Liew Kit Kong (; born 6 January 1979) is a

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n former

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who last played as a striker for PKNS F.C. He was also a former member of the Malaysian national team.

Early life

Kit Kong was born in

Perak Perak (; Perak Malay: ''Peghok'') is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula. Perak has land borders with the Malaysian states of Kedah to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kel ...

and is of mixed Chinese and Indian heritage.

Career

He won the Best Striker award for the 2007-08

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ahead of two other nominees: Mohd Safee Mohd Sali and Mohd Zaquan Adha Abdul Radzak, despite playing in the second division, the

Malaysia Premier League The Malaysia Premier League () was the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia. It replaced the Liga Perdana 2 in the Malaysian football league system. The Malaysia Premier League was contested by 12 clubs. The season usually ra ...

. In that season, he became the top local goal scorer in the Premier League with 16 goals. Liew has represented the national side since 2002 when he was call up for an international friendly match against five times World Cup winners

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. He was selected as one of first eleven to played against Brazilian stars such as Ronaldo and Barca's

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. He also played in third place play-off

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and part of the squad in

2005 Islamic Solidarity Games The 1st Islamic Solidarity Games held in the Islamic holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia from 8–20 April 2005 with an Olympic-style tournament aimed at showing Muslim sports prowess and featuring 6,000 athletes. Only men's events were included on ...

when the national team reached quarter-final.Islamic Games 2005 (Saudi Arabia) - RSSSF
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Career statistics

International goals

Honours

;Perak *

Malaysia Cup The Malaysia Cup (), formerly known as Malaya Cup, is an annual football tournament in Malaysia, held at the end of the calendar year. The cup was first held in 1921. Despite its prestige and popularity as the country's oldest cup tournament, i ...

: 2000 *

Malaysia FA Cup The Malaysia FA Cup () is an annual association football, football competition in Malaysia, established in 1990. It was previously managed by the Football Association of Malaysia, before being transferred to the Football Malaysia LLP, Malaysian ...

: 2004 ;Kedah * Liga Perdana 2: 2002 ;Kuala Muda Naza FC *

: 2007/08 ;Selangor *

Malaysia Super League The Malaysia Super League (), known simply as the Super League (), is the men's top professional Football in Malaysia, football division of the Malaysian football league system. Administered by the Football Malaysia Limited Liability Partnersh ...

: 2010 *

Malaysia Charity Shield The Malaysian Charity Shield (English: Charity Cup), also known as Piala Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah () or Piala Sumbangsih, is a Malaysian football super cup competition. It is the curtain raiser match to the new Malaysian football season, pittin ...

: 2010

International

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

third place

References

External links

Liew Kit Kong - Linkedin
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Liew, Kit Kong 1979 births Living people Footballers from Perak Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent Malaysian sportspeople of Indian descent Malaysian men's footballers 21st-century Malaysian sportsmen Malaysia men's international footballers Kuala Muda Naza F.C. players Negeri Sembilan FC players Perak F.C. players Kedah Darul Aman F.C. players Selangor F.C. players Terengganu FC players Sabah F.C. (Malaysia) players Men's association football forwards Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Malaysia