Lee Wai Lim (, born 5 May 1981) is a former

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professional

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player and coach. He is the brother of current Lee Man player

Lee Hong Lim Lee Hong Lim (, born 29 September 1983) is a Hong Kong professional footballer who currently plays as a left winger for Hong Kong Premier League club Lee Man. He is the brother of former professional footballer Lee Wai Lim. Early age Lee Ho ...

. A former

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winner in 2009, Lee pleaded guilty in 2018 to one count each of accepting an advantage and conspiracy to defraud. He was sentenced to 180 hours of community service for his crimes.

Club career

Tai Po

Lee joined

Tai Po Tai Po is an area in the New Territories of Hong Kong. It refers to the vicinity of the traditional market towns in the area presently known as Tai Po Old Market or Tai Po Kau Hui () (the original "Tai Po Market") on the north of Lam Tsue ...

in the third division in 2003 after being discovered by Tai Po's secretary Chan Ping. He stayed with the team as it progressed to the First Division in 2007 and turned professional. During his time as an amateur, he worked as a shopping mall security guard.

2009 Hong Kong FA Cup

Lee scored the penalty against Fourway to take

to the final of the

Hong Kong FA Cup Hong Kong FA Cup () is a knockout cup competition in Hong Kong football, run by and named after The Hong Kong Football Association. The first edition of the competition was held in 1975, before then the cup was known as the Golden Jubilee Cup. Th ...

. In the final, Lee Wai Lim scored a free kick and helped Tai Po beat TSW Pegasus 4:2 and thus became the first district team to win the trophy. Lee Wai Lim also won the title of Man of the Match. His last match for Tai Po FC was a friendly against his new employers

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on 13 June 2009 at

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. Tai Po lost the game. Lee Wai Lim scored a penalty which he won himself. Lee was awarded Hong Kong Player of the Year award on 12 June 2009 and received a HK$45,000 prize.

South China

On the same date he won the Player of the Year prize, Lee Wai Lim confirmed that he would be joining

in the season of 2009–10. On 11 May 2010, in the

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second round match against Al Riffa, in the 28th minute, Lee Wai Lim passed to teammate

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to score. But South China lost the game 1:3. On 19 February 2011, Lee scored with a header in the 82-minute to help South China win the away game by 1:0 against

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Pegasus

Lee joined

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in the summer of 2015 as a player-coach.

International career

He was selected by

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and

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for the Hong Kong team at the end of 2008, to prepare for the

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qualifiers. He scored a hattrick in his first game against

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as Hong Kong achieved a 9–1 win. He starred in the 2009 Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup, scoring one goal and providing two assists to help Hong Kong secure a 4–1 victory at home and a 5–4 aggregate win over Guangdong. His performance earned him the nickname

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from the fans. On 30 September 2011, Lee Wai Lim scored the opening goal in the 3:3 draw with

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in the 2011 Long Teng Cup.

Bribery scandal

On 6 October 2016, Lee was one of six current and former Pegasus players to be taken in for questioning by the ICAC on allegations of match fixing. He was formally charged on 28 June 2017 for conspiring to fix several reserve league matches. On 12 January 2018, Lee pleaded guilty to one count each of accepting an advantage and conspiracy to defraud. He was sentenced on 4 May 2018 to 180 hours of community service.

Career Statistics

Club

''As of 10 October 2012''

International

: ''As of 15 October 2013.''

Personal life

He is the elder brother of

, who used to be his team mate at

, until he moved in January 2009 to

Honours

Club

;Tai Po *

: 2008–09 ;South China * Hong Kong First Division: 2009–10 *

Hong Kong Senior Shield The Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield (), known commonly as the Senior Shield, is the football knockout inter-club competition held in Hong Kong and the fourth oldest football tournament in Asia. Traditionally, only the teams in the Hong Kong Pr ...

: 2009–10

International

;Hong Kong * Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup:

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Individual

References

External links

Tai Po FC Player profile

Hong Kong Football Association player profile

Hong Kong National Team player profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Wai Lim 1981 births Living people Hong Kong footballers Hong Kong First Division League players Hong Kong Premier League players Association football wingers Tai Po FC players South China AA players TSW Pegasus FC players Hong Kong international footballers Hong Kong people of Hakka descent Indigenous inhabitants of the New Territories in Hong Kong