Lee Kin Wo

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Lee Kin Wo

| fullname = Lee Kin Wo

| image = HK LeeKinWo Eastern 2009.JPG

| image_size = 250

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1967|10|20}}

| birth_place = Hong Kong

| height = {{height|m=1.78}}

| position = Winger

| currentclub =

| nationalyears1= 1987–2003

| nationalteam1= Hong Kong

| nationalcaps1= 48 | nationalgoals1 = 11

| manageryears1 =

| manageryears2 = 2007

| manageryears3 = 2007–2008

| manageryears4 = 2008–2013

| manageryears5 = 2017–2018

| manageryears6 = 2018

| managerclubs1 = Hong Kong 09

| managerclubs2 = Hong Kong

| managerclubs3 = Workable (player-manager)

| managerclubs4 = Eastern (player-manager)

| managerclubs5 = Eastern (assistant coach)

| managerclubs6 = Eastern

| club-update = 14 May 2018

}}

Lee Kin Wo ({{zh|t=李健和|j=lei⁵ gin⁶ wo⁴}}; born 20 October 1967) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer who played as a winger.

Lee won the Hong Kong Footballer of the Year award three times during his career. He holds an AFC "A" License.{{cite web|last1=Chan|first1=Kin-wa|title=Eastern boss Szeto Man-Chun walks after Kitchee thrashing as Lee Kin-wo steps up for crucial AFC Champions League tie|url=http://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2129738/eastern-boss-szeto-man-chun-walks-after-kitchee-thrashing-lee-kin-wo|website=South China Morning Post|date=19 January 2018|access-date=19 January 2018}}

Club career

Lee made his debut in Hong Kong First Division on 13 October 1985 when he was only 17 years old. He is most memorable for participating in the friendly match for South China (Lee was loaned from Eastern for that match, along with Dale Tempest) versus São Paulo, the Brazilian team with national representatives Cafu, Leonardo Araújo and Zetti at that time. Finally, South China won the match by 4–2 and Lee scored the fourth goal of his team.

Lee retired from professional football after the end of the 2008–09 season, at the age of 41.

International career

In May 2000, during an international friendly hosted by Macau, Lee kicked the football toward the upper body of the Macau referee Choi Kuok-kun, after several unfair decisions were being awarded in favour of the home side.{{Cite web|url=http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2000/05/29/referee-strikes-player-during-hong-kong-macau-match|title = Referee strikes player during Hong Kong Macau match}}Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/8FK1MwfpnkM Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20070310232538/http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=8FK1MwfpnkM Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FK1MwfpnkM&hl=en&gl=IL| title = Lee Kin Wo - Clash w/ Referee 燥球證怒毆李健和 | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} Hong Kong eventually won the match by 1–0 and Choi was banned from officiating for life.

Coaching career

Lee was appointed as the head coach of Hong Kong national football team on 22 May 2007.[http://www.hkfa.com/includes_files/board_details.php?news_id=4979 HKFA Website] East Asian Football Championship 2008 – Preliminary Competition: Hong Kong Team Training Squad The first match he led was a friendly match played away against Indonesia. Hong Kong lost by 0–3 in the match.

Lee was appointed as head coach of Eastern for the second time on 19 January 2018 following the resignation of Szeto Man Chun.{{cite web|last1=Chan|first1=Kin-wa|title=Eastern boss Szeto Man-Chun walks after Kitchee thrashing as Lee Kin-wo steps up for crucial AFC Champions League tie|url=http://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2129738/eastern-boss-szeto-man-chun-walks-after-kitchee-thrashing-lee-kin-wo|website=South China Morning Post|date=19 January 2018|access-date=19 January 2018}}