Jared Lum

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jared Lum

| image = Jared Lum.jpg

| image_size = 250

| fullname = Jared Christopher Lum

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|7|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = Sydney, Australia

| height = {{height|m=1.76}}

| currentclub = North West Sydney Spirit

| clubnumber =

| position = Central midfielder
Right wing

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Winston Hill Bears

| youthyears2 =

| youthclubs2 = Hills Brumbies

| youthyears3 =

| youthclubs3 = Northern Spirit

| youthyears4 =

| youthclubs4 = Blacktown City

| youthyears5 =

| youthclubs5 = Sydney Wanderers

| youthyears6 = 2008–2009

| youthclubs6 = Sydney FC

| youthyears7 = 2009

| youthclubs7 = A.I.S.

| years1 = 2010 | caps1 = | goals1 = 0 | clubs1 = Marconi Stallions

| years2 = 2011–2013 | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | clubs2 = Sydney FC

| years3 = 2011 | caps3 = | goals3 = 4 | clubs3 = → Bonnyrigg White Eagles (loan)

| years4 = 2012 | caps4 = | goals4 = 0 | clubs4 = → Sydney United (loan)

| years5 = 2013–2016 | caps5 = 60 | goals5 = 5 | clubs5 = Marconi Stallions

| years6 = 2016–2020 | caps6 = 64 | goals6 = 16 | clubs6 = Kitchee

| years7 = 2020 | caps7 = 0 | goals7 = 0 | clubs7 = R&F

| years8 = 2020–2022 | caps8 = 16 | goals8 = 4 | clubs8 = Eastern

| years9 = 2022 | caps9 = 4 | goals9 = 0 | clubs9 = Bonnyrigg White Eagles

| years10= 2023– | caps10= 50 | goals10= 2 | clubs10= North West Sydney Spirit

| nationalyears1 = 2007–2009 | nationalteam1 = Australia U-17 | nationalcaps1 = 18 | nationalgoals1 = 2

| nationalyears2 = 2009–2010 | nationalteam2 = Australia U-20 | nationalcaps2 = 7 | nationalgoals2 = 1

| club-update = 23 January 2025

| ntupdate = 30 August 2016

}}

Jared Christopher Lum ({{zh|t=林恩許}}; born 19 July 1992) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder and is currently a free agent. He last played for Hong Kong side Eastern.{{Cite web|url=https://www.offside.hk/league/jared-lum-im-very-fortunate-to-be-at-eastern-and-am-happy-to-have-the-ball-at-my-feet-again/|title=Jared Lum: "I'm very fortunate to be at Eastern and am happy to have the ball at my feet again"|date=13 December 2020 |publisher=offside.hk}}

Club career

In 2010, Lum joined Marconi Stallions, where he was earmarked as one of the club's most promising players, after graduating from the Australian Institute of Sport.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com.au/news/sterreys-star-in-the-making-167667|magazine=FourFourTwo|date=20 February 2010|access-date=8 May 2017|title=Sterrey's star in the making|author=Ormond, Aidan|archive-date=8 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708194337/https://www.fourfourtwo.com.au/news/sterreys-star-in-the-making-167667|url-status=dead}}

Lum signed for Hong Kong Premier League club Kitchee on 11 January 2016.{{cite news|url=http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1235038-20160112.htm|title=Kitchee sign former Australia youth captain|publisher=RTHK|date=12 January 2016|access-date=8 May 2017}}

On 26 May 2018, Lum revealed that he had re-signed for another two years.{{cite web|last1=Tsang|first1=Ngan Ping|last2=Hseun|first2=Ka Man|last3=Choi|first3=Ming Hau|title=傑志膺三冠王大換血盧均宜灑淚告別|url=https://hk.sports.appledaily.com/sports/daily/article/20180527/20402656|website=Ming Pao|access-date=27 May 2018|archive-date=8 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708191918/https://hk.sports.appledaily.com/sports/daily/article/20180527/20402656|url-status=dead}} {{in lang|zh-hk}}

On 25 June 2020, it was revealed that Lum would leave Kitchee after 4.5 years and would sign for another HKPL club R&F.{{cite web |last1=Yuen |first1=Chi Ho |title=富力復操徐宏傑首亮相白鶴林嘉緯確認離隊 |url=https://www.hk01.com/%E5%8D%B3%E6%99%82%E9%AB%94%E8%82%B2/490459/%E6%B8%AF%E8%B6%85%E8%81%AF-%E5%AF%8C%E5%8A%9B%E5%BE%A9%E6%93%8D%E5%BE%90%E5%AE%8F%E5%82%91%E9%A6%96%E4%BA%AE%E7%9B%B8-%E7%99%BD%E9%B6%B4%E6%9E%97%E5%98%89%E7%B7%AF%E7%A2%BA%E8%AA%8D%E9%9B%A2%E9%9A%8A |website=HK01 |date=25 June 2020 |access-date=25 June 2020}} {{in lang|zh-hk}} On 14 October 2020, Lum left the club after his club's withdrawal from the HKPL in the new season.

On 19 November 2020, Lum joined Eastern.[https://news.mingpao.com/ins/%E9%AB%94%E8%82%B2/article/20201119/s00006/1605774958920/%E6%B8%AF%E8%B6%85-%E6%9D%B1%E6%96%B9%E9%BE%8D%E7%8D%85%E9%96%8B%E5%92%A7%E5%89%8D%E7%B0%BD%E5%85%A9%E5%AF%8C%E5%8A%9B%E5%85%B5-%E9%A6%AE%E6%85%B6%E7%87%81%E7%9B%B8%E9%9A%94%E6%95%B8%E6%9C%88%E5%9B%9E%E5%B7%A2-%E9%80%99%E5%B0%B1%E6%98%AF%E4%BA%BA%E7%94%9F 港超︱東方龍獅開咧前簽兩富力兵　馮慶燁相隔數月回巢：這就是人生] Ming Pao 19 November 2020 He left the club on 9 July 2022.{{cite web |title=東方連放7位球員港將費蘭度尋找新東家 |url=https://www.singtao.ca/5893006/2022-07-09/news-%E6%B8%AF%E8%B6%85%E2%94%82%E6%9D%B1%E6%96%B9%E9%80%A3%E6%94%BE7%E4%BD%8D%E7%90%83%E5%93%A1+%E6%B8%AF%E5%B0%87%E8%B2%BB%E8%98%AD%E5%BA%A6%E5%B0%8B%E6%89%BE%E6%96%B0%E6%9D%B1%E5%AE%B6/?variant=zh-hk |website=Sing Tao | date=9 July 2022 |access-date=9 July 2022}} {{in lang|zh-hk}}

International career

In May 2017, Lum was called up to the Fiji to play New Caledonia. However, there remained some doubt at the time as to whether he was eligible to play on the basis of his Fijian ancestry.{{cite news|url=https://www.fijifootball.com.fj/lum-called-to-join-national-squad/|title=Lum called to join national squad|date=4 May 2017|access-date=8 May 2017|publisher=Fiji Football Association}} In a later interview, Lum revealed that he was not interested in playing for Fiji as he thought that the football in Fiji was not professional enough.{{cite news|url=https://www.hk01.com/%E9%AB%94%E8%82%B2/90582/-%E6%B8%AF%E8%B6%85-%E6%9E%97%E6%81%A9%E8%A8%B1%E5%90%A6%E8%AA%8D%E4%BB%A3%E8%A1%A8%E6%96%90%E6%BF%9F-%E8%AE%9A%E6%8F%9A%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E7%90%83%E5%A3%87%E6%9B%B4%E5%B0%88%E6%A5%AD|trans-title=Jared Lum rejects Fiji, praises Hong Kong as more professional|publisher=hk01.com|language=Chinese|title=林恩許否認代表斐濟讚揚香港球壇更專業|date=12 May 2017|access-date=16 May 2017}} {{in lang|zh-hk}}

In March 2020, Lum said in an interview that one of his goals was to represent Hong Kong.{{cite web |title=林恩許：與香港的不解緣寫下人生的新一章 |url=https://www.sportsroad.hk/archives/289009 |website=Sportsroad |date=23 March 2020 |access-date=23 March 2020}} {{in lang|zh-hk}}

Personal life

Lum's paternal grandmother is a Hongkonger who grew up in Happy Valley and moved to Fiji at age 10, where she met his paternal grandfather who is also ethnically Chinese.{{cite web |title=林恩許：與香港的不解緣寫下人生的新一章 |url=https://www.sportsroad.hk/archives/289009 |website=Sportsroad |date=23 March 2020 |access-date=23 March 2020}} {{in lang|zh-hk}} His father was born in Fiji and the family emigrated to Sydney when he was two.

On his mother's side, his maternal grandparents are Scottish and moved to Australia in 1969. Lum's parents met when they were attending high school together in Sydney.

Lum married his wife Nelly in 2016 and has two sons.{{cite web |title=林恩許：當初唔要我嘅人係損失 |url=https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/sport/20180201/bkn-20180201003851445-0201_00882_001.html |website=on.cc |date=February 2018 |access-date=1 February 2020}} {{in lang|zh-hk}}