Yeung Ching Kwong
{{Short description|Hong Kong footballer (born 1976)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Yeung Ching Kwong
| image = Yeung Ching Kwong.jpg
| image_size = 200
| fullname = Yeung Ching Kwong
| height = 1.72 m
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1976|5|7}}
| position = Centre midfielder
| birth_place = Hong Kong
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1=
| youthclubs1=
| years1 = 1993–1994 | years2 = 1994–1995 | years3 = 1995–1997 | years4 = 1997–2009 | years5 = 2008–2009 | years6 = 2009 | years7 =2009–2011
| clubs1 = Kitchee | clubs2 = Kui Tan | clubs3 = Eastern | clubs4 = South China | clubs5 = → Pegasus (loan) | clubs6 = → Eastern (loan) | clubs7 =Pegasus
| caps1 = | goals1 = | caps2 = | goals2 = | caps3 = | goals3 = | caps4 = 52 | goals4 = 10 | caps5 = 7 | goals5 = 0 | caps6 = 5 | goals6 = 1 | caps7 = 0 | goals7 = 0
| nationalyears1= 2001–2010
| nationalteam1= Hong Kong
| nationalcaps1= 7
| nationalgoals1= 0
| manageryears1= 2009–2012
| managerclubs1= Pegasus (player-coach)
| manageryears2= 2012–2015
| managerclubs2= South China (assistant coach)
| manageryears3= 2015
| managerclubs3= Eastern
| manageryears4= 2015–2017
| managerclubs4= Meizhou Hakka (assistant coach)
| manageryears5= 2017
| managerclubs5= Pegasus (assistant coach)
| manageryears6= 2017–2018
| managerclubs6= Pegasus
| manageryears7= 2018–2020
| managerclubs7= R&F
| manageryears8= 2021
| managerclubs8= Meizhou Hakka (assistant coach)
| manageryears9= 2022–2023
| managerclubs9= Kitchee (youth coach)
| manageryears10= 2023–2025
| managerclubs10= Southern
| pcupdate = 6 June 2023
| ntupdate = 24 February 2008
}}
{{family name hatnote|Yeung|lang=Chinese}}
Yeung Ching Kwong ({{zh|t=楊正光|j=joeng4 zing3 gwong1}}, born 7 May 1976) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer and a football coach.
Managerial career
Yeung worked previously as an assistant with Pegasus and South China.
In 2015, he served as head coach of Eastern before resigning on 8 December 2015 to become an assistant coach with Meizhou Hakka.{{cite web|title=港足史上首位女主帥誕生！陳婉婷接替楊正光執東方教鞭|url=http://sportsroad.hk/archives/98594|website=體路|access-date=8 December 2015}} {{in lang|zh-hk}} His successor, Chan Yuen Ting, led Eastern to the 2015–16 Hong Kong Premier League title and became the first woman to lead a men's professional side to a league title.{{cite news|last1=Chan|first1=Kin-wa|title=Hong Kong's Chan Yuen-ting becomes first woman ever to coach a men's soccer team to top-flight title|url=http://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/1937828/party-time-eastern-snatch-first-top-flight-championship-20-years|work=South China Morning Post|date=22 April 2016}}
On 31 March 2017, Pegasus announced via Facebook that Yeung had returned to the club to become an assistant coach under manager Kevin Bond.{{cite web|title=港超聯 返嚟喇！楊正光任香港飛馬助教博爭盃|url=http://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/sport/20170331/bkn-20170331114845359-0331_00882_001.html|website=on.cc|publisher=東網}} {{in lang|zh-hk}} Following Bond's departure to join Harry Redknapp's coaching staff at Birmingham City, Yeung was promoted to be the head coach in June 2017.{{cite web|title=【未講得住】飛馬外援換血 三線各一新援遲啲公布|url=http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/sports/20170619/56848861|website=Apple Daily|access-date=19 June 2017}} {{in lang|zh-hk}}
On 14 June 2018, Yeung was announced as the head coach of Hong Kong Premier League side R&F.{{cite web|title=公告｜杨正光先生出任港超R&F富力主教练|url=http://www.gzrffc.com.cn/index.php?case=archive&act=show&aid=5866|publisher=Guangzhou R&F}} {{in lang|zh-hk}} On 19 May 2019, Yeung disclosed to the media that he had renewed his contract for a further two years.{{cite web |last1=Gao |first1=Si Kei |title=富力險勝飛馬 來季外援註六出四 力爭亞冠資格 |url=https://www.hk01.com/%E5%8D%B3%E6%99%82%E9%AB%94%E8%82%B2/330708/%E6%B8%AF%E8%B6%85%E8%81%AF-%E5%AF%8C%E5%8A%9B%E9%9A%AA%E5%8B%9D%E9%A3%9B%E9%A6%AC-%E4%BE%86%E5%AD%A3%E5%A4%96%E6%8F%B4%E8%A8%BB%E5%85%AD%E5%87%BA%E5%9B%9B-%E5%8A%9B%E7%88%AD%E4%BA%9E%E5%86%A0%E8%B3%87%E6%A0%BC |website=HK01 |access-date=19 May 2019}} {{in lang|zh-hk}} On 14 October 2020, he left the club after his club announced its withdrawal from HKPL in the new season.
In February 2021, Yeung became the assistant coach of Meizhou Hakka.
On 18 March 2022, Yeung returned to Hong Kong and joined Kitchee as a youth coach.
On 6 June 2023, Yeung was announced as the head coach of Southern.[https://news.mingpao.com/ins/%E9%AB%94%E8%82%B2/article/20230606/s00006/1686040151320/%E6%B8%AF%E8%B6%85-%E6%A5%8A%E6%AD%A3%E5%85%89%E6%8E%A5%E4%BB%BB%E5%86%A0%E5%BF%A0%E5%8D%97%E5%8D%80%E4%B8%BB%E6%95%99%E7%B7%B4-%E7%9B%B8%E9%9A%943%E5%B9%B4%E5%86%8D%E5%9F%B7%E6%B8%AF%E8%B6%85%E6%95%99%E9%9E%AD 港超︱楊正光接任冠忠南區主教練 相隔3年再執港超教鞭] Ming Pao 6 June 2023
Career statistics
=Club=
As of 1 February 2009.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||||||||
| colspan=3 | Club performance
! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | Cup ! colspan=2 | League Cup ! colspan=2 | Continental ! colspan=2 | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League
! Apps | Goals
! Apps | Goals
! Apps | Goals
! Apps | Goals
! Apps | Goals | ||
| colspan=3 | Hong Kong
! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | League Cup ! colspan=2 | Asia ! colspan=2 | Total | |||||||||
| 2005–06 | rowspan="3"|South China | rowspan="6"|First Division
|7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | |
| |9 | 2 | ||||||||
| 2006–07
|9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2 | |||
| |13 | 2 | ||||||||
| 2007–08
|5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| rowspan="2"|2008–09 | Pegasus
|4 (3) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | colspan=2 | ||||
| |colspan=2 | |||||||||
| |4 (3) | 0 | ||||||||
| Eastern
|5 (0) | 1 | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 | 11 (0) | 1 |
| 2009–10 | rowspan="1"|Pegasus
|0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | colspan="2" | ||
| |0 (0) | 0 | ||||||||
| rowspan=1 | Total
! colspan=2 | Hong Kong !?||?||?||?||?||?||?||?||?||? |
References
External links
- [https://www2.hkfa.com/en/player_view.php?player_id=39 Yeung Ching Kwong] at HKFA
- [http://www.scaafc.com/template?series=3&article=27 Scaafc.com] 球員資料 - 8. 楊正光 {{in lang|zh}}
- [http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/scaablog/article?mid=18&fid=5 SCAA Official Blog] 8號 楊正光 (Yeung Ching Kwong) {{in lang|zh}}
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Category:Hong Kong men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Hong Kong First Division League players
Category:Eastern Sports Club footballers
Category:South China AA players
Category:Hong Kong Pegasus FC players
Category:21st-century Hong Kong sportsmen
Category:Hong Kong men's international footballers
Category:South China AA managers
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Category:Hong Kong League XI representative players
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