Yip Tsz Chun

Yip Tsz Chun (Chinese: 葉子俊; Jyutping: jip6 zi2 zeon3; born 15 May 1985 in Hong Kong) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer who currently plays for Hong Kong First Division club Yuen Long. He is also the head coach of the club.

Yip Tsz Chun
Personal information
Full name Yip Tsz Chun
Date of birth (1985-05-15) 15 May 1985
Place of birth Hong Kong
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker, Left winger
Team information
Current team
Yuen Long (player-coach)
Youth career
South China
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Kui Tan 6 (1)
2006–2007 Kwai Tsing 8 (3)
2007–2008 Eastern 3 (0)
2008–2009 Mutual 16 (2)
2009–2010 Pegasus 0 (0)
2010–2011 Tai Chung 21 (2)
2011–2013 Tuen Mun 22 (4)
2014–2015 Pegasus 20 (3)
2015– Yuen Long 48 (10)
International career
2012 Hong Kong 3 (0)
Managerial career
2019–2020 Yuen Long (assistant coach)
2020– Yuen Long
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 October 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 October 2012

Yip mainly plays as a striker but has also played as a left winger on many occasions. He was also a member of the Hong Kong national futsal team.[1][2]

Early years

Yip was born in Hong Kong. When he was young, he joined Hong Kong First Division team South China youth academy. However, after he finished the secondary studies, he was forced to stop his professional football career due to injuries. He only played in the Hong Kong Second Division League as a non-professional player.

Club career

Eastern

In 2007, Eastern was invited to promote to the Hong Kong First Division League. Eastern's coach Casemiro Mior invited Yip to join the club. Miro was the coach of South China's youth team and Yip was one of his former player. Eastern was also Yip's first professional club.

Mutual

After a season with Eastern, due to insufficient chances, Yip, alongside 7 other former Eastern players, joined the newly promoted team Mutual in the 2008–09 season.

Although he played most of the matches for Mutual, Mutual could not avoid relegation to the Second Division after a season in the top-tier league.

Pegasus

Since he was living in Yuen Long District, Pegasus, a team based in the district, signed Yip at the beginning of the 2009–10 season.

However, Yip was not given any chances, whilst at the same time, Yip could not attend training sessions in the evening as he had to attend school courses. He was released by the team after only staying half season with the team.[3]

Tai Chung

Yip joined another First Division club Tai Chung after being released by Pegasus.

He was one of the key players of the club, but the team could not avoid relegation from the First Division.

Tuen Mun

He signed a contract with Tuen Mun at the beginning of the 2011–12 season.[4]

On 30 October 2012, due to the divestment of Tuen Mun president Chan Keung, various key players, including Yip, and the whole coaching team were released by the club.[5]

Pegasus

He signed for Pegasus on 1 January 2014.[6]

Yuen Long

In 2015, he returned to his home town and signed for Hong Kong Premier League club Yuen Long.

International career

Hong Kong

After emerging as one of Tuen Mun's key players, Yip was called up to the senior squad. He played his first senior international match on 1 June 2012, an international friendly match against Singapore at Hong Kong Stadium.[7]

Honours

Yuen Long

Career statistics

Club

As of 28 October 2012
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hong Kong League Junior Shield FA Cup League Cup AFC Cup Total
2005–06 New Fair Kui Tan Second division 6100N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A61
New Fair Kui Tan Total 610000000061
2006–07 Kwai Tsing Second division 8300N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A83
Kwai Tsing Total 830000000083
Hong Kong League Senior Shield FA Cup League Cup AFC Cup Total
2007–08 Eastern First Division 30000000N/AN/A30
Eastern Total 300000000030
2008–09 Mutual First Division 162001010N/AN/A182
Mutual Total 16200101000182
2009–10 TSW Pegasus First Division 000000N/AN/AN/AN/A00
TSW Pegasus Total 000000000000
2009–10 Tai Chung First Division 920010N/AN/AN/AN/A102
2010–11 First Division 120101000N/AN/A140
Tai Chung Total 21210200000242
2011–12 Tuen Mun First Division 153401020N/AN/A223
2012–13 First Division 710000N/AN/AN/AN/A71
Tuen Mun Total 22440102000294
Hong Kong Total 7612504030008812
Career Total 7612504030008812

International

# Date Venue Opponent Home/away Result Scored Captain Competition
1 1 June 2012 Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong  Singapore H 1–0 0 Friendly
2 15 August 2012 Jurong West Stadium, Jurong West, Singapore  Singapore A 0–2 0 Friendly
3 16 October 2012 Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong  Malaysia H 0–3 0 Friendly

References

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