Lee Wai Tong

Infobox Football biography
playername = Lee Wai Tong


fullname =
dateofbirth = birth date|1905|9|18|df=y
cityofbirth = Tai Hang
countryofbirth = Hong Kong
dateofdeath = death date and age|1979|7|4|1905|9|18|df=y
cityofdeath = Causeway Bay
countryofdeath = Hong Kong
height =
nickname =
position = Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1922–1925
1926–?
?–?
clubs = South China
Loh Hwa
South China
caps(goals) = [http://paper.wenweipo.com/2008/03/15/WY0803150001.htm 李惠堂：中國的世界級球王] ]
nationalyears = 1923–?
nationalteam = China
nationalcaps(goals) =
manageryears = 1954–1958?
managerclubs = Chinese Taipei

Lee Wai Tong (also translated as Li Huitang, _zh. linktext|李|惠|堂|; born September 18, 1905; died July 4, 1979 [(Simplified Chinese) [http://gb.cri.cn/1321/2007/07/25/[e-mail] 迎奥运，纪念足球前辈、一代球王李惠堂] ] ) was a Chinese football (soccer) striker and head coach. He is considered one of the greatest Asian footballers in pre World War II period.

He was nicknamed "Alex James of the East".

Playing career

International career

Lee, born in Hong Kong, played for the China national team that won the 1925, 1927, 1930, and 1934 Far Eastern Games, and in 1936, he was the captain of the national squad that competed at the Olympic tournament in Berlin.

PR China, Taiwan (ROC) and Hong Kong national team formed and joined FIFA after WWII.

Coaching career

He was the head coach of South China AA after the World War II. In, 1948, he was appointed coach of the Chinese national team, and after the Chinese Civil War, he coached the Chinese Taipei national team leading them to win the 1954 and 1958 Asian Games. He also coached the Hong Kong national teams. During 1960s, he became vice-chairman of the Chinese Taipei Football Association, and in 1965 he became vice-president of FIFA, being the first Chinese to reach that position.

He was famous for breaking the netting when he shot the ball into the net and in a match.

Further reading

* [http://portuguese.cri.cn/101/2006/12/04/[e-mail] "Li Huitang, o Rei do Futebol da China"] (Li Huitang, China's king of football)
* (Chinese) [http://www.mzsport.net/wh/ReadNews.asp?NewsID=1140 世界球王——李惠堂] (Li Huitang world star - [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&u=http://www.mzsport.net/wh/ReadNews.asp%3FNewsID%3D1140&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=2&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%25E6%259D%258E%25E6%2583%25A0%25E5%25A0%2582%2B1976%26start%3D70%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN translation] )

References

External links

* (Chinese) [http://202.84.17.11/aoyun/ayjy/zg/zuqiu/1320205468.htm Short biography] ( [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&u=http://202.84.17.11/aoyun/ayjy/zg/zuqiu/1320205468.htm&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=10&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522Li%2BHuitang%2522%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG translation] )