Liew Kit Kong (; born 6 January 1979) is a

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who last played as a striker for

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He was also a former member of the Malaysian national team.

Early life

Kit Kong was born in

Perak Perak () is a state of Malaysia on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula. Perak has land borders with the Malaysian states of Kedah to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kelantan and Pahang to the east, and Selangor to the south. Thailand's ...

and is of mixed Chinese and Indian heritage.

Career

He won the Best Striker award for the 2007-08

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ahead of two other nominees: Mohd Safee Mohd Sali and

Mohd Zaquan Adha Abdul Radzak Mohamad Zaquan Adha bin Abd. Radzak (born 3 August 1987) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Malaysia Super League club Negeri Sembilan and the Malaysia national team. He is the younger of a set of twins; his ...

, despite playing in the second division, the

Malaysia Premier League The Malaysia Premier League ( ms, Liga Premier) was the second-tier professional Association football, football league in Malaysia. The league replaced the former second-tier league, Liga Perdana 2 in the Malaysian football league system. The ...

. In that season, he became the top local goal scorer in the Premier League with 16 goals. Liew has represented the national side since 2002 when he was call up for an international friendly match against five times World Cup winners

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. He was selected as one of first eleven to played against Brazilian stars such as

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and Barca's

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. He also played in third place play-off

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and part of the squad in

2005 Islamic Solidarity Games The 1st Islamic Solidarity Games held in the Islamic holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia from 8–20 April 2005 with an Olympic-style tournament aimed at showing Muslim sports prowess and featuring 6,000 athletes. Only men's events were included on ...

when the national team reached quarter-final.Islamic Games 2005 (Saudi Arabia) - RSSSF
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Career statistics

International goals

Honours

;Perak *

Malaysia Cup The Malaysia Cup ( ms, Piala Malaysia), formerly known as ''Malaya Cup'', is an annual association football, football tournament in Malaysia, held at the end of the calendar year. The cup was first held in 1921. Despite its prestige and popular ...

: 2000 *

Malaysia FA Cup The Malaysia FA Cup ( ms, Piala FA) is an annual national knock-out football tournament in Malaysia. The cup was first held in 1990. The competition was previously managed by Football Association of Malaysia (FAM), before being transferred to Fo ...

: 2004 ;Kedah *

Liga Perdana 2 Liga Perdana 2 or Liga Perdana Dua ( en, Premier League 2 or Premier League Two) was the nation's second-tier professional Association football, football league in Malaysia football league system, Malaysia that operated from 1998 to 2003. The l ...

: 2002 ;Kuala Muda Naza FC *

: 2007/08 ;Selangor *

Malaysia Super League The Malaysia Super League ( ms, Liga Super Malaysia) is the men's top professional football division of the Malaysian football league system. Administered by the Football Malaysia Limited Liability Partnership (FMLLP), now known as the Malays ...

: 2010 *

Malaysia Charity Shield Piala Sumbangsih (English: Malaysia Charity Cup), also known as Piala Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah ( en, Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Cup), is the Malaysian super cup competition. It is the curtain raiser match to the new Malaysian football season, pitting ...

: 2010

International

AFF Championship The ASEAN Football Federation Championship (less formally the AFF Championship or AFF Cup), currently known as the AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup for sponsorship reason, is the primary association football tournament organized by the ASEAN Football ...

third place:

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

References

External links

Liew Kit Kong - Linkedin
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Liew, Kit Kong 1979 births Living people Footballers from Perak Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent Malaysian sportspeople of Indian descent Malaysian men's footballers Malaysia men's international footballers Kuala Muda Naza F.C. players Negeri Sembilan FC players Perak F.C. players Kedah Darul Aman F.C. players Selangor F.C. players Terengganu FC players Sabah F.C. (Malaysia) players Men's association football forwards