Personal information | |||
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Full name | Song Lianyong (China PR) Sung Lin Yung Stephen (Hong Kong) | ||
Date of birth | 7 May 1965 | ||
Place of birth | Tianjin, China PR | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender, midfielder, striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1983 | Tianjin II | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1984–1993 | Tianjin | ||
1993–1998 | South China | 87 | (7) |
1998–1999 | Sing Tao | 25 | (7) |
1999–2000 | Instant-Dict | 23 | (3) |
International career | |||
1985 | China U-21 | 7 | (1) |
1987 | China | 1 | (0) |
1997–1998 | Hong Kong | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:06, 7 May 2010 (UTC) |
Sung Lin Yung | |||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 宋連勇 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 宋连勇 | ||||||
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Stephen Sung Lin Yung (born 7 May 1965 in Tianjin) is a retired Chinese football player who represented the Hong Kong football team. Starting his career in China he played for the Chinese U-20 and the Chinese Olympic team before he established himself with Chinese top-tier side Tianjin where he played as a forward. [1] Moving away from China he joined Hong Kong football team South China and became their utility player playing anywhere on the field,though he spent most of time as a defensive midfielder where he had a successful time with them winning several cups and the 1996–97 Hong Kong First Division League title with them. [2]
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