Ling Cong () is a former
Chinese professional
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Club career
Happy Valley
In the 2008–09 season, Lin Cong scored 15 goals for
Happy Valley and was the club's top scorer.
On 5 May 2010, Ling Cong was questioned by the
Independent Commission Against Corruption over match fixing. He missed the club's training but team official said he pulled a muscle. On 7 May, Ling Cong said he was questioned for information but he was not arrested and he had nothing to do with the case. It was a mistake for the media to report that he was arrested and he worried about his future in Hong Kong football.
Sun Hei
Ling Cong joined
Sun Hei
Sun Hei Sports Club () is a Hong Kong football club which currently competes in the Hong Kong Third Division. The club has a long history in playing in the top flight, but decided to self-relegate in the 2013–14 season after declining to par ...
for the
2010–11 Hong Kong First Division League.
Tuen Mun
Ling Cong joined
Tuen Mun
Tuen Mun or Castle Peak is an area near the mouth of Tuen Mun River and Castle Peak Bay in the New Territories, Hong Kong. It was one of the earliest settlements in what is now Hong Kong and can be dated to the Neolithic period. In the more ...
for the
2011–12 Hong Kong First Division League season. On 23 October 2011, Lin Cong scored a hat-trick and helped Tuen Mun beat
Sham Shui Po
Sham Shui Po is an area of Kowloon, Hong Kong, situated in the northwestern part of the Kowloon Peninsula, north of Tai Kok Tsui, east of Cheung Sha Wan and south of Shek Kip Mei (). It is located in and is the namesake of the Sham Shui ...
6:2.
3:2反勝飛馬！傑志重返榜首
文： 黎永淦 ''Oriental Daily''. 24 October 2011.
On 30 October 2012, due to the divestment of Tuen Mun president Chan Keung, various key players, including Ling Cong, and the whole coaching team were released by the club.
References
External links
Ling Cong
at HKFA
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ling, Cong
1983 births
Living people
Footballers from Shenyang
Men's association football midfielders
Chinese men's footballers
Chinese expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong
Changsha Ginde players
Hong Kong First Division League players
Sun Hei SC players
Happy Valley AA players