Ryan Lau Hok Ming (Chinese: 劉學銘, born 19 October 1995) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer who played as a centre back.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ryan Lau Hok Ming | ||
| Date of birth | 19 October 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Hong Kong | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) |
Centre back Defensive midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Kwai Tsing | |||
| 2011–2012 | Sham Shui Po | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2016 | Metro Gallery | 15 | (1) |
| 2016–2019 | Southern | 50 | (4) |
| 2019–2022 | Eastern | 0 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Lee Man (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → Pegasus (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | → Rangers (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Southern | 18 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | HKFC | 20 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015–2018 | Hong Kong U-22 | 10 | (2) |
| 2022 | Hong Kong | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 June 2022 | |||
Club career
editLau has been sent to Premier League football club Aston Villa[1] and La Liga football club Barcelona for training.
Metro Gallery
editOn 26 November 2014, Lau scored his first goal of his football career for Metro Gallery against Yuen Long, which the match loses 1:2. On 27 September 2015, Lau scored his first goal of Dreams Metro Gallery against Yuen Long, which the match wins 3:2.[2]
Southern
editIn June 2016, Lau signed for Southern. He made 50 appearances for the club and was a part of the club's 2018-19 Hong Kong FA Cup runners-up side.
On 31 May 2019, Southern announced that Lau would depart the club after three seasons.[3]
Eastern
editOn 1 June 2019, it was reported that Lau had signed with Eastern.[4] This was confirmed on 17 July 2019 during the club's season opening media event.[5]
Lee Man
editOn 1 September 2019, Lau was loaned to Lee Man for a year.[6]
Pegasus
editOn 15 October 2020, Eastern head coach Lee Chi Kin revealed that Lau had been loaned to Pegasus.[7]
Rangers
editOn 31 August 2021, Lau was loaned to Rangers.
Return to Southern
editOn 23 July 2022, Lau signed a contract to return to Southern after three seasons.[8]
HKFC
editOn 29 July 2023, Lau joined HKFC.
International career
editOn 1 June 2022, Lau made his international debut for Hong Kong in the friendly match against Malaysia.
Career statistics
editInternational
edit- As of matches played 14 June 2022
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong | 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | |
Family
editLau Hok Ming's brother Lau Ka Ming is a former professional football player.[9]
References
edit- ^ 劉學銘李毅凱維拉學法 Oriental Daily News 2011-5-14
- ^ "夢想駿其贏得險！臨完場前玩心跳！". on.cc. Retrieved 27 September 2015. (in Chinese)
- ^ "蘇沙、劉學銘等5將落「區」 夢想6名外援離隊". Sportsroad.hk. Retrieved 31 May 2019. (in Chinese)
- ^ Yuen, Chi Ho. "冠忠南區搶閘簽兩射手 夢想6外援全數離隊". HK01. Retrieved 1 June 2019. (in Chinese)
- ^ Yuen, Chi Ho. "李志堅攜大埔班底投東方龍獅 16新兵加盟佔全隊逾半". HK01. Retrieved 17 July 2019. (in Chinese)
- ^ "理文4:2挫飛馬響頭炮 從東方借用港足守將劉學銘". Ming Pao. Retrieved 1 September 2019. (in Chinese)
- ^ "東方復操備戰新季 李志堅稱富力退賽影響短暫 願簽部分失業兵". Ming Pao. Retrieved 15 October 2020. (in Chinese)
- ^ "南區第5簽 港將劉學銘歸隊". Sing Tao. Retrieved 23 July 2022. (in Chinese)
- ^ 港超聯 劉門雙傑打死不離親兄弟 on.cc 2016-4-11 (in Chinese)
External links
edit- Lau Hok Ming at Soccerway
- Lau Hok Ming at HKFA
- Lau Hok Ming on Instagram