Leung Kwun Chung

Leung Kwun Chung (Chinese: 梁冠聰; born 1 April 1992 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong professional football player who plays as a defensive midfielder for Hong Kong Premier League club Eastern.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Leung.
Leung Kwun Chung
Personal information
Full name Rio Leung Kwun Chung
Date of birth (1992-04-01) 1 April 1992
Place of birth Hong Kong
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Eastern
Number 17
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 Sham Shui Po 17 (2)
2012–2015 YFCMD 51 (2)
2015–2016 Pegasus 13 (0)
2016–2017 South China 16 (0)
2017–2019 Tai Po 33 (0)
2019– Eastern 12 (0)
National team‡
2014 Hong Kong U–23 4 (0)
2016– Hong Kong 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 October 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 June 2016

He is the older brother of current Zhejiang Greentown player Leung Nok Hang.

Club career
Leung attends the 2019 Hong Kong Football Awards ceremony.

Leung played for Hong Kong Third Division club Sham Shui Po when he was young.

In 2012, Leung signed for Hong Kong First Division club Yokohama FC Hong Kong.[1]

On 18 May 2015, Leung won the Hong Kong Top Footballer Awards 2014/15 Best Youth Player.[2]

Before the start of the 2015–16 Hong Kong Premier League, Leung signed for Hong Kong Premier League club Pegasus.

On 3 February 2016, Leung scored his first goal in the 2015–16 Hong Kong FA Cup against Hong Kong First Division club Wanchai, which wins the match 6:1.[3]

On 6 June 2018, Leung confirmed that he had renewed his contract with Tai Po.[4]

On 17 July 2019, Leung moved to Eastern.[5]

International career

On 31 December 2015, Leung made his debut for Hong Kong against Guangdong in the 2016 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup, which the match ended in a 4:5 loss in aggregate.[6][7]

Leung made his first International 'A' match debut on 3 June 2016, against Vietnam.

Honours

Club
Eastern
Sham Shui Po
Pegasus
Tai Po

Individual

References
  1. 日乙FC橫濱來季征港甲《星島日報》 (in Chinese)
  2. 香港足球明星：陳肇鈞梁冠聰齊膺「最佳」 【on.cc東網】2015年5月18日 (in Chinese)
  3. 足總盃　香港飛馬大炒灣仔晉級 【on.cc東網】2016年2月3日 (in Chinese)
  4. "梁冠聰叉足電　繼續做「綠戰士」". on.cc. Retrieved 8 June 2018. (in Chinese)
  5. Yuen, Chi Ho. "李志堅攜大埔班底投東方龍獅　16新兵加盟佔全隊逾半". HK01. Retrieved 17 July 2019. (in Chinese)
  6. 省港盃　大港腳首騷！梁冠聰要爭氣 【on.cc東網】 2016年1月2日 (in Chinese)
  7. 省港盃　殺人王搞掂港隊　廣東反勝3連霸 東方日報 2015年1月3日 (in Chinese)
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