Personal information | |||
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Full name | Harvey Choun Lim [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 30 August 1967||
Place of birth | Halesworth, [1] England | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1985–1988 | Norwich City | 0 | (0) |
1986 | → Plymouth Argyle (loan) | 0 | (0) |
1988–1989 | Kettering Town | 9 | (0) |
1989 | Friska Viljor | ||
1989–1993 | Gillingham | 90 | (0) |
1993 | → Kettering Town (loan) | 6 | (0) |
1993–1995 | Sing Tao | ||
* Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Harvey Choun Lim (born 30 August 1967) is an English former professional footballer.
A goalkeeper, he was a youth player with Norwich City, but never played for the first team. [3] After spells at Plymouth Argyle (on loan), Kettering Town and Friska Viljor in Sweden, Lim signed for Gillingham in November 1989 as cover for Ron Hillyard. [4] He would go on to be named Player of the Year for 1990–91 and make over 100 first team appearances for the Kent side. [5] After a loan spell at his old side Kettering Town in the Conference, Gillingham released Lim in May 1993. [6]
Lim then signed for Sing Tao of the Hong Kong First Division, in a move facilitated by Mike Trusson, who had made the move from Gillingham to Sing Tao in 1991. [7] [8] A serious neck injury sustained while playing in Hong Kong forced Lim to retire from football at just 27 years old. [9]
Lim held aspirations to play international football for China on the basis of his Fujian-born father, but was informed that he was not eligible upon moving to Hong Kong. [8]
He subsequently moved to Whistler, British Columbia and opened an art gallery and picture framing studio. [5]