Leung Chun Pong (; born 1 October 1986) is a

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professional

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who currently plays as a

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for

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club

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Club career

Early career

Leung graduated from CCC Hoh Fok Tong College and PLK Fong Wong Kam Cheun Primary School (A.M.) in Tuen Mun.

South China

Leung scored a goal to help

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win 3–1 at home to

VB Sports Club AT Sports Club is a Maldivian professional football club based in Malé. VB Addu FC is the former VB Sports club, which was re-branded on 14 January 2012.2010 AFC Cup The 2010 AFC Cup was the seventh edition of the AFC Cup, a competition among clubs from member nations of the Asian Football Confederation. With the Asian Football Confederation currently reviewing the format of the AFC Champions League between ...

. On 30 May 2012, Leung decided to leave

and develop his career in mainland China.

Guangdong Sunray Cave

On 12 June 2012, Leung moved to mainland China and signed a contract with

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side

Guangdong Sunray Cave Shaanxi Wuzhou Football Club () was a Chinese professional football club based in Xi'an, Shaanxi which last played in the China League One division. The club was originally formed on February 5, 2007, as Guangdong Sunray Cave F.C. and was once ow ...

. He made his debut for

on 23 June 2012, in a 2–0 away win against Beijing Baxy. On 30 June 2012, he scored his first goal in China League One in the match between Guangdong Sunray Cave and Shanghai East Asia F.C., where Guangdong Sunray Cave lost to Shanghai East Asia 1–2.

International career

On 12 August 2006, Leung made his international debut for

in a friendly match against

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. Leung's lung was infested after playing a friendly against

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in October 2010 and had to be hospitalised in an isolated ward. He recovered 2 days later and was released from hospital. On 28 July 2011, Leung was sent off in the 0–5 defeat by Saudi Arabia in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Leung was suspended for two games for this red card and would have to miss two games in the

2011 Long Teng Cup The 2011 Long Teng Cup () was the 2nd staging of the Long Teng Cup, an international List of association football competitions, football competition held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The tournament took place from 30 September to 4 October 2011. Competi ...

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Career statistics

Club

''As of 31 May 2024''

International

Hong Kong U-23

:''As of 3 January 2010''

Hong Kong

:''As of 16 November 2018''

Honours

Club

;Eastern *

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: 2019–20, 2023–24, 2024–25 *

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 ...

: 2019–20, 2024–25

International

East Asian Games The East Asian Games was a multi-sport event organized by the East Asian Games Association and held every four years from 1993 to 2013. Among those who competed included athletes from East Asian countries and territories of the Olympic Council ...

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Leung, Chun Pong 1986 births Living people Hong Kong men's footballers Hong Kong men's youth international footballers Hong Kong men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Hong Kong First Division League players Hong Kong Premier League players China League One players Happy Valley AA players Citizen AA players South China AA players Shaanxi Wuzhou F.C. players Eastern Sports Club footballers Hong Kong expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in China Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games footballers for Hong Kong Hong Kong League XI representative players