Seb Buddle

Hong Kong footballer

Seb Buddle
Personal information

Full name	Sebastian Robert Buddle
Date of birth	(1999-07-27) 27 July 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth	Hong Kong
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Kitchee
Number	67
Youth career
2010–2016	Southern
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2023	Kitchee	8	(0)
2018–2019	→ Hoi King (loan)	9	(0)
2021–2022	→ HK U23 (loan)	2	(0)
2022–2023	→ Southern (loan)	9	(0)
2024–	Kitchee	1	(1)
International career^‡
2021	Hong Kong U-23	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 January 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 October 2021

Sebastian "Seb" Robert Buddle (Chinese: 畢頓; born 27 July 1999) is a Hong Kong professional footballer of English descent who currently plays as a forward for Hong Kong Premier League club Kitchee.

Club career

On 12 July 2016, Kitchee announced that they had signed Buddle and three others to a professional contract.^[1]

On 24 July 2018, following a preseason friendly, Hoi King confirmed that they had acquired Buddle on loan.^[2]

On 23 October 2019, Buddle scored his first professional goal against Lee Man during a Sapling Cup match.

On 15 October 2021, Buddle joined HK U23 on loan and played his first game for the club in a Sapling Cup group stage match against HKFC in which his side won 2–1.

On 21 July 2022, Buddle joined Southern on loan.

In January 2024, Buddle returned to Kitchee. On 25 February 2024, Buddle scored his first Hong Kong Premier League goal in his first appearance since his return against HK U23.

International career

After he had acquired a HKSAR passport in 2019, this meant that Buddle is eligible to represent Hong Kong in international competitions.^[3] He was named within Hong Kong U-23's squad for the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualifiers and had made his debut against Japan U-23.

Honours

Club

Kitchee

Personal life

Buddle was born and raised in Discovery Bay by English parents who had moved to Hong Kong in 1994. When he was 18, he renounced his British passport in order to obtain a Hong Kong passport.^[4]

Buddle is a graduate of the West Island School.^[5]

Buddle received his Hong Kong passport in 2019 and was selected to his first U23 camp in June 2020.^[6]

He was called up for the Hong Kong U-23 side in the qualifying stage in 2021 and will travel to Japan for 2 matches in October 2021.

References

^ "傑志簽下銳兵放眼亞洲誓要重奪聯賽冠軍". Kitchee. Archived from the original on 27 August 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016. (in Chinese)
^ Hseung, Ka Man. "組軍進度遜預期凱景將洽商借用外援". Apple Daily. Retrieved 24 July 2018. (in Chinese)
^ https://thebeat.asia/hong-kong/vibe/influencers/an-interview-with-seb-buddle-the-british-footballer-representing-hong-kong-football
^ "擺脫「前輩之名」畢頓：我係我". on.cc. Retrieved 29 January 2020.(in Chinese)
^ "Young DB football star Seb Buddle talks life in the Hong Kong Premier League". 24 October 2016.
^ Mak, Geng Zhi (19 June 2020). "望U23與大港腳戰術一致麥柏倫憾大隊6月未能集訓". Sportsroad. Retrieved 19 June 2020. (in Chinese)