Chan Man Fai (; born 19 June 1988 in

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

) is a former

professional

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Club career

Kitchee

In the 2011–12 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield first-round away match against

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, Chan was sent off for handball, his second bookable offence. He missed the home match as a result.

Pegasus

Due to injury, Chan only played four matches for

, scored two goals and got two yellow cards.

South China

After the end of the 2014–15 season, Chan signed for

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. At the time of signing, he claimed that his relationships with the local players at South China were behind his reasoning to join. However, he struggled with injuries during his season there and left the club without making any appearances.

Southern

On 7 July 2017,

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announced via their Facebook page that Chan had signed with the club due to his desire to work with head coach

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. On 31 May 2019, it was announced that Chan would leave Southern after two seasons.

Tai Po

On 29 July 2019, Chan was unveiled as a

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player.

International career

As a member of the

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member, Chan took part in the

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. He appeared as a substitute, took a pass from teammate

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and scored the equalising goal for Hong Kong against

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in the 81st minute in the first group match. Afterwards, he claimed this was the most important goal of his career so far. United Arab Emirates did not concede another goal again until the final when they lost to Japan. He also scored against

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to give Hong Kong a 4:1 victory.4:1炒孟加拉 52年後再出線港足！叻仔！
''Oriental Daily''. 12 November 2010.

Honours

; Kitchee *

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Career statistics

Club

''As of 14 April 2007''

International

Hong Kong

:''As of 19 November 2013''

Hong Kong U-23

:''As of 1 February 2011''

References

External links

Chan Man Fai
at HKFA * * 1988 births Living people Hong Kong footballers Association football midfielders Association football forwards Hong Kong First Division League players Hong Kong Premier League players Shek Kip Mei SA players Kitchee SC players TSW Pegasus FC players South China AA players Southern District FC players Tai Po FC players Hong Kong international footballers Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Hong Kong Hong Kong League XI representative players {{HongKong-footy-bio-stub