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Szeto Man Chun (Chinese: 司徒文俊; Jyutping: si1 tou4 man4 zeon3; born 5 June 1975) is a Hong Kong football coach and a former professional footballer. He is currently the head coach of Hong Kong Premier League club HK U23.

Szeto Man Chun
Personal information
Full name Szeto Man Chun
Date of birth (1975-06-05) 5 June 1975 (age 47)
Place of birth Hong Kong
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
HK U23 (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1994 Voicelink
1994–1998 Happy Valley
1998–1999 Sai Kung Friends
1999–2000 Sai Kung
2000–2001 Orient & Yee Hope Union
2001–2004 South China 26 (2)
2004–2008 Kitchee 34 (3)
2008–2009 Eastern 20 (2)
2011 Hoi Fan
National team
2000–2007 Hong Kong 45 (1)
Teams managed
2013–2016 Hong Kong (team manager)
2016–2017 Eastern (assistant coach)
2017–2018 Eastern
2018 Eastern (team manager)
2018–2019 Eastern (deputy director)
2020–2021 Wigan Athletic (director)
2022– HK U23
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 July 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 June 2020

International career


Szeto has played for the Hong Kong national football team for more than 8 years. In his football career, he played a lot of games against various national teams around the world, such as Denmark, Sweden, Brazil, Japan, South Korea and so on. He also played invitation matches with Liverpool and Real Madrid etc. He retired from professional football after the 2008–09 season.


Coaching career


Szeto has started his coaching career during his footballing career. Since 2007, he was one of the coaches of the Hong Kong National Youth Team.

On 27 May 2017, Eastern chairman announced Szeto as Chan Yuen Ting's successor as their head coach.[1] He resigned less than a year later on 19 January 2018 due to a poor results.[2]

In July 2022, it was reported that Szeto has become the head coach of HK U23.


Executive career


On 4 June 2020, Wigan Athletic announced the takeover of the club by Next Leader Fund L.P. had been completed. Szeto, who was a friend of Next Leader Fund's General Partner, Au Yeung Wai Kay, was named as a director of the club as part of the takeover.[3] Less than a month later he voted them into administration.[4]


Commentator career


He began his commentator career at January 2007 in Hong Kong Cable TV.


Honours


Kitchee

References








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