Yong Kuong Yong (born 18 September 1988 in Port Dickson) is a Malaysian

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. He is currently playing for CRC Penang in FAP Division 1. He can played in a multitude of roles, including as a full back, centre back, central midfielder and occasionally as a striker.

Career

Yong started his career playing for his hometown team Negeri Sembilan Chinese for the Malaysian Chinese Football Association (MFCA) League, under coach Christopher Khoo. He later leaves his hometown to Kuala Lumpur to play in

Kuala Lumpur FA Kuala Lumpur City Football Club, known simply as KL City FC, is a Malaysian professional football club based in Kuala Lumpur. The club competes in the Malaysia Super League, the top level of Malaysian football, and was founded in 1974 as Feder ...

youth team, and was promoted to the senior team in 2009. He transferred to

Felda United FC Felda United Football Club is a Malaysian football club based in Jengka, Pahang which is owned by the Malaysian Federal Land Development Authority (Felda).

for the 2012 season. On 10 January 2012, in his league debut for Felda United, he scored in a 2–0 victory over his former club,

. He scored his second goal in a 1–0 win over PBDKT T-Team FC on 30 June 2012. Yong signed for Perak FA for the 2013 season. In November 2013, Yong signed for Malaysia Premier League side, Penang FA.

Career statistics

Club

International

International career

He has been called up to Malaysia national football team in 2010 & 2015. He made his debut for Malaysia against Yemen on 27 February 2010. Yong was also playing for the Malaysia U-23 team. He was called up to the SEA Games U-23 squad in October 2011 after impressive performance in

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. He made his first appearances against Nepal and manage to score one goal. Yong has also shown a tremendous performance on his first appearance in the SEA Games helping the Malaysia national team to wins 4–1 against Cambodia through one assist.

Style of play

At the start of his career, Yong plays as a midfielder and occasionally as a striker at Kuala Lumpur, FELDA United and Perak. When he transferred to Penang, he was converted as centre-back by Coach

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, due to his height, aggressiveness, speed and mainly lack of choice of centre back players in the squad at the time due to injuries. He adapted the position so well that he becomes the first choice centre-back for Penang. In

2015 Malaysia Premier League The 2015 Liga Premier ( en, 2015 Premier League) was the 12th season of the Liga Premier, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia.http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/malay2015.html 2015 Liga Premier The season was held from January an ...

, under coaching of

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, Yong was converted to right-back. Due to his exceptional stamina, Yong is able to provide crosses upfield and defend effectively against an opponent's attack down the flanks. Which make him the most appearances player for Penang FA in 2015 and thus help the team to be promoted to

2016 Malaysia Super League The 2016 Malaysia Super League ( en, 2016 Super League) was the 13th season of the Malaysia Super League, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/malay2016.html 2016 Liga Super The season began on 13 Fe ...

Honours

Club

;CRC Negeri Sembilan *MCFA Cup: 2006 ;Penang * Malaysia Premier League: Promotion

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; CRC Penang *PCFA Cup: 2019 *Tanjong Cup: Runners-up 2019

International

;Malaysia U23 * SEA Games:

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