Chu Siu Kei (; born 11 January 1980,

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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who played as a

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. He is currently the assistant coach of

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club HK U23.

Club career

Chu was a member of the Sun Hei squad that won five trophies (League, Silver Shield, League Cup, FA Cup and Hong Kong Football Sevens) during the 2004-05 season. He scored a total of three goals for Sun Hei in the 2008-09 Hong Kong First Division League season as the club finished 5th in the league table. He did however assist the club to win the 2008-09 Hong Kong League Cup. He played as midfielder for

Shatin SA Shatin Sports Association () is a sports club based in the Sha Tin District Sha Tin District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. As one of the 9 districts located in the New Territories, it covers the areas of Sha Tin, Tai Wai, Ma ...

but in the early season he was plagued by injuries. On 24 October 2009, he started his first game for Shatin and promptly scored a hat-trick, one of them a

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, and helped his team beat

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4:1 to register Shatin's first win of the season. Chu was also named the match's Most Valuable Player. Chu in total scored 5 goals for Shatin but the club finished 9th and was relegated at the end of the season. At the end of the season, he was selected as a member of the

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to play against

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in the ''Xtep Cup''. Chu moved to

Kitchee Kitchee Sports Club (; ; ) is a Hong Kong professional Association football, football club based in Kowloon. It was founded in 1931 and currently competes in the Hong Kong Premier League. The club has won championships in Hong Kong 11 times, in ...

after

Sha Tin Sha Tin, also spelt Shatin, is a neighbourhood along Shing Mun River in the eastern New Territories, Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Sha Tin District. Sha Tin is one of the neighbourhoods of the Sha Tin New Town project. The ne ...

was relegated at the end of the 2009-10 season. In the penultimate match against

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, Chu Siu-Kei scored a hat-trick and helped secured a 7:1 win for Kitchee. Chu finished the season having scored 5 goals for

and the club duly won its first league title in 47 years, allowing the club to play in both the 2011 Barclays Asia Trophy and

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. Chu was named the Best Eleven of the 2010-11 Hong Kong First Division League season. After South China's decision to voluntarily relegate following the

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season, Chu's contract was terminated. Although he tried to find work with other clubs, his efforts were unsuccessful. Ultimately, Chu announced his retirement on 8 August 2017.

International career

Chu is a regular member of the

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. On 4 October 2010, in a friendly away to

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, in the 76th minute, Chu played a clever back heel to captain

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who volleyed the ball home for a 1:0 victory for Hong Kong. Chu also took part in the 2014 FIFA World Cup Asian qualification matches for Hong Kong against

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. Because of that Chu was only able to play a symbolic 10 minutes against

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Honours

Club

;Yee Hope *

Hong Kong Senior Shield The Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield (), known commonly as the Senior Shield, is the football knockout inter-club competition held in Hong Kong and the fourth oldest football tournament in Asia. Traditionally, only the teams in the Hong Kong Pr ...

: 2000–01 ;Sun Hei *

Hong Kong First Division The Hong Kong First Division League () is the second-highest division in the Hong Kong football league system. Established in 1908, it is the third oldest in Asia. The league was formerly the highest division in Hong Kong until the formation o ...

: 2003–04, 2004–05 *

: 2004–05 *

Hong Kong League Cup Hong Kong Football Association League Cup () is an annual football competition contested by clubs in the top-tier Hong Kong domestic football league (currently Hong Kong Premier League). The cup was relaunched for the 2014–15 season after being ...

: 2004–05, 2008–09 *

Hong Kong FA Cup Hong Kong FA Cup () is a knockout cup competition in Hong Kong football, run by and named after The Hong Kong Football Association. The first edition of the competition was held in 1975, before then the cup was known as the Golden Jubilee Cup. Th ...

: 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06 ;Kitchee *

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, 2011–12, 2013–14 *

: 2011–12 *

: 2011–12,

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;Sun Source *

: 2014–15

International

;Hong Kong * Hong Kong-Macau Interport: 2007 * Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup:

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Career statistics

International

:''As of 4 June 2013''

References

External links

Chu Siu Kei
at HKFA * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chu, Siukei 1980 births Living people Hong Kong footballers Association football midfielders Hong Kong Rangers FC players South China AA players Sun Hei SC players Yee Hope players Metro Gallery FC players Hong Kong First Division League players Hong Kong Premier League players Hong Kong international footballers Hong Kong League XI representative players Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Hong Kong