Personal information | |||
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Place of birth | Singapore | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
International career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Singapore |
Lim Tang Boon is a Singaporean football midfielder who played for Singapore in the 1984 Asian Cup.
In 1980, Lim was voted player of the year.[1]
On 26 December 1980, in a group match against North Korea during Singapore's 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign, Fandi Ahmad earned a penalty against North Korea.[2] Lim took the penalty kick which the North Korean goalkeeper saved. Singapore lost the match 1-0 and fail to quality beyond the group stage.[3]
Lim worked at Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp from 1976 to 1992[1]
In 1997, Lim was sentenced to two-year jail for taking $360,000 from an account at Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp in 1991 where he worked at.[1]