Yeap Cheng Eng

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yeap.

Yeap Cheng Eng

Personal information
Date of birth	1914 (1914)
Place of birth	British Malaya
Date of death	1994 (aged 79–80)
Position	Left winger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1934–1958	Penang
International career
	Malaya
	China
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yeap Cheng Eng
Traditional Chinese	葉清榮
Simplified Chinese	叶清荣
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yè Qīngróng Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Jip6 Cing1 Wing4 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Ia̍p Chheng-êng Tâi-lô Ia̍p Tshing-îng

Yeap Cheng Eng (1915 – 14 January 1994) was a Chinese footballer. He was the first Malayan ever to participate in the Olympic Games, when he was a member of the football team which represented the China as a guest players in the 1948 Olympic Games in London.

In Malayan domestic football, he represented Penang for a record 24 years and was their captain for many years, winning the Malaya Cup in 1953, 1954, and 1958 (at the age of 42).

External links

• Profile at the Penang State Government Archived 23 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine