Yu Wai Lim

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Yu Wai Lim
余煒廉

| image = Yu wai lim 2023.jpg

| image_size = 250

| fullname = Yu Wai Lim

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|9|20|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Hong Kong

| height = 1.80m

| position = Centre back
Right back

| currentclub = Lee Man

| clubnumber = 55

| youthyears1 = 2008–2009

| youthclubs1 = Tai Po

| youthyears2 = 2009–2011

| youthclubs2 = Sun Hei

| youthyears3 = 2011–2015

| youthclubs3 = Kitchee

| clubs1 = Tai Po

| years1 = 2015–2016

| caps1 = 23

| goals1 = 0

| clubs2 = Yuen Long

| years2 = 2016–2018

| caps2 = 15

| goals2 = 0

| clubs3 = Lee Man

| years3 = 2018–2024

| caps3 = 75

| goals3 = 0

| clubs4 = Wuxi Wugo

| years4 = 2024

| caps4 = 13

| goals4 = 0

| clubs5 = Lee Man

| years5 = 2025–

| caps5 = 0

| goals5 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2013–2014

| nationalteam1 = Hong Kong U-16

| nationalcaps1 = 6

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2015–2017

| nationalteam2 = Hong Kong U-19

| nationalcaps2 = 4

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2019

| nationalteam3 = Hong Kong U-22

| nationalcaps3 = 3

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| nationalyears4 = 2021–

| nationalteam4 = Hong Kong

| nationalcaps4 = 9

| nationalgoals4 = 0

| club-update = 28 January 2025

| nationalteam-update = 5 September 2024

}}

Yu Wai Lim ({{zh|t=余煒廉}}; born 20 September 1998) is a Hong Kong professional footballer who currently plays as a defender for Hong Kong Premier League club Lee Man.

Club career

On 17 July 2016, Yuen Long confirmed the signing of Yu.{{cite web |title=元朗組青春班盼再上一層樓 |url=http://paper.wenweipo.com/2016/07/17/SP1607170013.htm |website=Wenweipo |access-date=17 July 2016}} {{in lang|zh-hk}}

On 17 July 2018, Yu was named as one of fourteen new players at Lee Man.{{cite web |title=陳曉明領理文14新兵開操球員入選港足有獎金 |url=https://news.mingpao.com/ins/%E9%AB%94%E8%82%B2/article/20180717/s00006/1531825812788/%E3%80%90%E6%B8%AF%E8%B6%85%E3%80%91%E9%99%B3%E6%9B%89%E6%98%8E%E9%A0%98%E7%90%86%E6%96%8714%E6%96%B0%E5%85%B5%E9%96%8B%E6%93%8D-%E7%90%83%E5%93%A1%E5%85%A5%E9%81%B8%E6%B8%AF%E8%B6%B3%E6%9C%89%E7%8D%8E%E9%87%91 |website=Ming Pao |access-date=17 July 2018}} {{in lang|zh-hk}}

On 24 June 2024, Yu joined China League One club Wuxi Wugo.[https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/sport/20240624/bkn-20240624223402638-0624_00882_001.html 外流港將余煒廉加盟中甲無錫吳鈎] on.cc 24 June 2024

On 28 January 2025, Yu returned to Lee Man.[https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/sport/20250128/bkn-20250128112826106-0128_00882_001.html 港超聯余煒廉重返理文] on.cc 28 January 2025

International career

On 11 June 2021, Yu made his international debut for Hong Kong in a 2022 World Cup qualifiers against Iraq.

Career statistics

=International=

National team	Year	Apps
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="4"\|Hong Kong \|2021	2	0
2022	4	0
2023	1	0
2024	2	0
colspan=2\|Total	9	0

class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="font-size:85%; text-align: left;"

bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"

!Date

!Venue

!Opponent

!Result

!Competition

|11 June 2021

|Al Muharraq Stadium, Arad, Bahrain

|{{fb|Iraq}}

|align=center|0–1

|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round

|15 June 2021

|Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain

|{{fb|Bahrain}}

|align=center|0–4

|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round

|1 June 2022

|National Stadium Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

|{{fb|Malaysia}}

|align=center|0–2

|Friendly

|8 June 2022

|Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, India

|{{fb|Afghanistan}}

|align=center|2–1

|2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification – third round

|11 June 2022

|Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, India

|{{fb|Cambodia}}

|align=center|3–0

|2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification – third round

|21 September 2022

|Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong

|{{fb|Myanmar}}

|align=center|2–0

|Friendly

|19 June 2023

|Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong

|{{fb|Thailand}}

|align=center|0–1

|Friendly

|11 June 2024

|Ashgabat Stadium, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

|{{fb|TKM}}

|align=center|0–0

|2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round

Honours

=Club=

;Tai Po

Hong Kong First Division League: 2015–16[http://news.takungpao.com.hk/paper/q/2016/0509/3316070.html 大埔提早一輪奪升港超資格] 大公網 2016-05-09

;Yuen Long

Hong Kong Senior Shield: 2017–18[http://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/sport/20161127/bkn-20161127163531252-1127_00882_001.html 港超聯　元朗掃平大埔做3哥喇！] on.cc 2016-11-28

;Lee Man