Liew Kit Kong
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Liew Kit Kong | ||
| Date of birth | 6 January 1979[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Perak, Malaysia | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Perak | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2001 | Perak | ? | (11) |
| 2002–2003 | Kedah | ? | (9) |
| 2004 | Perak | ? | (6) |
| 2005 | Sabah | ? | (7) |
| 2006 | MPPJ | ? | (3) |
| 2006–2007 | Negeri Sembilan | ? | (5) |
| 2007–2009 | Kuala Muda Naza | ? | (19) |
| 2008 | → Terengganu (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2010 | Selangor | ? | (3) |
| 2011 | Felda United | 23 | (3) |
| 2015 | PKNS | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2002–2005 | Malaysia | 13 | (5) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 January 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 31 August 2008 | |||
Liew Kit Kong (Chinese: 廖吉光; pinyin: Liao Jiguang; born 6 January 1979) is a Malaysian former footballer who last played as a striker for PKNS F.C. He was also a former member of the Malaysian national team.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Kit Kong was born in Perak and is of mixed Chinese and Indian heritage.
Career
[edit | edit source]He won the Best Striker award for the 2007-08 FAM Football Awards ahead of two other nominees: Mohd Safee Mohd Sali and Mohd Zaquan Adha Abdul Radzak, despite playing in the second division, the Malaysia Premier League. In that season, he became the top local goal scorer in the Premier League with 16 goals.[2]
Liew has represented the national side since 2002 when he was call up for an international friendly match against five times World Cup winners Brazil. He was selected as one of first eleven to played against Brazilian stars such as Ronaldo and Barca's Ronaldinho.[3][4] He also played in third place play-off 2004 AFF Championship and part of the squad in 2005 Islamic Solidarity Games when the national team reached quarter-final.[5]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]| Club | Season | League | Malaysia Cup | FA Cup | AFC Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Perak FA | 1999 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 3 | |||||
| 2000 | 6 | 0 | 4 | – | 10 | ||||||
| 2001 | 3 | 1 | 2 | – | 6 | ||||||
| Total | 11 | 2 | 6 | – | 19 | ||||||
| Kedah FA | 2002 | 4 | 4 | 2 | – | 10 | |||||
| 2003 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | ||||||
| Total | 9 | 4 | 2 | – | 15 | ||||||
| Perak FA | 2004 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |||||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Sabah FA | 2005 | 7 | 4 | 0 | – | 11 | |||||
| Total | 7 | 4 | 0 | – | 11 | ||||||
| Selangor MPPJ | 2005-06 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | 5 | |||||
| Total | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | 5 | ||||||
| Negeri Sembilan FA | 2006-07 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Total | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | |||||
| Kuala Muda Naza FC | 2007-08 | 25 | 16 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 31 | 20 | ||
| Terengganu FA (loan) | – | 14 | 1 | – | – | 14 | 1 | ||||
| Kuala Muda Naza FC | 2009 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 3 | |||||
| Total | 19 | 2 | 4 | – | 25 | ||||||
| Selangor FA | 2010 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| Felda United FC | 2011 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | 32 | 4 | |
| Total | 23 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | 32 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 66 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 96 | ||||||
International goals
[edit | edit source]| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Status | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 19 August 2004 | Bangkok, Thailand | File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand | 1–1 |
1–2 |
Won | Friendly |
| 2. | 8 December 2004 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | File:Flag of East Timor.svg Timor-Leste | 1–0 |
5–0 |
Won | 2004 Tiger Cup Group Stage |
| 3. | 10 December 2004 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines | 1–0 |
4–1 |
Won | 2004 Tiger Cup Group Stage |
| 4. | 28 December 2004 | Jakarta, Indonesia | File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia | 1–1 |
1–2 |
Won | 2004 Tiger Cup Semi Final |
| 5. | 1–2
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Honours
[edit | edit source]- Perak
- Malaysia Cup: 2000
- Malaysia FA Cup: 2004
- Kedah
- Liga Perdana 2: 2002
- Kuala Muda Naza FC
- Selangor
- Malaysia Super League: 2010
- Malaysia Charity Shield: 2010
International
[edit | edit source]- AFF Championship : 2004 third place
Individual
[edit | edit source]- FAM Best Striker Award : 2007-08
- Malaysia Premier League Top Local Goalscorer : 2007-08 (16 goals)
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ General Information about the player Kit Kong Liew - Head coach of Royal Selangor Club Junior Soccer development. National Football Teams
- ^ Kedah kuasai anugerah bola sepak
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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- ^ Islamic Games 2005 (Saudi Arabia) - RSSSF
External links
[edit | edit source]- Liew Kit Kong - Linkedin
- Liew Kit Kong at SoccerwayLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Perak
- Malaysian people of Chinese descent
- Sportspeople of Chinese descent
- Malaysian people of Indian descent
- Sportspeople of Indian descent
- Malaysian men's footballers
- 21st-century Malaysian sportsmen
- Malaysia men's international footballers
- Kuala Muda Naza F.C. players
- Negeri Sembilan FC players
- Perak F.C. players
- Kedah Darul Aman F.C. players
- Selangor F.C. players
- Terengganu FC players
- Sabah F.C. (Malaysia) players
- Men's association football forwards
- Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Malaysia