Sung Lin Yung | |
Fullname: | Song Lianyong (China PR) Sung Lin Yung Stephen (Hong Kong) |
Birth Date: | 7 May 1965 |
Birth Place: | Tianjin, China PR |
Position: | Defender, midfielder, striker |
Youthyears1: | 1983 |
Youthclubs1: | Tianjin II |
Years1: | 1984–1993 |
Clubs1: | Tianjin |
Years2: | 1993–1998 |
Clubs2: | South China |
Caps2: | 87 |
Goals2: | 7 |
Years3: | 1998–1999 |
Clubs3: | Sing Tao |
Caps3: | 25 |
Goals3: | 7 |
Years4: | 1999–2000 |
Clubs4: | Instant-Dict |
Caps4: | 23 |
Goals4: | 3 |
Nationalyears1: | 1985 |
Nationalteam1: | China U-21 |
Nationalcaps1: | 7 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Nationalyears2: | 1987 |
Nationalteam2: | China |
Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Nationalyears3: | 1997–1998 |
Nationalteam3: | Hong Kong |
Pcupdate: | 13:06, 7 May 2010 (UTC) |
S: | 宋连勇 |
T: | 宋連勇 |
P: | Song Lianyong |
Stephen Sung Lin Yung (born 7 May 1965 in Tianjin) is a retired Chinese football player who represented the Hong Kong football team. Starting his career in China he played for the Chinese U-20 and the Chinese Olympic team before he established himself with Chinese top-tier side Tianjin where he played as a forward.[1] Moving away from China he joined Hong Kong football team South China and became their utility player playing anywhere on the field, though he spent most of time as a defensive midfielder where he had a successful time with them winning several cups and the 1996–97 Hong Kong First Division League title with them.[2]
Sung would then become a Hong Kong permanent resident before he played for the Hong Kong national team and played a major role in Hong Kong's World Cup Qualifiers in 1997. By 1998, he moved to other Hong Kong football teams Sing Tao and then Instant-Dict as well as represented Hong Kong during the 1998 Asian Games football event before he retired.
1995–96, 1996–97
1993–94, 1997–98