Wong Wai (; born 17 September 1992 in Hong Kong) is a

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professional

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who currently plays as a

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for

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club Lee Man.

Club career

Early career

Wong Wai studied in Yu Chun Keung Memorial College and graduated after form 5 study. He represented various youth levels of the national team.

Sham Shui Po

He joined Third Division club

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when he was young. In 2008, youth team members were all promoted to the club's first team in order to gain experience. In the first season, the club reached the final of Junior Shield, which they eventually lost 0–2 to

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. Wong Wai played 5 out of 6 games and scored a goal in the semi-finals. In his second season, he scored 12 goals throughout the season, including 3 goals in the promotion play-offs, which he helped the club gain promotion to the Second Division. Wong Wai helped the club gain promotion to the First Division for the first time in club history by scoring 12 goals in 19 games in the 2010–11 season. In the 2011–12 season, he failed to help the team prevent relegation to the Second Division, although he featured in most of the matches.

Metro Gallery

He linked up with former Sham Shui Po player and manager Lee Chi Kin and joined Metro Gallery in July 2012.

Tai Po

After the conclusion of his contract, Wong once again followed Lee Chi Kin, this time to newly promoted HKPL club

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. He was revealed as a Tai Po player during the club's season kick-off event on 19 July 2016. On 17 July 2019, it was revealed that Wong had left Tai Po at the end of his contract.

Eastern

On 27 September 2019, once again following Lee Chi Kin, Wong signed for

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HK U23

Before the beginning of the Hong Kong Premier League 2021/22 season, the newly formed HK U23 announced that Wong joined the club on loan for the season as one of the over-aged players.

Lee Man

On 8 July 2022, Wong signed for Lee Man.

International career

He had represented the Hong Kong national under-19 football team and participated in the

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held in

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. He scored one goal in four games. On 16 February 2013, he received his first call-up from the senior team for the

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against

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. However, he was excluded from the final squad announced on 15 March 2013. On 31 May 2013, he was included into the 20-men final squad for an

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match against the

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held on 4 June. He made his debut during the match, as he entered in the 77th minute as a substitute for

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Career statistics

Club

: ''As of 19 May 2021''

International

International goals

Notes

:1. Others include Hong Kong Third Division Champion Play-off. :2. Since

was competing in lower divisions, they could only join the Junior Shield instead of

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. :3.

Hong Kong Junior Challenge Shield Hong Kong Junior Shield () was a football competition in Hong Kong established in 1922. All teams in the Second Division and the Third Division were included in the competition. South China was the most successful club, winning 9 titles. Hist ...

was not held in the 2009–10 season.

Honours

Eastern *

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 ...

: 2019–20 *

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 ...

: 2019–20 *

Hong Kong Sapling Cup Hong Kong Football Association Sapling Cup (), more commonly known as Sapling Cup (), is a Hong Kong domestic football competition contested by all the teams in the Hong Kong Premier League. The objective of the Cup is to provide more playing opp ...

2020–21 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen b ...

Pegasus *

: 2015–16 *

: 2015–16 Tai Po *

: 2018–19 *

: 2016–17

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wong, Wai 1992 births Living people Association football midfielders Hong Kong First Division League players Hong Kong Premier League players Hong Kong footballers Sham Shui Po SA players Hong Kong international footballers Yokohama FC Hong Kong players TSW Pegasus FC players Tai Po FC players Eastern Sports Club footballers HK U23 Football Team players Lee Man FC players Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Hong Kong