Fung Ka Ki (; born 19 September 1977 in

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) is a

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coach and former professional player.

Club career

He was the team

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when he took part in

2000 Sydney Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

Qualifiers,

Hong Kong Rangers FC Hong Kong Rangers Football Club (), often abbreviated to Rangers, currently known as Biu Chun Rangers due to sponsorship reasons, is a Hong Kong football club which currently competes in the Hong Kong Premier League. They have won the Hong Kon ...

and

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 ...

. He has also represented

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international matches. He has recently signed for Bromsgrove District League Division Side, Nailers Arms FC. Manager Stuart Day stated that this represented one of the club's most important signings in their esteemed history.

Managerial career

Birmingham City

In 2010, Fung Ka Ki was hired by

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to be a financial officer following the takeover of the club by Hong Kong businessman

Carson Yeung Carson Yeung Ka Sing (; born 27 February 1960) is a Hong Kong businessman who, until February 2014, was the president of English football club Birmingham City F.C., and chairman and an executive director of Birmingham International Holdings ( ...

. He was often spotted in the stands on matchdays, sitting behind Yeung.

Lee Man

On 3 July 2017, it was revealed that Fung would be hired as manager of Lee Man for the 2017–18 season. On 10 April 2018, Fung confirmed that he had resigned with Lee Man in 8th place at the time.

Personal information

He was a football commentator in

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since 2005, he mainly hosts program for

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and

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. During the

2006 FIFA World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Germany 2006, was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to host the ...

, Fung Ka Ki hosted the program "Around the World in 80 Days" for the cable TV Hong Kong. Inside the episode, Fung and his crew travel and visiting 6 continents, 32 World Cup finalist participating countries. It is believed that the duration of his around-the-world travel shooting is more than 100 days. However, his contract termination with Kitchee had been into debate, he as very few football player to take the initiative to resign. 2008 Beijing Olympic, Fung Ka Ki hosted the program "Four Little continues strong" for the cable TV Hong Kong. Inside the episode, Fung and his crew focus on the passing of the Olympic torch relay in China. They visited and interviewed all the provinces throughout China. Fung Ka Ki wrote and released a book, which is "Fung Ki's Football Journey", in August 2008. It is an autobiography of his life from his childhood days till 2008. It is published by Why Publishing. ISBN number: 978–962–678–532–4.

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