Jared Lum

Jared Christopher Lum (Chinese: 林恩許; born 19 July 1992) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder and is currently a free agent. He last played for Hong Kong side Eastern.[1]

Jared Lum
Personal information
Full name Jared Christopher Lum
Date of birth (1992-07-19) 19 July 1992
Place of birth Sydney, Australia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Right wing
Team information
Current team
 North West Sydney Spirit
Youth career
Winston Hill Bears
Hills Brumbies
Northern Spirit
Blacktown City
Sydney Wanderers
2008–2009 Sydney FC
2009 A.I.S.
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010 Marconi Stallions (0)
2011–2013 Sydney FC 0 (0)
2011 → Bonnyrigg White Eagles (loan) (4)
2012 → Sydney United (loan) (0)
2013–2016 Marconi Stallions 60 (5)
2016–2020 Kitchee 64 (16)
2020 R&F 0 (0)
2020–2022 Eastern 16 (4)
2022 Bonnyrigg White Eagles 4 (0)
2023– North West Sydney Spirit 22 (1)
International career‡
2007–2009 Australia U-17 18 (2)
2009–2010 Australia U-20 7 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 August 2016

Club career

In 2010, Lum joined Marconi Stallions, where he was earmarked as one of the club's most promising players, after graduating from the Australian Institute of Sport.[2]

Lum signed for Hong Kong Premier League club Kitchee on 11 January 2016.[3]

On 26 May 2018, Lum revealed that he had re-signed for another two years.[4]

On 25 June 2020, it was revealed that Lum would leave Kitchee after 4.5 years and would sign for another HKPL club R&F.[5] On 14 October 2020, Lum left the club after his club's withdrawal from the HKPL in the new season.

On 19 November 2020, Lum joined Eastern.[6] He left the club on 9 July 2022.[7]

International career

In May 2017, Lum was called up to the Fiji to play New Caledonia. However, there remained some doubt at the time as to whether he was eligible to play on the basis of his Fijian ancestry.[8] In a later interview, Lum revealed that he was not interested in playing for Fiji as he thought that the football in Fiji was not professional enough.[9]

In March 2020, Lum said in an interview that one of his goals was to represent Hong Kong.[10]

Personal life

Lum's paternal grandmother is a Hongkonger who grew up in Happy Valley and moved to Fiji at age 10, where she met his paternal grandfather who is also ethnically Chinese.[11] His father was born in Fiji and the family emigrated to Sydney when he was two.

On his mother's side, his maternal grandparents are Scottish and moved to Australia in 1969. Lum's parents met when they were attending high school together in Sydney.

Lum married his wife Nelly in 2016 and has two sons.[12]

Honours

Club
Kitchee

International
Australia

References
  1. "Jared Lum: "I'm very fortunate to be at Eastern and am happy to have the ball at my feet again"". offside.hk. 13 December 2020.
  2. Ormond, Aidan (20 February 2010). "Sterrey's star in the making". FourFourTwo. Archived from the original on 8 July 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  3. "Kitchee sign former Australia youth captain". RTHK. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  4. Tsang, Ngan Ping; Hseun, Ka Man; Choi, Ming Hau. "傑志膺三冠王大換血 盧均宜灑淚告別". Ming Pao. Retrieved 27 May 2018. (in Chinese)
  5. Yuen, Chi Ho (25 June 2020). "富力復操徐宏傑首亮相 白鶴林嘉緯確認離隊". HK01. Retrieved 25 June 2020. (in Chinese)
  6. 港超︱東方龍獅開咧前簽兩富力兵　馮慶燁相隔數月回巢：這就是人生 Ming Pao 19 November 2020
  7. "東方連放7位球員 港將費蘭度尋找新東家". Sing Tao. 9 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022. (in Chinese)
  8. "Lum called to join national squad". Fiji Football Association. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  9. "林恩許否認代表斐濟 讚揚香港球壇更專業" [Jared Lum rejects Fiji, praises Hong Kong as more professional] (in Chinese). hk01.com. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017. (in Chinese)
  10. "林恩許：與香港的不解緣 寫下人生的新一章". Sportsroad. 23 March 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020. (in Chinese)
  11. "林恩許：與香港的不解緣 寫下人生的新一章". Sportsroad. 23 March 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020. (in Chinese)
  12. "林恩許：當初唔要我嘅人係損失". on.cc. February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2020. (in Chinese)
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