Lai Man Fei (, born 10 December 1988 in

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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player. His usual position is central defender.

Club career

South China

Lai joined

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's reserve team in 2006 and was promoted to the first team in the next year. However, before the start of the 2007-08 season, he was sent to

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together with

Chan Ka Chun Chan Ka Chun (, born 16 August 1988赴日本橫濱水手受 ...

for overseas training with the U-19 team of

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, the guest team of

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organized by

in early 2007. He made his debut for the

first squad as a substitute coming up in

's first

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match on 11 March 2008 against

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from

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Honour

;Hong Kong *

2009 East Asian Games ) , Host city = Hong Kong , Teams participating = 9 , Athletes participating = 2,377 , Events = 262 events in 22 sports , Opening ceremony = December 5, 2009 , Closing ceremony = December 13, 2009 , Officially opened by = State Councilor L ...

Football Event: Gold

Career statistics

Club

''As of 3 August 2009''

External links

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Player Information on scaafc.com
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1988 births Living people Hong Kong footballers Association football defenders Hong Kong First Division League players South China AA players TSW Pegasus FC players Yuen Long FC players Hong Kong international footballers Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Hong Kong {{HongKong-footybio-stub