Hong Kong footballer and coach
Lai Sun Cheung (Chinese : 黎新祥 ; Jyutping : lai4 san1 coeng4 , 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]
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