Yu Wai Lim (; born 20 September 1998) is a

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who currently plays as a defender for

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 ...

club Lee Man.

Club career

On 17 July 2016,

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 ...

confirmed the signing of Yu. On 17 July 2018, Yu was named as one of fourteen new players at Lee Man. On 24 June 2024, Yu joined

China League One The Chinese Football League 1 (), also known as China League One or Chinese Jia League (), is the second level of professional football in China, under the Chinese Super League. The league is under the auspices of the Chinese Football Association ...

club Wuxi Wugo. On 28 January 2025, Yu returned to Lee Man.

International career

On 11 June 2021, Yu made his international debut for

in a 2022 World Cup qualifiers against

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Career statistics

International

Honours

Club

;Tai Po *

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 ...

: 2015–16 ;Yuen Long *

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 ...

: 2017–18港超聯　元朗掃平大埔做3哥喇！
on.cc 2016-11-28 ;Lee Man *

Hong Kong Sapling Cup Hong Kong Sapling Cup (), currently known as JC Sapling Cup () for sponsorship reasons, is a Hong Kong domestic football (soccer), football competition contested by the Hong Kong Premier League teams. The objective of the Cup is to provide more p ...

: 2018–19 *

: 2023–24

International

;Hong Kong * Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup:

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

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Yu Wai Lim
at HKFA * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yu, Wai Lim 1998 births Living people Hong Kong men's footballers Hong Kong men's youth international footballers Hong Kong men's international footballers Hong Kong expatriate men's footballers Men's association football defenders Hong Kong First Division League players Hong Kong Premier League players China League One players Tai Po FC players Yuen Long FC players Lee Man FC players Wuxi Wugo F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in China Hong Kong expatriate sportspeople in China 21st-century Hong Kong sportsmen