Yiu Cheuk Yin | |
Birth Date: | 3 July 1928 |
Birth Place: | British Hong Kong |
Death Date: | [1] |
Death Place: | Hong Kong |
Position: | Inside forward |
Years1: | 1948–1950 |
Clubs1: | Kitchee |
Years2: | 1950–1959 |
Clubs2: | South China |
Years3: | 1959–1961 |
Clubs3: | Tung Wah |
Years4: | 1961–1963 |
Clubs4: | Kitchee |
Years5: | 1963–1965 |
Clubs5: | Tung Wah |
Years6: | 1965–1967 |
Clubs6: | Tung Sing |
Years7: | 1967–1968 |
Clubs7: | Rangers (HKG) |
Years8: | 1968–1969 |
Clubs8: | Yuen Long |
Nationalyears1: | 1954–1964 |
Nationalteam1: | Republic of China |
Nationalcaps1: | 37 |
Nationalgoals1: | 8 |
Yiu Cheuk Yin (or transliterated as Yiu Chuk Yin; 3 July 1928 – 1 February 2008) was a former Hong Kong footballer who represented Republic of China (Taiwan) in the Asian Games, AFC Asian Cup and in the Olympics,[2] but spent his entire career in British Hong Kong, a colony of the British Empire.
Yiu also represented Hong Kong Chinese[3] [4] in a non-FIFA recognized match against Malayan Chinese in 1959 Ho Ho Cup.[5]
Yiu, along with Mok Chun Wah and Ho Cheng Yau, was collectively known as the Three Aces of South China.[1]
Republic of China