Chan Ming Kong ( ; born 1 July 1985) is a former

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professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Hong Kong 08

Chan Ming Kong started his senior football career in

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. He made his first ever

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appearances in a match against Happy Valley on 9 October 2005. He made a total of 9 appearances in his first First Division season. He was the captain of the team in the beginning of the 2006–07 season, played as the captain for 4 matches. He made 13 league appearances and scored 1 goal in a match against

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on 10 September 2006, although the goal did not help the team to win the game.

Citizen

Chan Ming Kong joined

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after

was dissolved. He played his first league game for Citizen in a match against

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as a first XI, helping the team to win 4–0. He featured a total number of 9 league games in the 2007–08 season. In the 2008–09 season, Chan Ming Kong did not feature too many league games, only making 3 appearances, including 2 on the starting line-up. He then left the club and joined Happy Valley.

Happy Valley

He joined Happy Valley after spending 2 seasons in

. He scored his first First Division goal for Happy Valley in a match against

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on 24 January 2010, but the goal did not help the team to win the match, suffered a defeat 2–6.

Pegasus

Chan Ming Kong transferred to

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after Happy Valley failed to stay in the First Division. He played an important role in TSW Pegasus, playing most of the matches for the team. In the 2010–11 season, he made 16 league appearances out of 18 league games for Pegasus as a center midfielder. Although he did not score any league goal, his great passing vision and creativity helped the team to achieve great results. For cup matches, he played 3

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matches and 2

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matches. He scored 1 cup goal in the

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final against

on 27 March 2011. However, his goal was not enough for the team to win the champion. Pegasus was one of the Hong Kong clubs which featured

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group stage. Chan Ming Kong played all 6 group stage matches. However, the team did not qualify for the knock-out stage. In the 2011–12 season, he was not as important as in the last season, only making 10 league appearances since he faced a great competition from

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and

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for his position. He made 4

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games and helped the team to reach the semi-final, having lost to

in two-legged tie. He also featured 2 matches for the team in

and

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respectively. After the season, he eventually left TSW Pegasus.

Southern

Chan Ming Kong joined newly promoted club

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in June 2012. He made his debut for Southern on 1 September 2012, playing against

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. The team eventually lost the match 3–1.

Lee Man

On 1 August 2017, it was revealed that Chan had joined Lee Man. On 2 June 2020, Chan was named on a list of departures from the club.

Career statistics

Club

: ''As of 1 October 2012''

Honours

Club

;Lee Man *

Hong Kong Sapling Cup Hong Kong Football Association Sapling Cup (), more commonly known as Sapling Cup (), is a Hong Kong domestic football competition contested by all the teams in the Hong Kong Premier League. The objective of the Cup is to provide more playing opp ...

: 2018–19

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chan, Ming Kong Living people Men's association football midfielders Hong Kong men's footballers 1985 births Hong Kong Premier League players Hong Kong First Division League players Citizen AA players Happy Valley AA players Hong Kong Pegasus FC players Southern District FC players Hong Kong Rangers FC players Lee Man FC players