John Moore (born 1 October 1966) is an English-born retired Hong Kong footballer. A

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, Moore has played professionally in England, Wales, the Netherlands and Hong Kong.

Career

Born in Stanley, Moore began his career with

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in 1984. While at Sunderland, Moore spent loan spells at

St Patrick's Athletic St Patrick's Athletic Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Lúthchleas Phádraig Naofa) is a professional Irish association football club based in Inchicore, Dublin, that plays in the Irish Premier Division. Founded in May 1929, they played origin ...

, Newport County,

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, Mansfield Town and Rochdale. Moore then played in the Football League for Hull City and Sheffield United before moving to the Netherlands to play with

FC Utrecht Football Club Utrecht () is a Dutch professional football club based in Utrecht. The club competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, and plays its home matches at the Stadion Galgenwaard. The club was formed in 1970 as a merge ...

. After a year abroad, Moore returned to England, playing with Shrewsbury Town, Crewe Alexandra and Scarborough. Moore then played non-league football with

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, before moving to Hong Kong, where he played with Sing Tao, Happy Valley and Sun Hei. He then returned to England after ten years in Hong Kong to play with Durham City.

International career

Having played within the Hong Kong divisions for at least seven years, Moore obtained permanent residential status in which he was eligible to represent the national team in 1999 and participated in the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaigns with Hong Kong.

References

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