Lee Hong Lim


Lee Hong Lim is a Hong Kong football player who currently plays as a midfielder for Hong Kong Premier League club Lee Man.
He is the brother of fellow Hong Kong footballer, Lee Wai Lim.

Early age

Lee Hong Lim and his brother, Lee Wai Lim grew up in Hong Kong Sha Tau Kok. They were discovered and recruited by Chan Ping, the team manager of Tai Po, who was impressed by the brothers in a street match.

Club career

Tai Po

was in the Division Three when the brothers joined the team. The team were promoted to division two and brothers were crucial members of the promoted team, for which Lee Hong Lim scored 12 goals in 22 games. The team finished at the second spot at 2005–2006 seasons and secured promotion from 2nd division to 1st division. Lee Hong Lim decided to quit his full-time job and became a full-time professional football player. He wore no. 7 shirt in 06/07 season and had 2 goals in 21 games. Wofoo Tai Po finished at the 7th spot in their debut 1st division season.

Pegasus

Lee Hon Lim moved to Pegasus in the January 2009 transfer window. He has since scored an important goal in the League Cup semifinal against South China which ended 2:1 in TSW Pegasus' favour.

South China

On 9 July 2012, South China chairman Steven Lo announced that they have signed Lee Hong Lim for the 2012–13 season. He made his debut for South China on 2 September 2012 at Hong Kong Stadium, having scored a long range goal to help the team win against Yokohama FC Hong Kong 5–2.

Lee Man

On 19 July 2019, Lee Man announced the signing of Lee at their season opening media event.

International career

Hong Kong

At the 2011 Long Teng Cup, in the final match against Chinese Taipei, Lee Hong Lim scored two goals and helped Hong Kong win the match 6–0 and retain the trophy.

Career statistics

Remarks:
1 Since Wofoo Tai Po was in the Second Division in the 2005–06 season, they could only participate in Junior Challenge Shield but not Senior Challenge Shield.

International career

#DateVenueOpponentResultScoredCompetition
114 January 2009Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong2–10Friendly
29 October 2009Outsourcing Stadium, Shizuoka, Japan0–602011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
311 February 2010Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan0–302010 East Asian Football Championship
44 October 2010Balewadi Stadium, Pune, India1–00Friendly
517 November 2010Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong0–70Friendly
69 February 2011Shah Alam Stadium, Kuala Lumpur0–20Friendly
73 June 2011Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Hong Kong1–10Friendly
823 July 2011Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam0–302014 FIFA World Cup qualification
928 July 2011Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Hong Kong0–502014 FIFA World Cup qualification
1030 September 2011Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan3–302011 Long Teng Cup
114 October 2011Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan6–022011 Long Teng Cup
1229 February 2012Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong5–11Friendly
131 June 2012Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong1–00Friendly
1410 June 2012Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong1–20Friendly
1515 August 2012Jurong West Stadium, Singapore0–20Friendly
1616 October 2012Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Kowloon0–30Friendly
1714 November 2012Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam, Malaysia1–10Friendly
181 December 2012Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong2–102013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary Competition Round 2
193 December 2012Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong0–102013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary Competition Round 2
207 December 2012Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong2–012013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary Competition Round 2
219 December 2012Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong0–402013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary Competition Round 2
226 February 2013Pakhtakor Stadium, Uzbekistan0–002015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2322 March 2013Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong1–002015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
244 June 2013Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong0–10Friendly
6 September 2013Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar0–00Friendly
2410 September 2013Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong1–00Friendly
2515 October 2013Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong0–402015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2615 November 2013Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates0–402015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2719 November 2014Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan0–002015 EAFF East Asian Cup preliminary round 2
286 October 2016Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia2–00Friendly
2911 October 2016Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong2–00Friendly
309 November 2016Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong4–20EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2017 Round 2
3112 November 2016Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong0–10EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2017 Round 2
3228 March 2017Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon0–202019 AFC Asian Cup qualifying round - Third Round

Honours

Club

;Pegasus
;South China
;Eastern