Harvey Lim

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Harvey Lim
Personal information
Full name Harvey Choun Lim [1]
Date of birth (1967-08-30) 30 August 1967 (age 56) [1]
Place of birth Halesworth, [1] England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) [2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1985–1988 Norwich City 0 (0)
1986Plymouth Argyle (loan) 0 (0)
1988–1989 Kettering Town 9 (0)
1989 Friska Viljor
1989–1993 Gillingham 90 (0)
1993Kettering 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.

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Playing career

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]

Personal life

He subsequently moved to Whistler, British Columbia and opened an art gallery and picture framing studio. [5]

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References

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