:Ng Wai Chiu

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ng Wai Chiu

| fullname = Ng Wai Chiu

| image = Ng Wai Chiu.JPG

| image_size = 280

| height = {{Height|m=1.85}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|10|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Hong Kong

| currentclub = Dalian Professional (assistant manager)

| position = Center back
Defensive midfielder

| youthyears1 = 1996

| youthclubs1 = Shatin

| youthyears2 = 1996–97

| youthclubs2 = HKSI

| youthyears3 = 1997–98

| youthclubs3 = Instant-Dict

| youthyears4 = 1998

| youthclubs4 = Huddersfield Town

| years1 = 1998–2001

| clubs1 = Instant–Dict

| years2 = 1998–1999

| clubs2 = → Kitchee (loan)

| years3 = 2001

| clubs3 = Guangdong Mingfeng

| years4 = 2002–2003

| clubs4 = Guangzhou Xiangxue

| caps4 = 35

| goals4 = 1

| years5 = 2002

| clubs5 = → South China (loan)

| caps5 = 4

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2004–2005

| clubs6 = Nanjing Yoyo

| caps6 = 27

| goals6 = 2

| years7 = 2005

| clubs7 = → Shanghai Zobon (loan)

| caps7 = 23

| goals7 = 1

| years8 = 2006–2008

| clubs8 = Shanghai Shenhua

| caps8 = 39

| goals8 = 1

| years9 = 2009–2010

| clubs9 = Hangzhou Greentown

| caps9 = 34

| goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2011–2012

| clubs10 = South China

| caps10 = 6

| goals10 = 2

| years11 = 2012

| clubs11 = → Pegasus (loan)

| caps11 = 6

| goals11 = 2

| years12 = 2012

| clubs12 = Pegasus

| caps12 = 9

| goals12 = 1

| years13 = 2013–2016

| clubs13 = Tianjin Quanjian

| caps13 = 67

| goals13 = 4

| years14 = 2016–2018

| clubs14 = Eastern

| caps14 = 10

| goals14 = 1

| club-update = 19 June 2018

| nationalyears1 = 2001–2011

| nationalteam1 = Hong Kong

| nationalcaps1 = 19

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| manageryears1 = 2021

| managerclubs1 = Nantong Zhiyun (assistant manager)

| manageryears2 = 2022–

| managerclubs2 = Dalian Professional (assistant manager)

| nationalteam-update = 14 April 2018

}}

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Ng Wai Chiu (born 22 October 1981 in Hong Kong) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer. He was capped for Hong Kong at various youth levels, as well as the senior national team. He is currently the assistant manager of Chinese Super League club Dalian Professional.

Early life

Ng Wai Chiu's father Ng Chi Ying was also a footballer for Guangdong. At the age of 7, Ng Wai Chiu moved from Kowloon Bay to Shatin's Hin Keng Estate. He then started playing football in the football field below his building. He began to challenge his father's football skills when he was 15 but lost every time. He joined the Hong Kong Sports Institute in the same year and met his Hong Kong defence partner Chan Wai Ho there for the first time.

{{in lang|zh-hk}}[http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20110411&sec_id=25391&art_id=15155600 我來自呢區：沙田 Shatin 街場→中超→南華　吳偉超走不出沙田] Apple Daily. 11 April 2011.

Club career

Ng spent time learning his trade at various clubs, including a short spell in England when he was an apprentice with Huddersfield Town and Southampton side.

Unsatisfied with the Hong Kong League, Ng moved to Mainland to further develop his football ability. After gradually working his way up from the lower-divisions in Mainland, he signed for Nanjing Yoyo in the Chinese Jia League on 15 February 2004,{{in lang|zh-hk}}[http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20040216&sec_id=25391&art_id=3858259 吳偉超轉投南京有有] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715005715/http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20040216&sec_id=25391&art_id=3858259 |date=15 July 2023 }} Apple Daily. 16 February 2004 before moving to Shanghai Zobon in the Chinese Super League in 2005.

=Shanghai Zobon=

In 2005, Ng Wai Chiu was a regular starter for newly promoted club Shanghai Zobon under coach Ma Liangxing. He played 23 matches for Zobon and scored 1 goal. The club finished 11th in the 14 team league. He was named as a member of the Shanghai United team to face Primera Liga outfits Villarreal CF and Sevilla.{{in lang|zh-hk}}[http://www1.hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20051108&sec_id=25391&art_id=5377853 吳偉超中超打穩陣腳] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008234631/http://www1.hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20051108&sec_id=25391&art_id=5377853 |date=8 October 2011 }} Apple Daily. 8 November 2005.

=Shanghai Shenhua=

Near the end of the 2006 Chinese Super League season, Ng Wai Chiu was selected as a member of the CSL All Stars. With Ng and Li Wei Feng in central defence, Shenhua only conceded 18 goals, the second best record in the league.{{in lang|zh-hk}}[http://www1.hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20061020&sec_id=25391&art_id=6424504 入選中超明星賽求驗客手記：吳偉超為港爭光] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008234637/http://www1.hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20061020&sec_id=25391&art_id=6424504 |date=8 October 2011 }} 20 October 2006 On 21 December, the club and the player announced an extension to their contract.{{in lang|zh}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20120404033658/http://big5.xinhuanet.com/gate/big5/news.xinhuanet.com/sports/2006-12/22/content_5521395.htm 雙方一拍即合港腳吳偉超明年續留上海申花] Xin Wen Wen Pao. 22 December 2006

=Hangzhou Greentown=

Ng played for the Chinese Super League club Hangzhou Greentown, and is the first professional player from Hong Kong to be in the Chinese Super League.{{Cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/hkgfootball/players/ng_wc.txt|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091027101228/http://www.geocities.com/hkgfootball/players/ng_wc.txt|archive-date = 27 October 2009|title = Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos}}

In the 2010–11 season, he was plagued by injuries to his knee and missed many matches with Hangzhou Greentown as well as the Hong Kong national football team.{{in lang|zh-hk}}[http://paper.wenweipo.com/2011/01/18/SP1101180027.htm 吳偉超跟操谷狀態] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326040122/http://paper.wenweipo.com/2011/01/18/SP1101180027.htm |date=26 March 2012 }} Wen Wei Po. 18 January 2011

=South China=

Ng Wai Chiu return to Hong Kong and joined South China on 22 January 2011.{{in lang|zh}} [http://paper.wenweipo.com/2011/01/23/SP1101230034.htm 吳偉超回歸港甲投南華] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326035944/http://paper.wenweipo.com/2011/01/23/SP1101230034.htm |date=26 March 2012 }} Wen Wei Po. 23 January 2011. But his knee injury persisted and he did not play until April. On 16 April, he played 13 minutes as a substitute as South China beat Rangers (HKG) 3:1.{{in lang|zh-hk}}[http://www.takungpao.com/sport/top/2011-04-17/724754.html 吳偉超回歸港甲首戰奏捷] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324040252/http://www.takungpao.com/sport/top/2011-04-17/724754.html |date=24 March 2012 }} Ta Kung Pao. 17 April 2011.

On 3 May, in the 2011 AFC Cup, Ng Wai-Chiu came on as a substitute in the away game against Persipura Jayapura and scored with a header with 4 minutes remaining. But it was to no avail as South China lost 4:2 and was dumped out of the tournament.{{in lang|zh-hk}}[http://paper.wenweipo.com/2011/05/04/SP1105040023.htm 基士文兩失入球良機] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326040001/http://paper.wenweipo.com/2011/05/04/SP1105040023.htm |date=26 March 2012 }} Wen Wei Po. 4 May 2011.

=Pegasus=

Ng Wai Chiu joined TSW Pegasus in January 2012 to get more playing opportunities. He made his debut on 4 February 2012 at home against Sham Shui Po and scored a goal to help his new club seal a 3–0 victory.{{in lang|zh-hk}}[http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20120205&sec_id=25391&subsec=25392&art_id=16043427 銀牌決賽前哨戰南華 4:2勇挫晨曦] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715005716/http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20120205&sec_id=25391&subsec=25392&art_id=16043427 |date=15 July 2023 }} Apple Daily. 5 April 2012.

=Tianjin Songjiang=

Ng Wai Chiu joined Tianjin Songjiang for an undisclosed fee on 25 December 2012. He was the captain of Tianjin Songjiang in the 2012–13 season.

=Eastern=

Ng played his final two seasons at Eastern. He announced his retirement from playing on 19 June 2018 in order to transition to coaching.{{cite web |title=吳偉超宣布掛靴：世盃撐「叔叔」Sam哥 |url=http://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/sport/20180622/bkn-20180622141220456-0622_00882_001.html |website=on.cc |date=22 June 2018 |accessdate=22 June 2018 |archive-date=24 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624204325/http://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/sport/20180622/bkn-20180622141220456-0622_00882_001.html |url-status=live }} {{in lang|zh-hk}}

International career

=Hong Kong=

Ng Wai Chiu played for Hong Kong against Japan in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification match in Hong Kong, but Hong Kong lost 0:4.

Ng Wai Chiu also played in the 2010 East Asian Football Championship where Hong Kong lost all 3 of its matches and finished last.

Ng Wai Chiu was optimistic he would be able to play for Hong Kong in the 2014 FIFA World Cup Asian qualification matches.{{in lang|zh-hk}}[http://www.takungpao.com/sport/top/2011-04-17/724754.html 吳偉超回歸港甲首戰奏捷] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324040252/http://www.takungpao.com/sport/top/2011-04-17/724754.html |date=24 March 2012 }} Ta Kung Pao. 17 April 2011. But in the end he missed the 2014 FIFA World Cup Asian qualification matches against Saudi Arabia due to his poor form.{{in lang|zh-hk}}[http://www.takungpao.com/sport/top/2011-07-19/882815.html 簡訊/吳偉超無緣作客鬥沙特] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324040427/http://www.takungpao.com/sport/top/2011-07-19/882815.html |date=24 March 2012 }} Ta Kung Pao. 19 July 2011.

On 30 September 2011, Ng Wai-Chiu was sent off in the 3:3 draw with the Philippines in the 2011 Long Teng Cup.{{in lang|zh-hk}}[http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20111001&sec_id=25391&subsec_id=25392&art_id=15664684 龍騰盃港隊逼和菲律賓史上最差] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108143850/http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20111001&sec_id=25391&subsec_id=25392&art_id=15664684 |date=8 November 2022 }} Apple Daily. 1 October 2011.

On 1 January 2012, Ng Wai-Chiu captained Hong Kong to victory over Guangdong in the 2012 Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup when Hong Kong won the cup on penalties.{{in lang|zh-hk}}[http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20120102&sec_id=25391&subsec=25392&art_id=15944232 第34屆省港盃（次回合）英雄輝狂救3個12碼　港隊捧盃上天堂] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922130720/http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20120102&sec_id=25391&subsec=25392&art_id=15944232 |date=22 September 2022 }} Apple Daily. 2 January 2012.

On 18 September 2012, Ng decided to quit international football.

Personal life

Ng Wai Chiu's uncle is Hong Kong actor Francis Ng. Francis Ng wrote the foreword for Ng Wai Chiu's autobiography Winning Over Myself (贏自己).{{in lang|zh-hk}}[http://www.takungpao.com.hk/news/09/07/09/WF-1109426.htm 無意投南華吳偉超心繫中超] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928180827/http://www.takungpao.com.hk/news/09/07/09/WF-1109426.htm |date=28 September 2011 }} Ta Kung Pao. 9 July 2009. He also has a sister, two years younger.

Ng Wai Chiu has been married since 2008. He first met his wife, Zhang Huiting, in 2005 when he worked for Shanghai Zhongbang, and later registered his marriage in Hong Kong.[https://web.archive.org/web/20161016025019/http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/sports/art/20151221/19420130 不浪漫：娶杭州嬌妻QQ當月老. Not Romantic: Marrying Hangzhou's Wife QQ Old in the Month] Apple Daily. 12 December 2015. However, he has enjoyed affairs with other women during his marriage, including most recently with a married woman.{{in lang|zh-hk}} Citation:"Wikipedia Offline": Factual source with documented voice recordings, photographs, and written communications. April–June 2021.

Career statistics

=International=

National team	Year	Apps
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="11"\|Hong Kong \|2001	1	0
2002	0	0
2003	1	0
2004	5	1
2005	1	0
2006	3	0
2007	1	0
2008	0	0
2009	3	1
2010	2	0
2011	2	0
colspan=2\|Total	19	2

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align: left;"

bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"

!Date

!Venue

!Opponent

!Result

!Record

!Competition

|14 January 2001

|Fatorda Stadium, Goa, India

|{{fb|ROU}}

|align=center|2–4

|align=center|0

|Sahara Millennium Cup

|4 December 2003

|National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan

|{{fb|South Korea}}

|align=center|1–3

|align=center|0

|2003 EAFF Championship

|18 February 2004

|Darulmakmur Stadium, Penang, Malaysia

|{{fb|Malaysia}}

|align=center|3–1

|align=center|{{goal}}

|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

|31 March 2004

|Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Hong Kong

|{{fb|China}}

|align=center|0–1

|align=center|0

|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

|9 June 2004

|Kazma SC Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait

|{{fb|Kuwait}}

|align=center|0–4

|align=center|0

|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

|13 October 2004

|Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

|{{fb|Malaysia}}

|align=center|2–0

|align=center|0

|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

|17 November 2004

|Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou, China

|{{fb|China}}

|align=center|0–7

|align=center|0

|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

|9 February 2005

|Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

|{{fb|Brazil}}

|align=center|1–7

|align=center|0

|2005 Carlsberg Cup

|18 February 2006

|Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

|{{fb|India}}

|align=center|2–2

|align=center|0

|Friendly

|22 February 2006

|Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

|{{fb|Qatar}}

|align=center|0–3

|align=center|0

|2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification

|1 March 2006

|Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh

|{{fb|Bangladesh}}

|align=center|1–0

|align=center|0

|2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification

|18 November 2007

|Macau UST Stadium, Macau

|{{fb|Macau}}

|align=center|9–1

|align=center|0

|Friendly

style="background-color:#89CFF0"

|[http://www.hkfa.com/en/match_result.php?match_date=2009-01-01&match_id=4658 31st Guangdong-HK Cup – Match Results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003091224/http://www.hkfa.com/en/match_result.php?match_date=2009-01-01&match_id=4658 |date=3 October 2012 }}, Hong Kong Football Association, 1 January 2009

|1 January 2009

|Yuexiushan Stadium, Guangzhou, China

|{{flagicon|CHN}} Guangdong

|align=center|1–3

|align=center|0

|2009 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup

style="background-color:#89CFF0"

|[http://www.hkfa.com/en/match_result.php?match_date=2009-01-04&match_id=4659 31st Guangdong-HK Cup – Match Results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003091246/http://www.hkfa.com/en/match_result.php?match_date=2009-01-04&match_id=4659 |date=3 October 2012 }}, Hong Kong Football Association, 4 January 2009

|4 January 2009

|Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

|{{flagicon|CHN}} Guangdong

|align=center|4–1

|align=center|{{goal}}

|2009 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup

|14 January 2009

|Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

|{{fb|India}}

|align=center|2–1

|align=center|{{goal}}

|Friendly

|21 January 2009

|Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

|{{fb|Bahrain}}

|align=center|1–3

|align=center|0

|2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification

|18 November 2009

|Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

|{{fb|Japan}}

|align=center|0–4

|align=center|0

|2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification

|7 February 2010

|Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan

|{{fb|KOR}}

|align=center|0–5

|align=center|0

|2010 East Asian Football Championship

|11 February 2010

|Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan

|{{fb|JPN}}

|align=center|0–3

|align=center|0

|2010 East Asian Football Championship

|30 September 2011

|Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

|{{fb|PHI}}

|align=center|3–3

|align=center|0

|2011 Long Teng Cup

|4 October 2011

|Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

|{{fb|TPE}}

|align=center|6–0

|align=center|0

|2011 Long Teng Cup

style="background-color:#89CFF0"

|29 December 2011

|Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

|{{flagicon|CHN}}Guangdong

|align=center|2–2

|align=center|(c)

|2012 Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup

style="background-color:#89CFF0"

|1 January 2012

|Huizhou Olympic Stadium, Huizhou, Guangdong, China

|{{flagicon|CHN}}Guangdong

|align=center|0 (4) –0 (5)

|align=center|(c)

|2012 Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup

Honours

Tianjin Quanjian

China League One: 2016{{cite web|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/b/2016-03-12/doc-ifxqhmve9121133.shtml|title=2016赛季中甲积分榜|publisher=sports.sina.com.cn|date=2016-03-12|accessdate=2019-08-06|archive-date=3 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603152458/http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/b/2016-03-12/doc-ifxqhmve9121133.shtml|url-status=live}}