Liu Chun Fai


Liu Chun Fai is a former Hong Kong professional footballer and the head coach of South China. He is regarded as one of the best Hong Kong goalkeepers in the 1980s. He holds an AFC A license and the goalkeeper coach qualification.
In his player career, he played for Happy Valley, Caroline Hill, Sea Bee, Eastern, Harps, Seiko, May Ching, Lai Sun and Sing Tao.
He retired in the early 1990s and became a coach. He was the coach of Hong Kong 09, Yau Tsim Mong and Citizen. He started at Citizen as a goalkeeper coach, and in 2006 he became the head coach of the team. In 2007-08 season, he led the team to finish second in Hong Kong First Division and captured the champion of Hong Kong FA Cup, the first major trophy won by the team ever. With this outstanding result, he was awarded the Best Coach Award of the season.
On 5 February 2018, Liu was named as interim coach of the Hong Kong national football team following the resignation of Kim Pan-gon in December 2017.