Lim Tang Boon

Lim Tang Boon
Personal information
Place of birth	Singapore
Position(s)	Midfielder
International career
Years	Team
	Singapore

Lim Tang Boon is a Singaporean football midfielder who played for Singapore in the 1984 Asian Cup.

In 1980, Lim was voted player of the year.^[1]

On 26 December 1980, in a group match against North Korea during Singapore's 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign, Fandi Ahmad earned a penalty against North Korea.^[2] Lim took the penalty kick which the North Korean goalkeeper saved. Singapore lost the match 1-0 and fail to quality beyond the group stage.^[3]

Personal life

Lim worked at Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp from 1976 to 1992^[1]

In 1997, Lim was sentenced to two-year jail for taking $360,000 from an account at Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp in 1991 where he worked at.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Former soccer star gets two years in prison for cheating bank". AP NEWS. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
^ "Fandi made it, Tang Boon lost it". New Nation. 29 December 1980. p. 1. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
^ "I just don't know how ..." New Nation. 27 December 1980. p. 24. Retrieved 13 January 2023.

External links

Stats
Lim Tang Boon – FIFA competition record (archived)

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[:0-1] "Former soccer star gets two years in prison for cheating bank". AP NEWS. Retrieved 13 January 2023.

[2] "Fandi made it, Tang Boon lost it". New Nation. 29 December 1980. p. 1. Retrieved 13 January 2023.

[3] "I just don't know how ..." New Nation. 27 December 1980. p. 24. Retrieved 13 January 2023.

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