Cheung Chi Doy

Cheung Chi Doy
Personal information
Full name Cheung Chi Doy
Date of birth (1941-07-30) July 30, 1941
Place of birth Hong Kong
Playing position Forward
Youth career
1957-1959 Sing Tao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1960 Tung Wah 24 (13)
1960–1962 Blackpool 3** (1)
1962 Yuen Long 6 (6)
1962–1963 Kwong Wah 17 (9)
1963–1964 Kitchee 25 (54)
1964–1968 Sing Tao 102 (58)
1968 Vancouver Royals 11 (2)
1968 St. Louis Stars 8 (0)
1968–1971 Jardine 62 (30)
1971–1972 Fire Services 20 (8)
1972–1978 Happy Valley 143 (51)
National team‡
1962-1971 Republic of China
Teams managed
1978–1979 Happy Valley (assistant)
1979–1980 Cheung Wo (assistant)
1980–1981 Bulova
1981–1982 Double Flower
1982–1983 Kuitan
1983–1985 Kitchee
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of
** includes one game that was abandoned

Cheung Chi Doy (Chinese: 張子岱; Cantonese Yale: Jēung Jídoih; born July 30, 1941 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong former professional footballer. He played for Blackpool and the Republic of China (now Chinese Taipei). At the time of Cheung's career, Hong Kong did not have a national team so Hong Kong players were eligible to play for the Republic of China.

Cheung was one of the first Asian players to play in Europe. He began his career in the Hong Kong First Division at 14 years of age. In 1960, he went to play for English club Blackpool, where he was a teammate of Jimmy Armfield. He became the first ethnic Chinese player to appear in the top flight of English football.[1] He made two appearances for Blackpool's first team and scored one goal,[2] against Sheffield Wednesday on November 25, 1961. In 1968, he and his brother Cheung Chi Wai joined the Vancouver Royals, playing under Bobby Robson in the North American Soccer League. While he began the season in Vancouver, he finished it with the St. Louis Stars. He also played for Tung Wah, Kitchee and Jardine SA in the Hong Kong First Division.

Ever since the end of Cheung's stint at Blackpool in 1962, he remains the first and, thus far, only Hong Kong-born football player to have ever played for a top-flight European club.

References

  1. ↑ Gillatt, Peter (30 November 2009). Blackpool FC on This Day: History, Facts and Figures from Every Day of the Year. Pitch Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-905411-50-2.
  2. ↑ Blackpool players at Neil Brown's statistical website
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