Chong Yee Fatt

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Chong Yee Fatt
Personal information
Full name Chong Yee Fatt
Place of birth Ipoh, Malaysia
Team information
Current team
Penang (manager)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1981–1986 Perak
Managerial career
2011–2013 Perak (assistant coach)
2015–2018 DRB-Hicom
2017 Perak (assistant coach)
2018 Kuala Lumpur City (assistant coach)
2019–2020 Kuala Lumpur City (technical director)
2021 Perak
2021–2022 Penang (assistant coach)
2023– Penang
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Chong Yee Fatt is a Malaysian football manager He is current manager of Malaysia Super League club Penang.

A former football player who plays for Perak FA in the 1980s, Yee Fatt has coached in his former team Perak, DRB-HICOM FC and Kuala Lumpur.

Yee Fatt has been announced as the new Perak head coach in February 2021, after the club has parted way with their former head coach Mehmet Duraković. [1] [2] [3] After the team's poor performance in the league, which saw Perak in the 2021 Malaysia Super League relegation zone, Yee Fatt was relieved of his duty as head coach on 2 August. [4] [5] His assistant Shahril Nizam took charge of the team until the end of the season which saw Perak relegated for the first time after 28 years, although Yee Fatt were still employed with the team until the end of his contract in November 2021. [4]

On 21 December 2021, another Malaysia Super League club Penang, announced Yee Fatt as the side's new assistant coach. [6] He becomes the head coach of Penang on 28 February 2023, after Penang failed in their appeal to MFL to appoint Mansoor Azwira as head coach. [7]

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References

  1. "TERKINI: Chong Yee Fatt Ganti Mehmed Durakovic Sebagai Jurulatih Perak". SemuanyaBOLA. 22 February 2021.
  2. "New Perak coach happy with the team". New Straits Times. 28 February 2021.
  3. "Yee Fatt in a dilemma over players' exodus and replacements". The Star Malaysia. 26 May 2021.
  4. 1 2 Bernama (22 August 2021). "Perak FC retain Yee Fatt as Perak FC head coach until end of season". Malay Mail. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  5. Bernama (16 August 2021). "Coach Yee Fatt to discuss his future with struggling Perak". www.thestar.com.my. The Star (Malaysia) . Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  6. Malik Muhammad (18 February 2022). "Yee Fatt kini penolong jurulatih Penang FC". www.bharian.com.my (in Malay). Berita Harian . Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  7. "𝗣𝗘𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗞𝗔𝗡 𝗞𝗘𝗧𝗨𝗔 𝗝𝗨𝗥𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗛 𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗙𝗖". Penang FC on Instagram (in Malay). Instagram. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.