Leung Nok Hang Explained

Leung Nok Hang
Fullname:Jacky Leung Nok Hang
Birth Date:14 November 1994
Birth Place:Hong Kong
Height:1.84 m
Position:Centre-back
Currentclub:Zhejiang
Clubnumber:2
Youthyears1:2006–2009
Youthclubs1:Eastern
Youthyears2:2009–2013
Youthclubs2:Brooke House College
Years1:2013–2015
Clubs1:YFCMD
Caps1:30
Goals1:2
Years2:2015–2016
Clubs2:Pegasus
Caps2:12
Goals2:0
Years3:2016–2017
Clubs3:South China
Caps3:16
Goals3:3
Years4:2017–2018
Clubs4:Pegasus
Caps4:11
Goals4:2
Years5:2018–2020
Clubs5:R&F
Caps5:24
Goals5:5
Years6:2020
Clubs6:Meizhou Hakka
Caps6:15
Goals6:3
Years7:2021–
Clubs7:Zhejiang
Caps7:100
Goals7:8
Pcupdate:8 July 2024
Nationalyears1:2014–2016
Nationalteam1:Hong Kong U-23
Nationalcaps1:5
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalyears2:2018–
Nationalteam2:Hong Kong
Nationalcaps2:13
Nationalgoals2:0
Ntupdate:4 March 2024

Jacky Leung Nok Hang (; born 14 November 1994) is a Hong Kong professional footballer who currently plays as a centre back for Chinese Super League club Zhejiang. He is the younger brother of current Eastern and Hong Kong international player Leung Kwun Chung.

Club career

In 2010, Leung won a Dreams Come True scholarship, allowing him to complete his high school studies in Britain at the Brooke House College Football Academy with all costs covered. Leung would return to Hong Kong and joined YFCMD in 2013. He made his professional debut on 1 September 2013, in a league game against Citizen in a 1-1 draw.[1]

Leung joined Pegasus in 2015 and would go on to establish himself as a vital member of the team that won the 2015–16 Hong Kong FA Cup and 2015–16 Hong Kong Sapling Cup.[2] With these achievements he would join the most historically successful football club in Hong Kong, South China in 2016. Once again Leung immediately established himself as a vital member of the team, but the club finished in a disappointing fourth and the owners decided to reduce funding of the club, which saw on 5 June 2017, South China made the shocking announcement that they would voluntarily self-relegate into the First Division.[3]

On 11 June 2017, Pegasus chairperson Canny Leung revealed that Leung and three other South China players would be jumping ship to Pegasus.[4] After one season he would go out on trial training before officially signing with R&F on 13 August 2018.[5]

On 1 May 2020, R&F agreed to swap Leung for Meizhou Hakka's Tsui Wang Kit.[6] Making his debut in a league game on 13 September 2020 against Liaoning Shenyang Urban in 2–0 victory.[7] He would go on to establish himself as a vital member of the team that finished at the time a club record high of fifth within the second tier.

On 7 January 2021, Leung was sold to Zhejiang Greentown for a fee of up to RMB $20 million (US$3 million), which is a record for a Hong Kong player.[8] In his first season he quickly established himself as a vital member of the team as the club gained promotion to the top tier at the end of the 2021 campaign.[9]

International career

On 16 October 2018, Leung made his international debut for Hong Kong, coming on as an 82nd-minute substitute in a friendly match against Indonesia.[10]

Career statistics

Club

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ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
YFCMD2013–14Hong Kong First Division182101000202
2014–15Hong Kong Premier League140301010190
Total32240200010392
Pegasus2015–16Hong Kong Premier League130401020200
South China2016–1717331002000224
Pegasus2017–18112100050172
R&F2018–19153102100184
2019–2092202031163
Total24530410031347
Meizhou Hakka2020China League One15310163
Zhejiang20213110020331
2022Chinese Super League30440344
20232211050281
20241720000172
Total1008500050201128
Career total21223211717013125926

International

National teamYearAppsGoals
Hong Kong201810
201940
202000
202100
202200
202380
202400
Total130

Honours

Club

Pegasus

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CITIZEN AA VS. METRO GALLERY 1 - 1. soccerway.com. 2013-09-01. 2022-06-10.
  2. Web site: 足總盃 2016-05-15. hkfa.com. 2016-05-15. 2022-06-10.
  3. Web site: Darkest day for Hong Kong football as 'Shaolin Temple' South China withdraw from Premier League. South China Morning Post. 5 June 2017 . 5 June 2017. 10 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170610144617/http://www.scmp.com/sport/article/2096980/hong-kong-giants-south-china-withdraw-premier-league. live.
  4. Web site: 飛馬簽南華梁諾恆艾華等4將 楊正光勢坐正主教練. HK01.
  5. Web site: 唧晒! 梁諾恆加盟R&F富力 . on.cc . 13 August 2018.
  6. Web site: Mak . Geng Zhi . 梁諾恆或「北上」投中甲梅州客家:望盡快適應,推動自己繼續進步 . Sportsroad.hk . 1 May 2020.
  7. Web site: MEIZHOU HAKKA VS. LIAONING SHENYANG 2 - 0. soccerway.com. 2020-09-13. 2022-06-10.
  8. Web site: Yuen . Chi Ho . 梁諾恆投浙江綠城 轉會費傳逾2000萬 或成最高身價港將 . HK01 . 7 January 2021.
  9. Web site: 足球——中超附加赛:浙江平青岛 总分胜出升入中超. sohu.com. 2022-01-12. 2022-06-10. zh.
  10. Web site: Yu . Wai . 挫敗激發鬥志 梁諾恆港足重生 再求外闖 迎更好的24歲 . Ming Pao . 20 October 2018.
  11. Web site: LEUNG NOK HANG. Soccerway. 2020-07-30.