Mok Chun Wah
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File:Mok Chun Wah.jpg Mok in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 5 May 1929 | ||
| 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 | |||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 莫振華 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 莫振华 | ||||||||||
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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
[edit | edit source]On May 5, 1929, Mok was born in Hong Kong.
Club career
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]Republic of China
- Asian Games Gold medal: 1954, 1958
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Mok Chun Wah – FIFA competition record (archived)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- 1929 births
- Living people
- Hong Kong men's footballers
- Taiwanese men's footballers
- South China AA players
- Hong Kong First Division League players
- Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Footballers at the 1954 Asian Games
- Footballers at the 1958 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1954 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for Chinese Taipei
- Asian Games footballers for Chinese Taipei
- Olympic footballers for Taiwan
- Chinese Taipei men's international footballers
- Chinese Taipei men's international footballers from Hong Kong
- Men's association football forwards
- Asian Games gold medalists in football