Stephen Garlock Liu

Liu Stephen Garlock (Chinese: 廖家樂; Jyutping: liu6 gaa1 lok6 ; born 18 May 1992 in Sydney), also known as Stephen Liu, is an Australia-born Hong Kong-Irish footballer who plays for South China FC as a full-back.

Liu Stephen Garlock
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-05-18) 18 May 1992
Place of birth Sydney
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Club information
Current team
 South China
Number 20
Youth career
2007–2009 Komazawa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Hong Kong FC 13 (0)
2013 Yokohama FC Hong Kong 0 (0)
2013– South China 1 (0)
National team‡
2011– Hong Kong U21[1]
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 July 2013
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 June 2013

Club career

Early career

Stephen started playing football when he was young, growing up in Australia. He moved to Japan when he was 7 years old. He joined FC Komazawa in 2007, where he was still playing as a midfielder or striker. He left the club in 2009 as he moved to Hong Kong.

Hong Kong FC

Stephen joined Hong Kong FC in the 2009–2010 season. He was part of the team which was promoted to the First Division at the end of that season.

He started playing in a professional football league with Hong Kong FC in the 2010–11 season. He featured 8 league games in the season but failed to help the team avoid relegation to the Second Division. He stayed at the club competing in the Second Division.

Yokohama FC Hong Kong

Stephen joined First Division club Yokohama FC Hong Kong in January 2013. However, he only featured Reserve Division matches after he joined the club, and was on the bench twice in the First Division League.

South China

Stephen joined defending First Division champions South China for an undisclosed fee on 2 July 2013.[2]

Career stats

Club
As of 4 May 2013
Club Season Division League Senior Shield League Cup FA Cup AFC Cup Others1 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hong Kong FC 2009–10 Second Division 30—2N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A30
2010–11 First Division 80102000N/AN/AN/AN/A110
2011–12 Second Division 2003030000N/AN/AN/AN/A20
2012–13 Second Division 0023030000N/AN/AN/AN/A20
Hong Kong FC Total 1303020000000180
Yokohama FC Hong Kong 2012–13 First Division 0000——00N/AN/AN/AN/A00
Yokohama FC Hong Kong Total 00000000000000
South China 2013–14 First Division 0000——0000N/AN/A00
South China Total 00000000000000
Total 1303020000000180

Notes
1. ^ Others include Hong Kong Season Play-offs.
2. ^ Hong Kong Junior Challenge Shield was not held in the 2009–10 season.
3. ^ ^ ^ ^ Since Hong Kong FC was competing in lower divisions, they could only join the Junior Shield instead of Senior Shield.

References
  1. "香港21歲以下代表隊長期訓練隊 名單公佈". hkfa.com. 17 March 2011.
  2. "展開新球季". Steven Lo's blog. 2 July 2013. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013.
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