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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cheung Chi Doy | ||
| Date of birth | (1941-07-30)30 July 1941 (age 83) | ||
| Place of birth | Hong Kong | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1957–1959 | Sing Tao | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1959–1960 | Tung Wah [zh] | 24 | (13) |
| 1960–1962 | Blackpool | 2 | (1) |
| 1962 | Yuen Long | 6 | (6) |
| 1962–1963 | Kwong Wah | 17 | (9) |
| 1963–1964 | Kitchee | 25 | (16) |
| 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) |
| International career | |||
| 1962–1971 | Republic of China | 35 | (17) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1980–1981 | Bulova | ||
| 1981–1982 | Double Flower | ||
| 1982–1983 | Kuitan | ||
| 1983–1985 | Kitchee | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
| Cheung Chi Doy | |||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 張子岱 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 张子岱 | ||||||||||||
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Cheung Chi Doy (or transliterated asChang Tse Da; born 30 July 1941) is a Hong Kong former professionalfootballer.[1] Started his career in native Hong Kong, in the British Empire, he also played for English sideBlackpool. In international level, he representedRepublic of China (aka Taiwan, now Chinese Taipei national team).
Cheung was the firstAsian andHong Kong football player to play inEurope. He began his career in theHong Kong First Division at 14 years of age. In 1960, he went to play forEnglish clubBlackpool, where he was a teammate ofJimmy Armfield. He became the first ethnic Chinese player to appear in the top flight of English football.[2] He made two appearances for Blackpool's first team and scored one goal,[3] againstSheffield Wednesday on November 25, 1961. In 1968, he and his brotherCheung Chi Wai joined theVancouver Royals, playing underBobby Robson in theNorth American Soccer League. While he began the season in Vancouver, he finished it with theSt. Louis Stars. He also played for Tung Wah,Kitchee andJardine SA in the Hong Kong First Division.
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. He remains the only Hongkonger to have played professional football in England.
In the1963-64 season, he scored a record number of 42 goals playing for Kitchee SC.
Cheung Chi Doy's father,Chang King Hai (Chinese:張金海),[4] and brotherCheung Chi Wai were also footballers.[4]
Cheung Chi Doy's son, Nelson Cheung Hok-yun (Chinese:張學潤, 5 June 1963 - 18 May 2023), nicknamed Nel Nel, was an actor and fashion designer.[4] Nelson committed suicide on 18 May 2023.[5]
In 2011 Cheung Chi Doy was arrested for shoplifting in a supermarket.[4] He was fined HK$2,000 by the court.[6]
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