Chan Ho Yin (; born 25 February 1978 in

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) is a

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coach and a former professional

player.

Career

Chan was a member of Hong Kong U-21 in 1990, participating in

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and

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. For his club career, he played for Kui Tan and

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Coaching career

After his retirement from football, he started his managerial career as an assistant coach of Hong Kong U-21.

Tai Po

In the 2008–09 season, he was appointed as the head coach of

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club

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, leading the club climbing on the top of the table in October. He was also appointed as the head coach of

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participating in

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Tai Chung

He joined another First Division club Tai Chung in July 2009. Although he helped the club avoid relegation to the Second Division, he was sacked as he breached the rule of game on 16 May 2010 against

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, which caused the club awarded a 0–3 loss. The match was originally ended with a 1–1 draw.

South China

He joined defending champions

as an assistant coach in July 2010. Due to the resignation of head coach Kim Pan-Gon, he was appointed as the acting head coach. However, although having

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and

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, South China failed to defend their league title, and were knocked out in the group stage of

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. He remained at the club as the assistant coach in the 2011–12 season.

Pegasus

Fellow First Division club

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appointed Chan as the head coach of the following season in June 2012. However, due to their recent poor form, Chan was sacked on 10 October.

Yuen Long

After being sacked by

, Chan joined Hong Kong Second Division club

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as their head coach. He managed the club to gain promotion to the First Division as Yuen Long claimed the league title.

Pegasus

Chan returned to

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, agreeing to terms on 16 January 2016 to be an assistant coach. Following the termination of Pedro Garcia, Chan agreed to return as head coach of Pegasus on 30 September 2018.

References

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