Tsang Chi Hau ( ; born 12 January 1990 in Hong Kong) is a

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former professional

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. His younger brother, Tsang Kin Fong, is also a former professional footballer.

Club career

Hong Kong 09

Tsang Chi Hau joined Hong Kong 09 in 2005, but then the team is dissolved because of the formation of Hong Kong C Team in 2007.

Workable

In 2007, Tsang Chi Hau joined the newly promoted team Workable after leaving Hong Kong 09. He was selected into match squad for 4 league games, although he did not feature any matches. Workable was relegated after competing in

Hong Kong First Division League The Hong Kong First Division League () is the second-highest division in the Hong Kong football league system. Established in 1908, it is the List of oldest football competitions, third oldest in Asia, after Calcutta and Bombay. Moreover, it is ...

for one season. The team was dissolved after the relegation on 8 May 2008.

Eastern

Tsang Chi Hau followed Workable manager

Chan Hiu Ming Chan Hiu Ming (; born 19 March 1975) is a Hong Kong professional football manager who is currently the head coach of Chinese Taipei. He holds an AFC Pro License and is also a coaching and fitness instructor for the Asian Football Confederation ...

's and coach

Lee Kin Wo Lee Kin Wo (; born 20 October 1967) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer who played as a winger. Lee won the Hong Kong Footballer of the Year award three times during his career. He holds an AFC "A" License. Club career Lee made ...

's footstep and joined

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. He made his

debut against

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as an 82nd-minute substitute for Rodrigo Andreis Galvão. He made 5 league appearances, which were all as substitute, and one league cup match. Although

avoided relegation as they were placed at 9th out of 13 teams, the team decided not to compete in

and chose to compete in

Hong Kong Third Division League Hong Kong Third Division League is the fourth-highest division overall in the Hong Kong football league system under the organization of Hong Kong Football Association. Starting with the 2012-13 Hong Kong Third Division League, 2012–13 seaso ...

in the next season. Therefore, Tsang Chi Hau chose to leave the club.

Happy Valley

Tsang Chi Hau joined Happy Valley after spending a season in Eastern. He made his debut for Happy Valley against

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 ...

on 11 September 2009. He scored his first

goal against Tai Chung on 16 January 2010. He played 13 league matches for Happy Valley in total. However, Happy Valley were relegated after placed at the bottom of the table. Thus, Tsang decided to leave the team.

Kitchee

Tsang Chi Hau decided to join

, playing with his younger brother again since they were playing at their father's club. However, Tsang was loaned to Tai Chung right after he joined the club.

On loan to Tai Chung

Tsang Chi Hau was loaned to Tai Chung after he joined

. He made 14 league appearances and scored 1 goal. He also featured one matches in

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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 ...

and

Hong Kong League Cup Hong Kong Football Association League Cup () was an annual football competition contested by clubs in the top-tier Hong Kong domestic football league. The cup was relaunched for the 2014–15 season after being discontinued in the 2012–13 seaso ...

respectively.

On loan to Hong Kong Sapling

In the summer of 2011, Tsang, with his younger brother, were 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 ...

. His performance was impressive and thus became the captain of the team.

Return to Kitchee

After a successful loan spell in

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, Tsang Chi Hau returned

and became a first team player of Kitchee.

On loan to Pegasus

On 8 January 2019, Tsang was sent on loan to

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. He had struggled with injuries during the first half of the season and was sent on loan by

in order to regain his match fitness.

On loan to Yuen Long

On 9 August 2019, it was revealed that Tsang has joined

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Happy Valley

On 1 June 2020, Happy Valley confirmed that Tsang would return to the club for the second half of the season. Not long after signing with the club, Tsang tore his anterior cruciate ligament, requiring two operations. He resumed training on 4 January 2021.

Personal life

In 2019, Tsang obtained his AFC C coaching license.

Career statistics

Club

''As of 7 October 2012''

Honours

Club

;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 *

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 ...

: 2015–16 ;Kitchee *

: 2014–15 *

Hong Kong First Division The Hong Kong First Division League () is the second-highest division in the Hong Kong football league system. Established in 1908, it is the third oldest in Asia, after Calcutta and Bombay. Moreover, it is the oldest top-flight league system ...

: 2013–14 *

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, 2014–15 *

: 2014–15

References

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