Chu Wai Kwan

Hong Kong footballer
Chu Wai Kwan
Personal information
Full name Chu Wai Kwan
Date of birth (1999-02-09) 9 February 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Hong Kong
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 North District
Number 13
Youth career
2013–2014 Rangers
2014–2016 CFCSSHK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Happy Valley 26 (12)
2017–2019 Dreams FC 12 (0)
2019–2021 Happy Valley 26 (4)
2021–2023 Eastern 5 (0)
2023 → Sham Shui Po (loan) 9 (1)
2023– North District 8 (0)
International career‡
2016–2017 Hong Kong U-19 5 (4)
2021 Hong Kong U-22 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 July 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 October 2021

Chu Wai Kwan (Chinese: 朱偉鈞; born 9 February 1999) is a Hong Kong professional footballer who currently plays as a forward for Hong Kong Premier League club North District.

Youth career

Chu trained as a member of the Rangers academy while attending Yan Chai Hospital Tung Chi Ying Memorial Secondary School. He later moved to Chelsea Soccer School with whom he won the HKFA Youth Cup in 2015-16. Although he was invited by both Metro Gallery and South China to train with their respective first teams, he declined to do so until he finished high school.[1]

Club career

Due to Chelsea Soccer School's partnership agreement with Happy Valley, Chu was registered as a Happy Valley player for the 2016-17 season. He scored 12 goals in helping the club win the Third Division title.

In July 2017, Chu signed with top flight club Dreams FC. He made his debut on 26 August, playing 12 minutes in a 1–1 draw against Tai Po.[2]

In August 2019, Chu signed with Happy Valley again following the self relegation of Dreams FC.[3]

On 9 August 2021, it was announced that Chu had signed with Eastern.

On 27 January 2023, Chu was loaned to Sham Shui Po for the rest of the season.

On 22 July 2023, Chu joined North District.

Honours

Club

Happy Valley

References

  1. ^ "香港車校U18有意踢港甲". Tai Kung Pao. Retrieved 11 June 2016. (in Chinese)
  2. ^ "得番10個！和富大埔被夢想FC逼和". on.cc. Retrieved 26 August 2017. (in Chinese)
  3. ^ Tsang, Ngan Ping. "愉園熱身賽再輸一場 吞業餘隊3蛋". Apple Daily. Retrieved 2 August 2019. (in Chinese)

External links

  • Chu Wai Kwan at Soccerway
  • Chu Wai Kwan at HKFA
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North District FC – current squad