Lim Teong Kim
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| Full name | Lim Teong Kim | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 26 August 1963 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Malacca, Malaysia | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Perak | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1983 | Malacca | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1984–1986 | Kuala Lumpur | 17 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 1987 | Hertha BSC | 9 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 1987–1991 | Kuala Lumpur | 54 | (10) | |||||||||||
| 1992 | Negeri Sembilan | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | Kedah | 7 | (3) | |||||||||||
| Total | 168 | (33) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1982–1996 | Malaysia | 60 | (12) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 2001–2013 | Bayern Munich U19 | |||||||||||||
| 2013–2019 | Malaysia U-17 | |||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Perak F.C. | |||||||||||||
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Datuk Lim Teong Kim (Chinese: 林长金; born 26 August 1963) is a Malaysian professional football coach and former player, who is recently appointed as head coach of Malaysian club Perak FC starting from 2023 season. He was formerly an assistant coach of Bayern Munich U19.
On 17 February 2022, IFFHS selected him on their list of Men's All Time Malaysia Dream Team.[2]
Lim is the only Malaysian to have played in the German Bundesliga, having spent a season at Hertha BSC in 1987.
Club career
[edit]Malacca
[edit]The former midfielder, renowned for his ruthless streak, began his career with Malacca in 1983 before moving to Kuala Lumpur from 1984–1986.
Hertha BSC
[edit]He became the first Malaysian footballer to play in Europe when he signed for German club Hertha BSC in 1987. He only played for a single season in Germany before returning to Malaysia.[3]
Kuala Lumpur
[edit]After returning from Germany, Lim signed and played for Kuala Lumpur, winning Malaysia Cup winner’s medals for a record three consecutive times from 1987-1989.
Trials at Grazer AK
[edit]Apart from the stay in Berlin, Lim had a short trial with Austrian outfit, Grazer AK in 1990.[4] His final outing as a player was for Kedah FA in 1993-1994.
International career
[edit]With the Malaysia national team, he won the 1989 Southeast Asian Games gold medal.[5] He scored the second goal in the 3–1 win over Singapore in the final.[6] In total, Lim earned 60 international caps and scored 12 international goals for Malaysia.[7]
Coaching career
[edit]Bayern Munich U-19
[edit]Lim's coaching stint with Bayern Munich Junior Team was from 2001 until 2011.[8][9]
Malaysia U-17
[edit]He returned to Malaysia in August 2013 and signed a five-year contract with the Sports Ministry as the Project Director of National Football Development Programme (NFDP).[10] Later in 2016, he was appointed as the Director of Mokhtar Dahari Academy (AMD), in a contract that was supposed to last until 2020.[11] Syed Saddiq, the Minister of Youth and Sports Malaysia revealed that Lim was receiving a RM175,000 monthly salary package with tax exemption as the director of AMD.[12] In September 2018, following the failure of the Malaysian B-16 squad to advance to the U-17 World Cup in Peru 2019, FAM held Lim responsible and terminated his service as coach with immediate effect.[12][13]
Perak
[edit]On 13 September 2022, Lim was appointed the head coach of Perak,[14] which was in Malaysia's second division, the Malaysian Premier League, at that time. In his first club coaching in Malaysia, Lim steered the club to promotion to Malaysia Super League in his first season.[15] On 25 May 2023, Lim's contract was terminated by Perak and were replaced by the team's under-23 coach, Yusri Che Lah.[16] At the time of Lim's sacking, Perak were 11th in the Super League with only two wins, three draws and seven defeats from 12 games. However Lim challenged his dismissal from Perak, with his case being brought to court after failure on negotiations between Lim and Perak's management.[17]
Personal life
[edit]Lim's nephew, Lim Tong Hai is a former Singaporean legend who played for Singapore FA, Tanjong Pagar United and Geylang International.
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]Malacca
- Malaysian League: 1983
Kuala Lumpur
- Malaysian League: 1988
- Malaysia Cup: 1987, 1988, 1989
- Malaysia Charity Shield: 1988
Kedah
- Malaysian League: 1993
- Malaysia Cup: 1993
- Malaysia Charity Shield: 1994
International
[edit]Awards
[edit]
Federal Territory (Malaysia) :
Commander of the Order of the Territorial Crown (PMW) – Datuk (2023)[18]
References
[edit]- ^ 專才回流 重塑青訓機制 (第一篇). China Press (in Chinese). 8 June 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ "IFFHS MEN'S ALL TIME MALAYSIA DREAM TEAM - 123". IFFHS. Archived from the original on 29 May 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ T. Avineshwaran (1 March 2013). "Earning their stripes abroad". The Star. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ Eric Samuel (21 August 2013). "German touch as Teong Kim to head development project". The Star. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ "11 Pemain Bola Sepak Malaysia Berbangsa Cina Yang Bertaraf Legenda" (in Malay). Semuanya Bola. Archived from the original on 2 November 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ Vijhay Vick (27 July 2017). "SEA Games 1989 final: When Merdeka Malaysia celebrated with the 'mother of all gold medals'". Four Four Two. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ Lim Teong Kim - International Appearances - RSSSF.
- ^ "Teong Kim says sad state of affairs due to lack of infrastructure". The Star. 20 July 2007. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
- ^ "Offiziele Website des FC Bayern Munchen". FC Bayern München AG. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
- ^ Teong Kim signs with KBS Archived 25 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine – Sports247, 21 August 2013.
- ^ Zain, Azlan Muhammad (27 September 2018). "Saddiq demands accountability from Teong Kim". New Straits Times. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Syed Saddiq: Teong Kim earned RM175,000 a month". Free Malaysia Today. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ^ Ishak, Fadhilul Izmel. "Khidmat Teong Kim ditamatkan". Utusan Online. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ^ Sulaiman (13 September 2022). "RASMI: Lim Teong Kim Dilantik Sebagai Ketua Jurulatih Perak FC". VOCKET FC (in Malay). Retrieved 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Summary - Premier League - Malaysia - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". my.soccerway.com. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
- ^ Bernama (25 May 2023). "Teong Kim no longer Perak FC head coach". www.malaymail.com. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ^ Bernama (11 November 2023). "Dispute between Teong Kim and Perak FC to go to industrial court". The Malaysian Reserve. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ^ "Mohamad Sabu dahului senarai penerima pingat Hari Wilayah Persekutuan 2023". BERNAMA.
- 1963 births
- Living people
- Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent
- Malaysian men's footballers
- Malaysia men's international footballers
- Malaysian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in West Germany
- Malaysian football managers
- FC Bayern Munich non-playing staff
- Kuala Lumpur City F.C. players
- Melaka United F.C. players
- Negeri Sembilan FC players
- Kedah Darul Aman F.C. players
- Hertha BSC players
- Malaysian expatriate men's footballers
- Footballers from Malacca
- SEA Games bronze medalists for Malaysia
- SEA Games gold medalists for Malaysia
- SEA Games medalists in football
- Men's association football midfielders
- Competitors at the 1989 SEA Games