Mok Chun Wah

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Mok Chun Wah
File:Mok Chun Wah.jpg
Mok in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1929-05-05) 5 May 1929 (age 97)
Place of birth British Hong Kong
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
South China
International career
Republic of China
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
Mok Chun Wah
Traditional Chinese莫振華
Simplified Chinese莫振华
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMò Zhènhuá
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingMok6 Zan3 Waa4

Mok Chun Wah (also transliterated as Mok Chun Wa, born 5 May 1929) is a former professional footballer.[1] Born in British Hong Kong to ethnic Chinese parents, Mok represented the Republic of China (Taiwan) and spending his whole professional career in the Hong Kong leagues.

Early life

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On May 5, 1929, Mok was born in Hong Kong.

Club career

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Mok was with Yiu Cheuk Yin and Ho Cheng Yau one of the "Three Aces" that formed the strikeforce of South China Athletic Association in the 1950s and 1960s.[2]

International career

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He was part of the Republic of China (Taiwan) team that won the gold medals at the 1954 and 1958 Asian Games.[3] He scored a goal in the 1960 Olympics.[4]

Mok also represented Hong Kong Chinese[5][6] in a non-FIFA recognized match against Malayan Chinese in 1959 Ho Ho Cup;[7] in 1957, Mok also represented Hong Kong League XI in Merdeka Tournament, a friendly tournament; the team was almost entirely composed of the players of Eastern Sports Club, which was playing friendlies in the Asia-Pacific.[8] However, Mok was the only player to fly directly from Hong Kong as a non-Eastern player. That representative team, was in fact composed for 9 Hong Kong footballers that chose to represent Republic of China (Taiwan).[9] Mok was also selected to the 1961 edition as a member of Hong Kong League XI.[10]

Honours

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Republic of China

References

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