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Law Pak (born 25 May 1933) is a former football coach and former Republic of China (Taiwan) international footballer. However, he spent his entire playing career in the British Hong Kong. As a coach, he coached teams from Hong Kong and Taiwan; he also resided in Taiwan temporary but in recent year followed his daughter to migrate to the United States.[1]

Law Pak
Born	(1933-05-25) 25 May 1933 (age 89) British Hong Kong
Nationality	Republic of China (Taiwan) (1949–0000) British Hong Kong (1929–1997) Republic of China (1929–1949)
Citizenship	British Hong Kong (1929–1997)
Occupation	association footballer association football coach
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Association football career Position(s) Defender Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) KMB National team 1958–1967[1] Republic of China (Taiwan) Teams managed Yuen Long[1] 1977–1981 Republic of China (Taiwan)[1] 1975–1989[1] Flying Camel[1] 1990–1991 Eastern[1] *Club domestic league appearances and goals
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	羅北
Simplified Chinese	罗北
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Luō Běi Wade–Giles Lu Pei Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Lo4 Bak1

In 2014, during an interview, he claimed that himself, Mok Chun Wah and Lau Tim (劉添) were the only surviving gold medalists of the 1958 Asian Games football tournament.[1]

Club career

Law was a player of KMB in the 1950s.[2] He was also employed by the owner of the football club, Kowloon Motor Bus, as a bus station manager, according to an interview of Law by John C.W. Lee (李峻嶸).[3] At that time the footballer were registered as amateur footballer but in fact professional, receiving income from various source.

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International career

Law represented the Republic of China (Taiwan) in the 1958 Asian Games, the 1960 Summer Olympics,[4] the 1960 AFC Asian Cup, the 1966 Asian Games and the 1968 AFC Asian Cup.

Law also played for Hong Kong League XI in 1958 Merdeka Tournament.[5]

Managing career

Law had managed Hong Kong football clubs Yuen Long[1] and Eastern.[1] With Eastern, he was assisted by Koo Luam Khen who acted as coach.[6] He also spent over 10 years in Taiwan for Flying Camel,[1] a military sponsored club. During his career at Taiwan, he also guest coached Republic of China (Taiwan),[1] which the team played under the name "Chinese Taipei" due to the foreign relation of Taiwan as well as the People's Republic of China.

Honours

Republic of China

• Asian Games Gold medal: 1958

References

External links

• Law Pak – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Law Pak". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.

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