Lai Hau Hei
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lai Hau Hei | ||
| Date of birth | 19 January 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Hong Kong | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder, Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Happy Valley | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2012 | Pegasus | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2015 | Rangers | 17 | (1) |
| 2015–2017 | Yuen Long | 14 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Dreams | 23 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Yuen Long | 4 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Icanfield | 11 | (0) |
| 2021– | Happy Valley | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012–2013 | Hong Kong U-18 | 8 | (2) |
| 2015–2016 | Hong Kong U-21 | 2 | (0) |
| 2017 | Hong Kong U-22 | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 September 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 July 2017 | |||
Lai Hau Hei (Chinese: 黎厚希; born 19 January 1995 in Hong Kong) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer who currently plays for Hong Kong First Division club Happy Valley.
Early life[edit]
Lai was born and raised in Yuen Long, an area in the northwest of Hong Kong.
Club career[edit]
During his youth, Lai trained in football with Pegasus which were then based on Tin Shui Wai.
Lai was offered his first contract in professional football by Rangers with whom he signed with in 2012. Lau made his professional debut on 2 September 2012 in a 5–1 Senior Shield loss to Citizen.[1] He scored his first professional goal on 13 April 2015 in the 2014–15 Hong Kong FA Cup win over South China.[2]
In 2015, Lai joined his home district club of Yuen Long.
In July 2017, it was announced that Lai had moved to Dreams.[3]
On 7 August 2019, it was revealed that Lai had rejoined Yuen Long.[4]
On 16 September 2021, First Division side Happy Valley announced Lau as a player.[5]
International career[edit]
In 2016, Lai was selected to the Hong Kong U-21 squad to play in an exhibition tournament in Singapore.
In 2017, he was on the Hong Kong U-22 squad which travelled to North Korea for the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification group stage. He appeared in all three of Hong Kong's matches.
References[edit]
- ^ "BC Rangers 1:5 Citizen". HKFA. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
- ^ "東方 南華4強再鍊過". Oriental Daily. Retrieved 13 April 2015. (in Chinese)
- ^ "陳偉豪加盟夢想FC做隊長". on.cc. Retrieved 26 July 2017. (in Chinese)
- ^ "東方龍獅友賽大炒佳聯元朗". on.cc. Retrieved 7 August 2019. (in Chinese)
- ^ "Welcome to Happy Valley - 黎厚". Happy Valley. Facebook. Retrieved 16 September 2021. (in Chinese)
External links[edit]
- Lai Hau Hei at HKFA
- Lai Hau Hei at Soccerway