Chiu Yu Ming ( ; born 9 November 1991 in

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

), is a former

professional

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who played as a

goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ...

Club career

Tai Po

Chiu joined

Tai Po Tai Po is an List of areas of Hong Kong, area in the New Territories of Hong Kong. It refers to the vicinity of the traditional market towns in the area presently known as Tai Po Old Market or Tai Po Kau Hui () (the original "Tai Po Mark ...

youth system and was promoted to the first team in the 2010–11 season, serving as the backup of Pang Tsz Kin.

Hong Kong Sapling

In the 2011–12 season, as Mutual refused to promote to the top-tier division, a team of youth players formed

Hong Kong Sapling Hong Kong Sapling Football Club () was a Hong Kong football club, which since 2020 does not compete in the Hong Kong football league system. History On 11 August 2011, Mutual withdrew from the Hong Kong First Division League due to financial pro ...

. Chiu was loaned to the team and originally served as a backup of Tsang Man Fai. However, due to the departure of Tsang Man Fai, he became the first-choice goalkeeper. He returned to Tai Po after the season.

Southern

Chiu joined newly promoted First Division club Southern for an undisclosed fee.

International career

On 19 June 2012, Chiu was called up into the final squad for the

2013 AFC U-22 Asian Cup qualification The 2013 AFC U-22 Championship qualification was the qualification tournament for the inaugural edition of the AFC U-22 Asian Cup. The qualifiers took place from 23 June to 3 July 2012, but were later changed to 2–10 June for Group D, due to N ...

in Laos. However, he did not feature any matches as Tsang Man Fai played every match. On 21 June 2013, Chiu was again chosen into the training squad for the

2013 East Asian Games The 2013 East Asian Games, officially known as the VI East Asian Games, was an international multi-sport event that took place in Tianjin, China, between 6 October and 15 October 2013. 2,422 Athletes from nine East Asian nations competed in 254 eve ...

Career statistics

Club

: ''As of 23 June 2013''

References

Hong Kong men's footballers 1991 births Living people Men's association football goalkeepers Hong Kong men's youth international footballers Hong Kong First Division League players Hong Kong Premier League players Tai Po FC players Hong Kong Sapling players 21st-century Hong Kong sportsmen Southern District FC players Yuen Long FC players Hong Kong Rangers FC players {{HongKong-footy-bio-stub