Chow Chee Keong
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Chow Chee Keong | ||
Date of birth | 26 November 1948 | ||
Place of birth | Malaysia | ||
Date of death | 21 February 2018 | (aged 69)||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1967–1968 | Bedford Town | (0) | |
1970 | HK Rangers | (0) | |
1970–1971 | Jardine | (0) | |
1971–1974 | South China | (0) | |
1974–1977 | Tung Sing | (0) | |
1977–1979 | South China | (0) | |
1981 | South China | 0 | (0) |
1981–1982 | HK Rangers | 0 | (0) |
Total | (0) | ||
International career | |||
1965–1985 | Malaysia | ? | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Chow Chee Keong | |||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 仇志強 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 仇志强 | ||||||||||
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Chow Chee Keong (26 November 1948 – 21 February 2018)[1] was a Malaysian football goalkeeper who played in Hong Kong.
Career
His nickname in Hong Kong was Asian Steel Gate (Chinese: 亞洲鋼門) and Crazy Sword (Chinese: 神經刀). He was a Malaysian Chinese. In 1963, he represented the Malaysian in under-20 level as a 13 years old. Two years later, he joined the Malaysia national football team as a 15 years old. At that point, he was the youngest ever Malaysian international player. He was on the playing staff at Bedford Town FC 1967/68. From 1966 to 1970, he was voted by Asian Football Confederation as the best goalkeeper for 5 straight times.
In 1968, he came to Hong Kong with a Malaysian Chinese selection side and many Hong Kong clubs took notice of him. Two years later, he joined Hong Kong Rangers FC for three guest matches. Then, he joined Jardine for a salary of HK$2,500 per month[2] which was the Hong Kong record at that time. However, a year later, Jardines withdrew from Hong Kong league. So he moved to South China AA where his career started to take off. For his three seasons with South China AA, he won many trophies and personal awards. In 1974, he moved to Tung Sing. His salary was HKD 7000 per month plus housing. In 1977, he returned to South China AA. A year later, he started to play in both Hong Kong league and the Malaysian league simultaneously. In 1979, he left Hong Kong, but returned in 1981. He spent a short time again with South China AA before moving to Hong Kong Rangers FC. In 1982, he finally returned to Malaysia and played for Malaysia national football team for three years then retired from football.
Retirement
He became a golfer after retiring from football. In 1991, he finally earned a coaching license. He first started to teach in Malaysia. In 1995, he moved to a golf club in Shenzhen, China. In 1997, he returned to South China AA as a golfing instructor.
He is known to be one of the best golf coaches in Malaysia.
References
- ^ Careem, Nazvi. "Hong Kong mourns 'Crazy Sword' Chow Chee Keong – earned more than Europeans and once arrived at a game by helicopter". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ^ Francis, Tony (29 January 1970). "Chee Keong decides to turn pro". The Straits Times. Singapore. Retrieved 16 September 2017 – via Singapore National Library.
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- 1948 births
- 2018 deaths
- South China AA players
- Hong Kong Rangers FC players
- Hong Kong First Division League players
- Malaysian expatriate footballers
- Malaysian people of Chinese descent
- Malaysian footballers
- Malaysia international footballers
- Selangor FA players
- Southeast Asian Games medalists in football
- Southeast Asian Games bronze medalists for Malaysia
- Association football goalkeepers
- Competitors at the 1969 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games