Chan Wing Hoong

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Chan Wing Hoong
Personal information
Full name Chan Wing Hoong
Date of birth (1977-04-29) 29 April 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Perak President's Cup
Asst. Head Coach
Youth career
1995–1997
Perak FA
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2005
Perak FA
2006
Selangor MPPJ
2007–2008
Perak FA
2008
DPMM FC
0 (0)
2009
Perlis FA
2010
ATM FA
2011–2012
Perak FA
9 (0)
International career
1996–1998 Malaysia U23 12 (0)
2002–2007 Malaysia 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 April 2021

Chan Wing Hoong (

Perak FA.[1]
He was primarily employed as a left-sided defender, but has on occasion played as a left-sided midfielder.

Career

Wing Hoong was one of the

Perak's longest serving players. His first spell with the side was between 1998 and 2005. He had two more spells with Perak in 2007–08 and his recent spell from 2011 to 2012. He has won the Malaysia Cup
in 1998 and 2000 as well as runners up in 2001 and 2007, and also won Malaysia Premier League One title in 2002 and 2003.

Before the

2007 season, both Wing Hoong and Nanthakumar were brought back to Perak. By this time, a new management team had taken over and were practising a policy of recruiting Perak born players.[3]

Besides Perak and MPPJ, he also has played for

Brunei DPMM FC in 2009 and played in pre-season with them but left after the team was barred from entering the 2009 Malaysia Super League.[4]

He was a member of the

2007 ASEAN Football Championship
.

After battling with injuries which restricted his appearances for Perak in the 2012 Malaysia Super League, he retired from professional football at the end of the league season on 18 July 2012.[5]

Personal life

Wing Hoong's father, Chan Kok Foo, was also a football player for Perak and Malaysia in the 1970s.[6]

References

  1. ^ "National 'A'". Archived from the original on 10 May 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-18.
  2. ^ HighBeam News article
  3. ^ "Selamat Datang ke Portal Ilmu". Archived from the original on 3 March 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-29.
  4. ^ "DPMM FC can't play in new season of MSL, says FAM". The Brunei Times. 19 December 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  5. ^ Chan Wing Hoong announced his retirement from pro football, today Twitter
  6. ^ "Reunion of football veterans". Archived from the original on 19 February 2013.

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