Au Wai Lun
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Au Wai Lun | ||
| Date of birth | 14 August 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Hong Kong | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1989 | Tin Tin | (0) | |
| 1989–1990 | Eastern | (3) | |
| 1990–1993 | Ernest Borel | (13) | |
| 1993–1999 | South China | (52) | |
| 1999 | Rangers (HKG) | 0 | (0) |
| 1999–2007 | South China | 114 | (80) |
| 2009–2013 | Eastern | 47 | (26) |
| International career | |||
| 1989–2005 | Hong Kong | 50 | (26) |
| 1992 | Hong Kong (futsal) | 3 | (3) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2017–2019 | Dreams FC (technical director) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 January 2010 | |||
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| Traditional Chinese | 歐偉倫 | ||||||||
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Au Wai Lun (Chinese: 歐偉倫; born 14 August 1971) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer who played as a striker. He is widely regarded as one of the best strikers in Hong Kong.
Club career
[edit]Au made his debut in Hong Kong First Division for Tin Tin on 20 December 1988, against Happy Valley. He was 17 years old at the time and the final result of the match was 0–2.
On the pitch, Au was recognized easily by his hairstyle – he sports peroxide-blond streaks in his locks. He wore the number 7 jersey for South China and was the captain of the team.
Being a veteran striker, Au is valued for his international experience and his strong aerial ability. The 6' tall striker remains one of the best headers in the League.
In the 2005–06 season, Au's good performance throughout the season could not prevent South China from finishing 7th in the league, with 2 points below the relegation line. He scored 8 league goals that season (4th among all players, 1st among Hong Kong players). Two years after retiring, he chose to return and play as an amateur player for Eastern, one of his former clubs.
In the summer of 2007, after being offered a new contract with a salary cut by South China, Au decided to retire. He claimed that the entire squad received new contracts with increments, but he was the only one with a salary cut. He thought the club was being unfair to him, who contributed for many years, even when the team performed so poorly for several seasons.
International career
[edit]Au was one of the top goal scorers of the Hong Kong national football team. He retired from international football after an exhibition match with Manchester United on 23 July 2005.
Au was remembered for his famous "cross passing during 1-on-1" in the final of 2002 Carlsberg Cup against Honduras. In the match, he received a pass from his teammate and got a goal opportunity. However, he passed the ball back and did not shoot. Further jokes on this were developed after this incident.
International goals
[edit]| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 7 May 1993 | Beirut, Lebanon |  Bahrain |
2–1 | 2–1 | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2. | 5 June 1993 | Seoul, South Korea |  South Korea |
1–1 | 1–4 | |
| 3. | 1 February 1996 | Kowloon, Hong Kong |  Macau |
1–0 | 4–1 | 1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 4. | 30 March 1997 | Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong |  Thailand |
3–2 | 3–2 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 5. | 24 October 1999 | Kowloon, Hong Kong |  Indonesia |
1–0 | 1–1 | 2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 6. | 14 November 1999 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Indonesia |
1–2 | 1–3 | |
| 7. | 24 February 2003 | Causeway Bay, Hong Kong | Macau |
2–0 | 3–0 | 2003 East Asian Football Championship |
| 8. | 3–0 | |||||
| 9. | 28 February 2003 |  Mongolia |
1–0 | 10–0 | ||
| 10. | 8–0 | |||||
| 11. | 2 March 2003 |  Guam |
2–0 | 11–0 | ||
| 12. | 9–0 | |||||
| 13. | 10–0 | |||||
| 14. | 25 March 2003 | Kowloon, Hong Kong |  Laos |
4–0 | 5–1 | 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 15. | 5–1 | |||||
| 16. | 30 March 2003 |  Bangladesh |
1–0 | 2–2 |
Personal life
[edit]After Au's retirement announcement, he was approached by Star Publishing and with the help of a professional writer, published his biography titled, "Lun . Football Biography" (倫．球傳).
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]As of 19 May 2007
| Club | Season | League | Senior Shield | League Cup | FA Cup | AFC Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| South China | 2005–06 | 14 (0) | 8 | 1 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 2 | NA | NA | 19 (0) | 10 |
| 2006–07 | 4 (7) | 2 | 1 (1) | 1 | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | NA | NA | 6 (11) | 3 | |
| All | ? (?) | ? | ? (?) | ? | ? (?) | ? | ? (?) | ? | NA | NA | ? (?) | ? | |
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- Ernest Borel
- Hong Kong FA Cup: 1991–92
- Viceroy Cup: 1991–92
- South China
- Hong Kong First Division: 1996–97, 1999–2000, 2006–07
- Hong Kong Senior Shield: 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2006–07
- Hong Kong FA Cup: 1995–96, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2006–07
- HKFA League Cup: 2001–02
- Eastern
- Hong Kong Third Division: 2010–11, 2011–12
Individual
[edit]References
[edit]- www.GoalGoalGoal.com 現役球員各項統計 (in Chinese) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-09-29)
External links
[edit]- Au Wai Lun at HKFA
Hong Kong squads | |||||||
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- 1971 births
- Living people
- Hong Kong men's footballers
- Hong Kong men's international footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Hong Kong First Division League players
- South China AA players
- Sea Bee players
- Eastern Sports Club footballers
- Hong Kong Rangers FC players
- Hong Kong League XI representative players
- Footballers at the 1994 Asian Games
- Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games
- Asian Games competitors for Hong Kong