Ku Kam Fai (; born 27 January 1961) is a Hong Kong former professional footballer and the current head coach of

South China South China () is a geographical and cultural region that covers the southernmost part of China. Its precise meaning varies with context. A notable feature of South China in comparison to the rest of China is that most of its citizens are not n ...

. His nickname is Muk Tsui Fai (木嘴輝). He is widely regarded as one of the best defenders and sweepers in Hong Kong football history. He served for 13 years in the

South China Athletic Association South China Athletic Association (known simply as South China, SCAA, ) is a Hong Kong professional football club that competes in the Hong Kong First Division, the second-tier league in Hong Kong football league system. The club is historica ...

, which lasted for most of his career.

5.19 World Cup qualification victory

Ku Kam Fai was one of the members in the famous "5.19" match, when

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 ...

historically beat

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

by 2–1 in the

1986 FIFA World Cup The 1986 FIFA World Cup was the 13th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June 1986. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-team format. Colombia ha ...

Qualifying Round on 19 May 1985. Moreover, he is the one who scored the winning goal for Hong Kong in the match.

Today

On 23 February 2007, he was invited to represent SCAA 92/93 Invitation Team to play against SCAA Elite Youth in the pre-match of the exhibition competition

BMA Cup BMA Cup was an exhibition competition organized by Hong Kong First Division League football club South China on 23 February 2007 and they played against the guest team Yokohama F. Marinos of J. League. South China won by an aggregate 6-5 after pen ...

organised by

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南華92/93邀請隊──眾星回顧(一) (in Chinese) 22 Feb 2007

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