Ho Ying Fun
Personal information
Date of birth 1921
Place of birth British Hong Kong
Date of death 21 October 2012[1]
Place of death Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Singtao
International career
194? China
1948 China Olympic 1 (0)
1954–1960 Republic of China
Managerial career
1966 Republic of China
1960s Laos
1973–1975 Hong Kong
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Ho Ying Fun
Traditional Chinese何應芬
Simplified Chinese何应芬

Ho Ying Fun (1921 – 21 October 2012) was a professional footballer and football manager.[2] Born in Hong Kong, he represented Republic of China in 1948 Olympics[3][4] and Republic of China (Taiwan) in 1954, 1958 Asian Games, as well as 1956 and 1960 AFC Asian Cup.[5] Ho also represented Hong Kong League XI in Merdeka Tournament, a friendly tournament in 1957.[6]

After retirement, he coached Republic of China (Taiwan) in 1966 Pestabola Merdeka.[5] He also coached Laos[1][7] and Hong Kong.

Honours

Republic of China

References

  1. ^ a b "足壇名宿何應芬辭世". Wen Wei Po (in Chinese). 25 October 2002. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Ho Ying Fun". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Chinese Olympic team 1948".
  4. ^ "Olympians in soccer side". The Sydney Morning Herald. archive of National Library of Australia. 14 July 1953. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  5. ^ a b 鄭, 夏英; 吳, 俊賢; 王, 宏義 (December 2006). "The Influence of Hong Kong South China Football Club to Taiwan's Football Development (1949–1970)" (PDF). 《人文與社會》學報 (in Chinese). I-Shou University. 1 (9th issue): 237–265. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-10. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
  6. ^ Lee, John C.W. (2015). 足球王國：戰後初期的香港足球 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Hong Kong: Joint Publishing. p. 72. ISBN 9789620437823. Retrieved 18 December 2017 – via Google Books preview.
  7. ^ "體育漫談". The Chinese Times [zh] (in Chinese). Vancouver. 28 September 1968. Retrieved 9 September 2017 – via archive of Simon Fraser University Library.

External links


China football squad – 1948 Summer Olympics
Republic of China squad – 1960 AFC Asian Cup third place
Managerial positions
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