Cheung Chi Doy

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Cheung Chi Doy

| image = Cheung Chi Doy.jpg

| fullname = Cheung Chi Doy

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1941|7|30}}

| birth_place = Hong Kong

| height = 1.74m

| position = Forward

| youthyears1 = 1957–1959

| youthclubs1 = Sing Tao

| years1 = 1959–1960

| years2 = 1960–1962

| years3 = 1962

| years4 = 1962–1963

| years5 = 1963–1964

| years6 = 1964–1968

| years7 = 1968

| years8 = 1968

| years9 = 1968–1971

| years10 = 1971–1972

| years11 = 1972–1978

| clubs1 = {{ill|Tung Wah|zh|東華體育會|vertical-align=sup}}

| clubs2 = Blackpool

| clubs3 = Yuen Long

| clubs4 = Kwong Wah

| clubs5 = Kitchee

| clubs6 = Sing Tao

| clubs7 = Vancouver Royals

| clubs8 = St. Louis Stars

| clubs9 = Jardine

| clubs10 = Fire Services

| clubs11 = Happy Valley

| caps1 = 24

| caps2 = 2

| caps3 = 6

| caps4 = 17

| caps5 = 25

| caps6 = 102

| caps7 = 11

| caps8 = 8

| caps9 = 62

| caps10 = 20

| caps11 = 143

| goals1 = 13

| goals2 = 1

| goals3 = 6

| goals4 = 9

| goals5 = 16

| goals6 = 58

| goals7 = 2

| goals8 = 0

| goals9 = 30

| goals10 = 8

| goals11 = 51

| manageryears1 = 1980–1981

| managerclubs1 = Bulova

| manageryears2 = 1981–1982

| managerclubs2 = Double Flower

| manageryears3 = 1982–1983

| managerclubs3 = Kuitan

| manageryears4 = 1983–1985

| managerclubs4 = Kitchee

| nationalyears1 = 1962–1971

| nationalteam1 = Republic of China

| nationalcaps1 = 35

| nationalgoals1 = 17

}}

{{Chinese

| title = Cheung Chi Doy

| t = 張子岱

| s = 张子岱

| j = Jēung Jídoih

| p = Zhāng Zidài

| w = Chang Tzu Tai

| order = ts

}}

Cheung Chi Doy (or transliterated as Chang Tse Da; born 30 July 1941) is a Hong Kong former professional footballer.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/700223 |title=Cheung Chi Doy |work=Olympedia |access-date=14 December 2021}} Started his career in native Hong Kong, in the British Empire, he also played for English side Blackpool. In international level, he represented Republic of China (aka Taiwan, now Chinese Taipei national team).

Cheung was the first Asian and Hong Kong football player to play in Europe. He began his career in the Hong Kong First Division at 14 years of age. In 1960, he went to play for English club Blackpool, where he was a teammate of Jimmy Armfield. He became the first ethnic Chinese player to appear in the top flight of English football.{{cite book|last=Gillatt|first=Peter|title=Blackpool FC on This Day: History, Facts and Figures from Every Day of the Year |publisher=Pitch Publishing Ltd|date=30 November 2009|isbn=978-1-905411-50-4}} He made two appearances for Blackpool's first team and scored one goal,[http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/blackpool/blackpool.html Blackpool players at Neil Brown's statistical website] against Sheffield Wednesday on November 25, 1961. In 1968, he and his brother Cheung Chi Wai joined the Vancouver Royals, playing under Bobby Robson in the North American Soccer League. While he began the season in Vancouver, he finished it with the St. Louis Stars. He also played for Tung Wah, Kitchee and Jardine SA in the Hong Kong First Division.

Since the end of Cheung's stint at Blackpool in 1962, he remains the first and, thus far, only Hong Kong-born football player to have ever played for a top-flight European club. He remains the only Hongkonger to have played professional football in England.

In the 1963-64 season, he scored a record number of 42 goals playing for Kitchee SC.

Personal life

Cheung Chi Doy's father, Chang King Hai ({{zh|t=張金海}}), and brother Cheung Chi Wai were also footballers.

Cheung Chi Doy's son, Nelson Cheung Hok-yun ({{zh|t=張學潤}}, 5 June 1963 - 18 May 2023), nicknamed Nel Nel, was an actor and fashion designer.{{cite news|url=http://news.singtao.ca/toronto/2011-04-09/hongkong1302342760d3117701.html|title=Zhāng Xué rùn píng fù tōu qiè|script-title=zh:張學潤評父偷竊|trans-title=Nelson Cheung's comment on father's stealing|date=9 April 2011|access-date=11 September 2017|work=Sing Tao Daily (Canada edition)|location=Hong Kong|language=zh-hk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170723173204/http://news.singtao.ca/toronto/2011-04-09/hongkong1302342760d3117701.html|archive-date=23 July 2017|url-status=dead}} Nelson committed suicide on 18 May 2023.{{cite news |title=張學潤Nel Nel離世｜鄰居羅霖上門揭自殺昨晚一齊食飯冇異樣 |url=https://www.hk01.com/%E5%8D%B3%E6%99%82%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/899621/%E5%BC%B5%E5%AD%B8%E6%BD%A4nel-nel%E9%9B%A2%E4%B8%96-%E9%84%B0%E5%B1%85%E7%BE%85%E9%9C%96%E4%B8%8A%E9%96%80%E6%8F%AD%E8%87%AA%E6%AE%BA-%E6%98%A8%E6%99%9A%E4%B8%80%E9%BD%8A%E9%A3%9F%E9%A3%AF%E5%86%87%E7%95%B0%E6%A8%A3 |work=HK01 |date=19 May 2023 |language=zh-HK}}

In 2011 Cheung Chi Doy was arrested for shoplifting in a supermarket. He was fined HK$2,000 by the court.{{cite news|url=https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/news/20110409/00176_042.html|script-title=zh:足球名宿張子岱偷紅酒|newspaper=Oriental Daily|location=Hong Kong|language=zh-hk|date=9 April 2011|access-date=11 October 2019}}

Honours

Kitchee

Hong Kong First Division League: 1963-64

Sing Tao

Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield: 1966-67

Individual

Asian All Stars: 1965,{{cite web |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/straitstimes19650830-1.1.24 |title=16 named for All- Stars |publisher=The Straits Times |website=Gov.sg |date=30 August 1965 |access-date=7 September 2020 |archive-date=20 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620173044/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/straitstimes19650830-1.1.24 |url-status=live }} 1966,{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sheffwed-fulhamtour66.html |title=Sheffield Wednesday and Fulham Tour of Asia 1966 |date=10 July 2003 |access-date=7 September 2020 |first=Ian |last=King |archive-date=20 February 2020 |website=RSSSF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220072232/http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/sheffwed-fulhamtour66.html |url-status=live }} 1967{{cite web |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19670526-1.2.197 |title=Leicester show lust for goals |publisher=The Straits Times |date=26 May 1967 |access-date=7 September 2020 |website=Gov.sg |archive-date=20 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620173531/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19670526-1.2.197 |url-status=live }}
MasterCard Asian/Oceanian Team of the 20th Century: 1998{{cite web |url=http://www.soccertimes.com/international/1998/may15.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990221145250/http://www.soccertimes.com/international/1998/may15.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 February 1999 |title=Ramos, Balboa named to MasterCard CONCACAF 20th Century team. |work=Soccer Times|date=15 May 1998 |access-date=1 April 2020}}

References

External links

[http://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/C/Cheung.Chi-Doy.htm NASL statistics]
[http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/sport/pool-pioneers-of-the-orient-1-423692 "Pool Pioneers of the Orient"] - Blackpool Gazette, 26 February 2008
{{FIFA player|289793}}

Category:1941 births

Category:Sing Tao SC players

Category:Hong Kong men's footballers

Category:Blackpool F.C. players

Category:Kitchee SC players

Category:Hong Kong First Division League players

Category:North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players

Category:Vancouver Royals players

Category:St. Louis Stars (soccer) players

Category:Living people

Category:Hong Kong expatriate men's footballers

Category:Expatriate men's footballers in England