Cheng Siu Chung (; born 29 September 1972) is a

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manager and former professional

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. He is currently the technical director of

Hong Kong Premier League The Hong Kong Premier League () is a Hong Kong professional football league organised by the Football Association of Hong Kong, China. It is currently sponsored by BOC Life and officially known as BOC Life Hong Kong Premier League (). The inau ...

club Southern. He served as a commentator for the

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for the Cantonese subscription television network,

Astro Wah Lai Toi Astro Wah Lai Toi () is a Cantonese Video on demand service (formerly a Cantonese TV channel) owned and operated by Astro in partnership with Hong Kong's TVB. The channel offers mainly TVB programming, alongside some local content. To satisfy ...

Club career

Cheng moved to

Costa Rica Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ...

when he was 8 years old along with his parents and sister, and is fluent in Spanish and English as well as his native

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. His father, Cheng Kwok Kan, was a famous footballer in Hong Kong who played for Happy Valley before moving to Costa Rica. Cheng started his career in Costa Rica where he also represented Costa Rica for the youth level. In 1994,

Alajuelense Liga Deportiva Alajuelense (LDA, ), commonly known as Alajuelense and nicknamed La Liga (), is a Costa Rican multisport club based in the borough of El Llano, Alajuela, Alajuela province. Although they compete in a number of different sports, Al ...

sold Cheng to

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for a then record transfer fee of HK$234,000. It has been the highest transfer fee record in

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. The record stood until 2007 when

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bought

Chan Wai Ho Chan Wai Ho ( zh, 陳偉豪; born 24 April 1982) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer who currently plays as a centre back. Chan was a member of the East Asian Games gold medal-winning Hong Kong U-23 squad in 2009. He was also the ...

from

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by HK$400,000.

Managerial career

While serving a coach at

Kitchee Kitchee Sports Club (; ; ) is a Hong Kong professional Association football, football club based in Kowloon. It was founded in 1931 and currently competes in the Hong Kong Premier League. The club has won 12 List of Hong Kong football champion ...

, also played for Southern which at the time were in the

Hong Kong Third District Division League Hong Kong Third 'District' Division League was a division of the third overall tier of the Hong Kong football league system organised by the Hong Kong Football Association in Hong Kong, along with Hong Kong Third 'A' Division League. It was fol ...

. On 7 May 2015, Kitchee announced on Facebook that Cheng had been hired by Southern as their new manager after the district club announced that they would seek a license to compete in the 2015-16 Hong Kong Premier League. After five seasons, Cheng departed Southern on 16 March 2020 after a falling out with Southern's upper management. He failed to win any trophies for Southern during his spell with the club. On 13 June 2022, Cheng returned to Southern as the club's new head coach. On 3 June 2023, Cheng changed his role as the technical director of Southern.

Honours

Player

Club

;Alajuelense *

Liga FPD The Primera División of Costa Rica, commonly known as Liga de Fútbol de Primera División (Liga FPD), and Liga Promerica for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional association football division in Costa Rica. It is administered by the Uni ...

: 1991, 1992 ;Eastern *

Hong Kong First Division The Hong Kong First Division League () is the second-highest division in the Hong Kong football league system. Established in 1908, it is the third oldest in Asia, after Calcutta and Bombay. Moreover, it is the oldest top-flight league system ...

: 1994–95 ;Instant-Dict *

: 1997–98 *

Hong Kong FA Cup Hong Kong FA Cup () is a knockout cup competition in Hong Kong football, run by and named after The Hong Kong Football Association. The first edition of the competition was held in 1975, before then the cup was known as the Golden Jubilee Cup. T ...

: 1996–97, 1997–98, 2000–01 ;South China *

: 1999–2000 *

Hong Kong Senior Shield The Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield (), known commonly as the Senior Shield, is the football knockout inter-club competition held in Hong Kong and the fourth oldest football tournament in Asia. Traditionally, only teams that play in the Hong K ...

: 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2001–02 *

: 1998–99, 2001–02 ;Happy Valley *

: 2002–03

Individual

* Hong Kong Footballer of the Year:

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

Assistant manager

;Kitchee *

: 2014–15 *

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, 2011–12, 2013–14 *

: 2011–12,

2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sp ...

, 2014–15 *

Hong Kong League Cup Hong Kong Football Association League Cup () was an annual football competition contested by clubs in the top-tier Hong Kong domestic football league. The cup was relaunched for the 2014–15 season after being discontinued in the 2012–13 seaso ...

: 2011–12, 2014–15

References

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