Lee Hong Lim (, born 29 September 1983) is a former

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professional

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who played as a

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. He is the brother of former professional footballer

Lee Wai Lim Lee Wai Lim (, born 5 May 1981) is a former Hong Kong people, Hong Kong professional footballer and coach. He is the brother of former professional footballer Lee Hong Lim. A former Hong Kong Footballer of the Year winner in 2009, Lee pleaded ...

Early age

Lee and his brother,

grew up in

Sha Tau Kok Sha Tau Kok () is a closed town in North District, Hong Kong. It is the last remaining major settlement in the Frontier Closed Area and is Hong Kong's northernmost town. Its residents are mostly descendants of Hakka farmers and Hoklo fisher ...

. They were discovered and recruited by Chan Ping, the team manager of

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 ...

, who was impressed by the brothers in a street match.

Club career

Tai Po

was in the Third Division when the brothers joined the team. The team were promoted to the Second Division League and the two brothers were crucial members of the promoted team, for which Lee scored 12 goals in 22 games. The team finished at the second spot in the 2005–06 season and secured promotion to the First Division League. Lee decided to quit his full-time job and became a full-time professional football player. He wore no. 7 shirt in 2006–07 season and had 2 goals in 21 games.

finished at the 7th spot in their debut season in the First Division League.

Pegasus

Lee moved to

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in the January 2009 transfer window. He has since scored an important goal in the League Cup semifinal against

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which ended 2–1 in Pegasus' favour.

South China

On 9 July 2012,

chairman

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announced that they have signed Lee for the 2012–13 season.2012–13 組軍消息 – 足主的話 – STEVEN LO'S BLOG
He made his debut for

on 2 September 2012 at

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, having scored a long-range goal to help the team win against

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5–2.

Pegasus

In July 2014, Lee returned to

Eastern

On 30 June 2015, Lee signed for

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Lee Man

On 19 July 2019, Lee Man announced the signing of Lee at their season-opening media event. In April 2023, Lee announced his retirement from professional football.

International career

At the

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, in the final match against

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, Lee scored two goals and helped Hong Kong win the match 6–0 and retain the trophy.龍騰盃冧莊！香港隊好波！
''Oriental Daily''. 5 October 2011.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Hong Kong's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lee goal.''

Honours

Pegasus *

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 ...

: 2009–10 South China * Hong Kong First Division:

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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 ...

: 2013–14 Eastern *

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 ...

: 2015–16 *

: 2015–16

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Hong Lim 1983 births Living people Hong Kong men's footballers Men's association football defenders Hong Kong First Division League players Hong Kong Premier League players Tai Po FC players Hong Kong Pegasus FC players 21st-century Hong Kong sportsmen South China AA players Eastern Sports Club footballers Lee Man FC players Hong Kong men's international footballers Hong Kong people of Hakka descent Indigenous inhabitants of the New Territories in Hong Kong