Ng Wai Chiu (born 22 October 1981 in

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...

) is a

former professional

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. He was capped for Hong Kong at various youth levels, as well as the senior national team. He is currently the assistant manager of

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club

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Early life

Ng Wai Chiu's father Ng Chi Ying was also a footballer for

Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020 ...

. At the age of 7, Ng Wai Chiu moved from Kowloon Bay to Shatin's Hin Keng Estate. He then started playing football in the football field below his building. He began to challenge his father's football skills when he was 15 but lost every time. He joined the

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in the same year and met his Hong Kong defence partner

Chan Wai Ho Chan Wai Ho (born ) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer and current amateur player for Hong Kong First Division club Eastern District. Chan was a member of the East Asian Games gold medal-winning Hong Kong U-23 squad in 2009. He ...

there for the first time.

Club career

Ng spent time learning his trade at various clubs, including a short spell in England when he was an apprentice with

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and

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side. Unsatisfied with the Hong Kong League, Ng moved to Mainland to further develop his football ability. After gradually working his way up from the lower-divisions in Mainland, he signed for Nanjing Yoyo in the Chinese Jia League on 15 February 2004, before moving to Shanghai Zobon in the

in 2005.

Shanghai Zobon

In 2005, Ng Wai Chiu was a regular starter for newly promoted club Shanghai Zobon under coach Ma Liangxing. He played 23 matches for Zobon and scored 1 goal. The club finished 11th in the 14 team league. He was named as a member of the

Shanghai United Shanghai United F.C (Simplified Chinese: 上海联城足球俱乐部) was a Chinese professional football club based in Shanghai, who last played in the 16,000 seater Yuanshen Sports Centre Stadium in the Chinese Super League. The club was found ...

team to face Primera Liga outfits

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and

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Shanghai Shenhua

Near the end of the

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season, Ng Wai Chiu was selected as a member of the CSL All Stars. With Ng and Li Wei Feng in central defence, Shenhua only conceded 18 goals, the second best record in the league. On 21 December, the club and the player announced an extension to their contract.

Hangzhou Greentown

Ng played for the

club

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, and is the first professional player from Hong Kong to be in the

. In the 2010–11 season, he was plagued by injuries to his knee and missed many matches with

as well as the

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South China

Ng Wai Chiu return to Hong Kong and joined South China on 22 January 2011. But his knee injury persisted and he did not play until April. On 16 April, he played 13 minutes as a substitute as South China beat Rangers (HKG) 3:1. On 3 May, in the

2011 AFC Cup The 2011 AFC Cup was the eighth edition of the AFC Cup, a football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from "developing countries" in Asia. Allocation of entries per association *2 teams to qualify from each ...

, Ng Wai-Chiu came on as a substitute in the away game against Persipura Jayapura and scored with a header with 4 minutes remaining. But it was to no avail as South China lost 4:2 and was dumped out of the tournament.

Pegasus

Ng Wai Chiu joined

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in January 2012 to get more playing opportunities. He made his debut on 4 February 2012 at home against

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and scored a goal to help his new club seal a 3–0 victory.

Tianjin Songjiang

Ng Wai Chiu joined Tianjin Songjiang for an undisclosed fee on 25 December 2012. He was the captain of Tianjin Songjiang in the 2012–13 season.

Eastern

Ng played his final two seasons at Eastern. He announced his retirement from playing on 19 June 2018 in order to transition to coaching.

International career

Hong Kong

Ng Wai Chiu played for

against Japan in the

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match in Hong Kong, but Hong Kong lost 0:4. Ng Wai Chiu also played in the

2010 East Asian Football Championship The 2010 EAFF East Asian Football Championship was the fourth edition of the tournament which was held between 6 and 14 February 2010. Two preliminary competitions were held during 2009. Participating teams Preliminary Round 1 * * * * Round 2 ...

where Hong Kong lost all 3 of its matches and finished last. Ng Wai Chiu was optimistic he would be able to play for

in the 2014 FIFA World Cup Asian qualification matches. But in the end he missed the 2014 FIFA World Cup Asian qualification matches against

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due to his poor form. On 30 September 2011, Ng Wai-Chiu was sent off in the 3:3 draw with

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in the

2011 Long Teng Cup The 2011 Long Teng Cup () was the 2nd staging of the Long Teng Cup, an international football competition held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The tournament took place from 30 September to 4 October 2011. Competing teams The 2011 staging of the competiti ...

. On 1 January 2012, Ng Wai-Chiu captained Hong Kong to victory over Guangdong in the

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when Hong Kong won the cup on penalties. On 18 September 2012, Ng decided to quit international football.

Personal life

Ng Wai Chiu's uncle is Hong Kong actor

Francis Ng Francis Ng Chun-yu (; born 21 December 1961) is a Hong Kong actor and director. He is known for his roles in the TVB series '' Triumph in the Skies'' and in films such as '' Young and Dangerous'', '' Once Upon a Time in Triad Society'', '' ...

. Francis Ng wrote the foreword for Ng Wai Chiu's autobiography Winning Over Myself (贏自己).

Career statistics

International

Honours

Club

;Tianjin Quanjian *

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: 2016

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