Li Shu Yeung (, born 2 May 1991, in Hong Kong) is a

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former professional

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who currently plays as an amateur player for

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club

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. He played as a

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Club career

Early career

Li was a youth player at

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 ...

and he also played for Hong Kong in the Chinese National Games.

Tai Chung

He left Tai Po and joined Tai Chung in the summer of 2009.

Yuen Long

One season later, after Tai Chung released him, he moved to

Yuen Long Yuen Long is a town in the western New Territories, Hong Kong. To its west lie Hung Shui Kiu (), Tin Shui Wai, Lau Fau Shan and Ha Tsuen, to the south Shap Pat Heung and Tai Tong, to the east Au Tau and Kam Tin (), and to the north Nam Sang Wa ...

in 2010 to play in the

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. He joined Tung Chi Ying School's football academy scheme, which is jointly organised by the school and

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 ...

. He was repeating F5 and only expected to get 2 to 3 points in the

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. He hoped that by joining the scheme he could continue his studies and play football at the same time. With Yan Chai Tung Chi Ying Memorial Secondary School football team, Li won the Inter-school title as well as the Most Valuable Player award in the Inter-school football tournament. He already planned to become a football coach in the future and has enrolled for a football coach training course. In April 2011, Li got the chance from Kitchee and Tung Chi Ying to train in

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, Spain with two other young players.

Hong Kong Sapling

Li was loaned to

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 ...

in the 2011–12 season. He was sent off after two bookable offences in the 6–0 defeat away to

. He returned to Yuen Long at the end of the season.

Tai Po

Li left Yuen Long and re-joined First Division club

in the summer of 2012. However, his impressive performance during the season could not avoid

's relegation to the Second Division.

Yokohama FC Hong Kong

On 7 June 2013, Li joined fellow First Division club

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for free.

International career

Li is a member of the

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Career statistics

International

Hong Kong U23

:''As of 3 July 2012''

Personal life

Li's elder brother Li Shu-Sun is also a football player who played for Tai Chung in the

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season. The siblings' father Li Fat Fai died of a toxic gas accident while working in a dock in

Tsing Yi Tsing Yi (), sometimes referred to as Tsing Yi Island, is an island in the New Territories of Hong Kong, to the northwest of Hong Kong Island and south of Tsuen Wan. With an area of , the island has been extended drastically by reclamation alo ...

on 31 March 2007.

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