Lai Sun Cheung | |
Fullname: | Lai Sun Cheung |
Birth Date: | 1 September 1950 |
Birth Place: | Hong Kong |
Death Place: | Hong Kong |
Position: | Defender |
Clubs1: | Rangers |
Clubs2: | Happy Valley |
Clubs3: | Tung Sing |
Nationalteam1: | Hong Kong |
Manageryears1: | 1989 - 2007 |
Managerclubs1: | Hong Kong U-23 |
Manageryears2: | 2002 - 2006 |
Managerclubs2: | Hong Kong |
Manageryears3: | 2004 - 2007 |
Managerclubs3: | Hong Kong 08 |
Manageryears4: | 2007 |
Managerclubs4: | Hong Kong |
Manageryears5: | 2007 - 2008 |
Managerclubs5: | Hong Kong 09 |
Lai Sun Cheung (1 September 1950 – 20 June 2010) was a Hong Kong football coach and a former professional football player. He was the former head coach of Hong Kong national football team, Hong Kong 08 and the Hong Kong under-23 football team.
Lai joined Rangers when he was Secondary 4. In 1969 & 1970, he joined the Hong Kong Youth Team and participated in youth tournaments in Japan. Then he represented Hong Kong.
From 2002 to 2006, then again in 2007, Lai coached the Hong Kong national football team.[1]
On 20 June 2010, Lai died of lung cancer in Hong Kong, aged 59, after a one-year-battle with the disease.[2]