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Sung Lin Yung

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Place of birth
  
Tianjin, China PR

Role
  
Football player

1983
  
Tianjin II

Height
  
1.82 m

Years
  
Team

Position
  
Forward, Midfielder

Name
  
Sung Yung


Full name
  
Song Lianyong (China PR) Sung Lin Yung Stephen (Hong Kong)

Date of birth
  
(1965-05-07) 7 May 1965 (age 50)

Playing position
  
Defender, midfielder, striker

Stephen Sung Lin Yung (born 7 May 1965 in Tianjin) is a retired Chinese football player who represented the Hong Kong football team. Starting his career in China he played for the Chinese U-20 and the Chinese Olympic team before he established himself with Chinese top tier side Tianjin where he played as a forward. Moving away from China he joined Hong Kong football team South China and became their utility player playing anywhere on the field, though he spent most of time as a defensive midfielder where he had a successful time with them winning several cups and the 1996–97 Hong Kong First Division League title with them. He would then become a Hong Kong permanent resident before he played for the Hong Kong national team and played a major role in Hong Kong's World Cup Qualifiers in 1997. By 1998, he moved to other Hong Kong football teams Sing Tao and then Instant-Dict before he retired.

Honours

South China AA

  • Hong Kong First Division League: 1996–97
  • Hong Kong Senior Shield: 1995–96, 1996–97
  • Hong Kong Viceroy Cup: 1993–94, 1997–98
  • Hong Kong FA Cup: 1995–96
  • References

    Sung Lin Yung Wikipedia