Sham Kwok Keung Tailor (, born 10 September 1985 in

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) is a former

professional

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who currently plays for Hong Kong First Division club Citizen. He is the younger brother of footballer

Sham Kwok Fai Sham Kwok Fai (; born 30 May 1984 in Hong Kong) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer and current coach at Hong Kong Premier League club Southern. He also plays as an amateur player for Hong Kong First Division club Citizen. He is th ...

Club career

Happy Valley

Both Sham Kwok Keung and his older brother

were youth products of Happy Valley. He was named the Best Young Player in the 2003-04 season. But since then his progress has been hampered by injuries. At the end of the 2005–06 season he underwent surgery for his knee and spent 3 months recuperating. He regained a starting position but then twisted his ankle and broke half of his tendon, ending his season. The injuries caused him to change his shirt number from 12 to 13.

Shatin

Sham Kwok Keung joined

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in the 2009-10 season, after Happy Valley was relegated. He scored a goal in the 7th minute against

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to help the team win its first game by 4–1 on 24 October 2009. Shatin SA was relegated at the end of the season. Sham Kwok Keung thus moved to Citizen to replace

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who moved to South China.

Citizen

Sham scored the second goal with a header, from brother

's cross, for Citizen and helped the team overcome a 0–3 deficit in the 2010-11 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield final against South China, to eventually tie the match 3–3. Citizen went on to win the penalty shoot-out by 4–2 to win the trophy and qualified for the

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. In the league, on 19 December 2010, Sham Kwok Keung scored against Kitchee to earn a 1–1 draw for Citizen. In April 2011, he scored the only goal in Citizen's 1–0 win over Tai Chung FC. In all he scored 6 goals for Citizen in the 2010–11 league season. On 17 November 2011, he was diagnosed with a broken rib, sustained in the match in October against

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when he was hit in the chest, and had to rest for 3 weeks. He did not therefore play against league champions

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on 20 November 2011. On 6 January 2012, Sham Kwok Keung scored a header in the 85th minute against South China to make it 3–2 to Citizen, but later he was sent off for two bookable offences. The matched ended 3–3.

International career

Hong Kong U-23

Sham played in the

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for Hong Kong. He scored a goal in the 8th minute against

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, but Hong Kong eventually lost the match 1–2. Sham Kwok Keung was a member of the

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for the 2008 Beijing Olympics Asian qualifiers. He scored a goal with a

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and provided an assist to

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to score and win the game 3–0 in the qualifying match away to

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. Hong Kong lost the home leg 0–1 but still proceeded to the next round.

Hong Kong

In a 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualifying game, Sham Kwok Keung appeared as a substitute for

against

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and scored two goals at the 66th and 87th minute, to help Hong Kong gain a point from the game, thus keeping Hong Kong's hopes alive for qualification. Sham Kwok Keung received great praise from coach

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after the match for his contribution. On 2 October 2011, Sham Kwok Keung scored two goals for Hong Kong in the

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against

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to help Hong Kong win the match by 5–1. He was then sent off after two bookable offences in the last match against Chinese Taipei, but Hong Kong still won 6–0.

Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup

In the

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, Guangdong won its home leg 3–1. Sham Kwok Keung scored the equalising goal in the return leg and Hong Kong drew the match 1–1, but Hong Kong lost the tie 4–2.兩中門楣欠運港足失落省港盃
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Honours

Club

;Happy Valley * Hong Kong First Division: 2003–04, 2005–06 *

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 ...

: 2003–04 *

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: 2003–04 ;Citizen *

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;Kitchee *

Hong Kong Premier League The Hong Kong Premier League () is a Hong Kong professional football league organised by the Hong Kong Football Association. It is currently sponsored by BOC Life and officially known as BOC Life Hong Kong Premier League (). The inaugural seaso ...

: 2016–17 *

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: 2015–16

Individual

Top Scorer: 2003–04

Career statistics

Club

''As of 18 August 2006''

International

:''As of 16 October 2012''

References

External links

Sham Kwok Keung
at HKFA * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sham, Kwok Keung 1985 births Living people Hong Kong footballers Hong Kong international footballers Association football midfielders Happy Valley AA players Citizen AA players Kitchee SC players Hong Kong First Division League players Hong Kong Premier League players Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Hong Kong Hong Kong League XI representative players