437823. Retrieved 18 December 2017 – via Google Books preview.
  7. "體育漫談". The Chinese Times (in Chinese). Vancouver. 28 September 1968. Retrieved 9 September 2017 – via archive of Simon Fraser University Library.


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