Landon Ling
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | English: Landon Lloyd Ling Traditional Chinese: 林家良 |
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| Date of birth | October 8, 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Vancouver, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2005 | Vancouver Whitecaps | ||
| 2005–2006 | Blackburn Rovers | ||
| 2006–2007 | Jablonec 97 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2007–2008 | Jablonec 97 | 7 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Kitchee | 18 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007 | Canada U-20 | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 July 2008. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Landon Lloyd Ling (Chinese: 林家良; Cantonese Yale: Lam4 Ga1 Leung4; born 8 October 1987) is a Canadian of Hong Kong origin footballer, singer, songwriter and music producer. He played at left back position. He is now a music producer, currently working in Canada.
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[edit] Football career
[edit] Club career
Ling began his football career at Vancouver with Whitecaps FC Prospects. In 2002, he attended the Blackburn Rovers youth academy. He later moved to the Czech Republic in 2006 where he signed a contract with Jablonec 97.[1] He played two years in the Czech Republic before joining Hong Kong's Kitchee in the summer of 2008.[2]
Ling was a regular first team player at Kitchee in 2008-09 season. Head coach Julio César Moreno asserted that he was a vital player.[3]
He was selected for the Hong Kong League XI in 2009 which participated in the Lunar New Year Cup with Sparta Prague, Suwon Samsung Bluewings, South China, and TSW Pegasus.[4][5]
Ling was injured during 2009 pre-season training with Kitchee. He returned to Canada to work with music production.[1]
November 2011 he is back to Kitchee after long recovery period.
[edit] International career
Ling was a member of the Canada U-20 men's national soccer team for the friendly match against Czech Republic national under-20 football team in Stadium Roudnice nad Labem, Prague on 6 October 2007.[6] He played all 90 minutes in the 2-1 victory for Canada.[7]
[edit] Music career
On 1 February 2010, Ling released his first mixtape album titled "It Started With Everything".[8]
- Everything
- Dreamin
- Getting Hot
- Hit It Up
- Light Me Up (feat. j-stu)
- If You Were (feat. Yukki Yapp)
- This Is Love
- Tryin To Understand
- Miss You
- Letting You Go
- As One
- Thinkin Of You
- Make You Scream
- We In The Club (feat. j-stu)
- Headin To The Top (feat. Yukki Yapp)
- Tonight
[edit] References
- ^ a b (traditional Chinese (HK)) 林家良化身音樂唱作人, Ta Kung Pao, 6 February 2009
- ^ New-Look Kitchee Aims for Top Honours in New Season, Canon (Hong Kong), 17 July 2008
- ^ (traditional Chinese (HK)) 大埔傑志演「矛盾戰」, Sing Tao Daily, 1 November 2008
- ^ Match Results: 2009 Lunar New Year Cup - HK League Sel. 1:1 South China Pegasus Team, Hong Kong Football Association, 26 January 2009
- ^ Match Results: 2009 Lunar New Year Cup - HK League Sel. 0:0 Suwon Bluewings, Hong Kong Football Association, 29 January 2009
- ^ 6.10.2006 - CAN 2:1 CZE – Roster, Canadian Soccer Association
- ^ 6.10.2006 - CAN 2:1 CZE – Review, Canadian Soccer Association
- ^ Landon Ling @ alivenotdead, Alive
[edit] External links
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Soccer people from British Columbia
- Canadian expatriate soccer players
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
- Canadian soccer players
- Canadian people of Chinese descent
- Expatriate footballers in the Czech Republic
- Association football defenders
- Hong Kong First Division League players
- Kitchee SC players
- People from Vancouver
- Expatriate footballers in Hong Kong
