Full name Fung Hoi Man Years Team Height 1.66 m | Role Football player Name Fung Man | |
Date of birth (1977-03-12) 12 March 1977 (age 38) | ||
Fung Hoi Man (Chinese: 馮凱文; Jyutping: fung4 hoi2 man4, born 12 March 1977) is a Hong Kong football coach and a former player. He is currently an assistant coach at Hong Kong Premier League club Lee Man.
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He holds an AFC A Licence and The FA International Coaching Licence.
Club career
Fung's club career was more or less unsuccessful. He played for Eastern and Sing Tao youth team before being promoted to the first team at Sing Tao. However, under great competition at the club, he failed to establish his position and thus moved on to his managerial career, where he found success.
He returned football playing career as he joined newly promoted side Hong Kong FC in 2006. However, he was forced to retire due to anterior cruciate ligament injury.
Early career
He started managing Jockey Club Ti-I College football team in 1997. He then managed Diocesan Boys' School in 2000, at the same time when he was managing Jockey Club Ti-I College, leading Diocesan Boys' School gain promotion from Third Division to First Division in five years, as well as leading them as the champions of the All Hong Kong Schools Jing Ying Football Tournament in 2003, when they were still competing in Third Division. Due to his impressive results in managerial career, Hong Kong Third Division club Sham Shui Po invited him as the head coach of the club in 2002. He left the club after spending one season with them, as he joined Hong Kong 08 as an assistant coach, alongside famous coach Chan Hiu Ming.
Southern
He joined Southern in 2008 as a coach alongside Cheng Siu Chung. He brought the club to a success as he led the club gain promotion to the First Division for the first time in club history, as well as claiming the Hong Kong Junior Challenge Shield champions in 2011. Southern's first season in the First Division was a great success as they placed 4th in the league, gaining a place for 2012–13 Hong Kong Season Play-offs, as well as reaching semi-finals of the Senior Shield. He was awarded the Coach of the Year at the end of the season.
Lee Man
Fung left Southern following the 2014-15 season and the following two seasons as head coach at Yuen Long and then at Hong Kong Rangers. After Lee & Man Paper withdrew their sponsorship of Rangers in order to field their own HKPL club, Fung moved to Lee Man SC to become an assistant under head coach Fung Ka Ki.