Cheng Siu Chung
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 Cheng Siu Chung in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ricky Cheng Siu Chung | ||
| Date of birth | 29 September 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Hong Kong | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Sriker / Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Southern (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1990 | CS Uruguay | ||
| 1990–1993 | Alajuelense | ||
| 1993–1994 | → Happy Valley (loan) | ||
| 1994–1995 | Eastern | ||
| 1996 | South China | ||
| 1996–1998 | Instant-Dict | ||
| 1998–2000 | South China | ||
| 2000–2001 | Instant-Dict | ||
| 2001–2002 | South China | ||
| 2002–2003 | Happy Valley | ||
| 2003–2005 | Kitchee | ||
| 2006–2010 | Southern | 4 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1988–1991 | Costa Rica U20 | ||
| 1997–2000 | Hong Kong | 9 | (6) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2006–2008 | Southern District | ||
| 2009–2015 | Kitchee (assistant manager) | ||
| 2015– | Southern District | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Template:Chinese name Ricky Cheng Siu Chung (Chinese: 鄭兆聰; Cantonese Yale: Jehng Siuhchūng; born 29 September 1972 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Hong Kong Premier League club Southern.
He served as a commentator for the 2010 FIFA World Cup for the Cantonese subscription television network, Astro Wah Lai Toi.[1]
Club career
Cheng moved to Costa Rica when he was 8 years old along with his parents and sister, and is fluent in Spanish and English as well as his native Cantonese. His father, Cheng Kwok Kan, was a famous footballer in Hong Kong who played for Happy Valley before moving to Costa Rica. Cheng Siu Chung started his career in Costa Rica where he also represented Costa Rica for the youth level.
In 1994, Alajuelense sold Cheng to Eastern for a then record transfer fee of HK$234,000.[2] It has been the highest transfer fee record in Hong Kong First Division League. The record stood until 2007 when South China bought Chan Wai Ho from Hong Kong Rangers by HK$400,000.[3]
Managerial career
While serving a coach at Kitchee, also played for Southern which at the time were in the Hong Kong Third District Division League.
On 7 May 2015, Kitchee announced on Facebook that Cheng had been hired by Southern as their new manager after the district club announced that they would seek a license to compete in the 2015-16 Hong Kong Premier League.[4]
Honours
Player
Club
- Alajuelense
- Liga FPD: 1991, 1992
- Eastern
- Instant-Dict
- Hong Kong First Division: 1997–98
- Hong Kong FA Cup: 1996–97, 1997–98, 2000–01
- South China
- Hong Kong First Division: 1999–2000
- Hong Kong Senior Shield: 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2001–02
- Hong Kong FA Cup: 1998–99, 2001–02
- Happy Valley
Individual
Assistant manager
- Kitchee
- Hong Kong Premier League: 2014–15
- Hong Kong First Division: 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14
- Hong Kong FA Cup: 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15
- Hong Kong League Cup: 2011–12, 2014–15
References
- ^ 2010世界杯速遞 (in Chinese). 1 June 2010. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
- ^ "鄭兆聰成名路". Apple Daily. 1 September 2002. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ "陳偉豪40萬轉會費破紀錄". Ta Kung Pao. 21 April 2007. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
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- Living people
- Hong Kong footballers
- Hong Kong international footballers
- Association football forwards
- Hong Kong emigrants to Costa Rica
- Costa Rican people of Hong Kong descent
- Liga FPD players
- Hong Kong First Division League players
- South China AA players
- L.D. Alajuelense footballers
- Happy Valley AA players
- Kitchee SC players
- Double Flower FA players
- Hong Kong football managers
- 1972 births
- Costa Rica under-20 international footballers
- Costa Rican footballers