Stephen Sung Lin Yung (born 7 May 1965 in

Tianjin Tianjin (; ; Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Tientsin (), is a municipality and a coastal metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the nine national central cities in Mainland China, with a total popul ...

) is a retired Chinese

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

player who represented the

Hong Kong football team The Hong Kong national football team () represents Hong Kong in international football and is controlled by the Hong Kong Football Association, the governing body for football in Hong Kong. Hong Kong was the first in Asia to hold the AFC Asian ...

. Starting his career in China he played for the Chinese U-20 and the Chinese Olympic team before he established himself with Chinese top-tier side

where he played as a forward. Moving away from China he joined Hong Kong football team

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 ...

and became their utility player playing anywhere on the field, though he spent most of time as a defensive midfielder where he had a successful time with them winning several cups and the 1996–97 Hong Kong First Division League title with them.

International Career

Sung would then become a Hong Kong permanent resident before he played for the Hong Kong national team and played a major role in Hong Kong's World Cup Qualifiers in 1997. By 1998, he moved to other Hong Kong football teams Sing Tao and then Instant-Dict as well as represented Hong Kong during the 1998 Asian Games football event before he retired.

Honours

South China AA 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 historic ...

Hong Kong First Division League The Hong Kong First Division League () is the second-highest division in the Hong Kong football league system. Established in 1908, it is the third oldest in Asia. The league was formerly the highest division in Hong Kong until the formation o ...

: 1996–97 *

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 ...

: 1995–96, 1996–97 *

Hong Kong Viceroy Cup Hong Kong Viceroy Cup () was a association football, football competition in Hong Kong held by British American Tobacco. Started in 1969, it was the first football competition in Hong Kong which allowed commercial Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship ...

: 1993–94, 1997–98 *

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 ...

: 1995–96

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(Chinese) {{DEFAULTSORT:Sung, Lin Yung Stephen 1965 births Living people Chinese men's footballers Footballers from Tianjin China men's international footballers Hong Kong men's international footballers Hong Kong First Division League players Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C. players South China AA players Men's association football utility players Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Hong Kong Naturalised footballers of Hong Kong