Yiu Cheuk Yin

{{short description|Hong Kong footballer}}

{{family name hatnote|Yao (姚)|lang=Chinese}}

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|birth_place = British Hong Kong

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|years3 = 1959–1961

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|years4 = 1961–1963

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|years6 = 1965–1967

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{{Chinese|title=Yiu Chuk Yin|t=姚卓然|s=姚卓然|p=Yáo Zhuó Rán|order=ts}}

Yiu Cheuk Yin (or transliterated as Yiu Chuk Yin; 3 July 1928 – 1 February 2008) was a former Hong Kong footballer who represented Republic of China (Taiwan) in the Asian Games, AFC Asian Cup and in the Olympics,{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/27439 |title=Yiu Cheuk Yin |work=Olympedia |access-date=14 December 2021}} but spent his entire career in British Hong Kong, a colony of the British Empire.

Yiu also represented Hong Kong Chinese{{cite news|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19590608-1.2.131|title=

Hong Kong keep Cup|date=8 June 1959|access-date=8 September 2017|work=The Straits Times|publication-place=Singapoire|via=archive of Singapore National Library}}{{cite news|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/nysp19590608-1.1.10|title=和和杯足球賽港華蟬聯三屆冠軍七比二擊敗馬華隊觀眾達一萬七千人|date=8 June 1959|access-date=9 September 2017|work=Nanyang Siang Pau|publication-place=Singapore|via=Singapore National Library|language=Chinese}} in a non-FIFA recognized match against Malayan Chinese in 1959 Ho Ho Cup.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesh/hoho.html|title=Ho Ho Cup and Por Yen Cup|date=5 June 2012|website=RSSSF|access-date=8 September 2017}}

Yiu, along with Mok Chun Wah and Ho Cheng Yau, was collectively known as the Three Aces of South China.