Ho Ying Fun (1921 – 21 October 2012) was a professional footballer and football manager.[2] Born in Hong Kong, he represented Republic of China in 1948 Olympics[3][4] and Republic of China (Taiwan) in 1954, 1958 Asian Games, as well as 1956 and 1960 AFC Asian Cup.[5] Ho also represented Hong Kong League XI in Merdeka Tournament, a friendly tournament in 1957.[6]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1921 | ||
| Place of birth | British Hong Kong | ||
| Date of death | 21 October 2012[1] | ||
| Place of death | Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Singtao | |||
| International career | |||
| 194? | China | ||
| 1948 | China Olympic | 1 | (0) |
| 1954–1960 | Republic of China | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1966 | Republic of China | ||
| 1960s | Laos | ||
| 1973–1975 | Hong Kong | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
| Ho Ying Fun | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional Chinese | 何應芬 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 何应芬 | ||||||
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After retirement, he coached Republic of China (Taiwan) in 1966 Pestabola Merdeka.[5] He also coached Laos[1][7] and Hong Kong.
Honours
editRepublic of China
- Asian Games Gold medal: 1954, 1958
References
edit- ^ a b "足壇名宿何應芬辭世". Wen Wei Po (in Chinese). 25 October 2002. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ^ "Ho Ying Fun". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ^ "Chinese Olympic team 1948".
- ^ "Olympians in soccer side". The Sydney Morning Herald. archive of National Library of Australia. 14 July 1953. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ^ a b 鄭, 夏英; 吳, 俊賢; 王, 宏義 (December 2006). "The Influence of Hong Kong South China Football Club to Taiwan's Football Development (1949–1970)" (PDF). 《人文與社會》學報 (in Chinese). 1 (9th issue). I-Shou University: 237–265. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-10. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
- ^ Lee, John C.W. (2015). 足球王國：戰後初期的香港足球 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Hong Kong: Joint Publishing. p. 72. ISBN 9789620437823. Retrieved 18 December 2017 – via Google Books preview.
- ^ "體育漫談". The Chinese Times (in Chinese). Vancouver. 28 September 1968. Retrieved 9 September 2017 – via archive of Simon Fraser University Library.
External links
edit- Ho Ying Fun – FIFA competition record (archived)
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