Fung Hoi Man (, born 12 March 1977) is a

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and a former player. He holds an AFC A Licence and

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International Coaching Licence.

Club career

Fung's club career was more or less unsuccessful. He played for

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and Sing Tao youth team before being promoted to the first team at Sing Tao. However, under great competition at the club, he failed to establish his position and thus moved on to his managerial career, where he found success. He returned football playing career as he joined newly promoted side

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in 2006. However, he was forced to retire due to an

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injury.

Managerial career

Early career

He started managing

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football team in 1997. He then managed

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in 2000, at the same time when he was managing Jockey Club Ti-I College, leading Diocesan Boys' School gain promotion from Third Division to First Division in five years, as well as leading them as the champions of the All Hong Kong Schools Jing Ying Football Tournament in 2003, when they were still competing in Third Division. Due to his impressive results in managerial career,

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club

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invited him as the head coach of the club in 2002. He left the club after spending one season with them, as he joined

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as an assistant coach, alongside famous coach

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Southern

He joined

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in 2008 as a coach alongside

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. He brought the club to a success as he led the club gain promotion to the First Division for the first time in club history, as well as claiming the

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champions in 2011. Southern's first season in the First Division was a great success as they placed 4th in the league, gaining a place for 2012–13 Hong Kong Season Play-offs, as well as reaching semi-finals of the

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. He was awarded the Coach of the Year at the end of the season.

Lee Man

Fung left Southern following the 2014-15 season and the following two seasons as head coach at

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and then at Rangers. After

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withdrew their sponsorship of Rangers in order to field their own HKPL club, Fung moved to Lee Man to become an assistant under head coach Fung Ka Ki. Following Ka Ki's resignation, Fung was promoted to co-head coach on 10 April 2018.

Hoi King

In April 2018,

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club Hoi King applied for promotion to the

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, despite not finishing in an automatic promotion place. The club, which was co-founded by Fung, had their application accepted and Fung confirmed in June that he would take up full time head coaching duties for the 2018–19 season.

Tai Po

On 29 July 2019, Fung was announced as a co-head coach at

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along with

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. He changed his role to director of football after the club signed Davor Berber to be their new head coach. On 29 May 2020, it was revealed that Fung had stepped down due to ongoing salary arrears at Tai Po. He claimed that he had taken the "initiative" to resign in hopes that any remaining money at the club would go towards the players.

References

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