Wong Wai

Not to be confused with Huang Wei (footballer).

Wong Wai
黃威

Wong in May 2019
Personal information
Full name	Wong Wai
Date of birth	(1992-09-17) 17 September 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Hong Kong
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s)	Central midfielder
Team information
Current team	Lee Man
Number	10
Youth career
	Sham Shui Po
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2012	Sham Shui Po	62	(32)
2012–2015	YFCMD	39	(2)
2015–2016	Pegasus	7	(0)
2016–2019	Tai Po	54	(10)
2019–2022	Eastern	19	(2)
2021–2022	→ HK U23 (loan)	4	(2)
2022–	Lee Man	17	(1)
International career^‡
2009	Hong Kong U-19	5	(1)
2010–2014	Hong Kong U-23[2]	4	(0)
2013–	Hong Kong	53	(6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 July 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 December 2024

Wong Wai (Chinese: 黃威; Jyutping: wong⁴ wai¹; born 17 September 1992) is a Hong Kong professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Hong Kong Premier League club Lee Man.

Club career

Early career

Wong studied at Yu Chun Keung Memorial College and graduated after Form 5. He represented various youth levels of the national team.

Sham Shui Po

Wong joined Third Division club Sham Shui Po when he was young. In 2008, youth team members were all promoted to the club's first team in order to gain experience. In the first season, the club reached the final of Junior Shield, which they eventually lost 0–2 to Shatin. Wong Wai played 5 out of 6 games and scored a goal in the semi-finals.

In Wong's second season, he scored 12 goals throughout the season, including 3 goals in the promotion play-offs, which helped the club gain promotion to the Second Division.

Wong helped the club gain promotion to the First Division for the first time in club history by scoring 12 goals in 19 games in the 2010–11 season. In the 2011–12 season, he failed to help the team prevent relegation to the Second Division, although he featured in most of the matches.

Metro Gallery

Wong linked up with former Sham Shui Po player and manager Lee Chi Kin and joined Yokohama FC Hong Kong in July 2012.^[3]

Tai Po

After the conclusion of his contract, Wong once again followed Lee Chi Kin, this time to the newly promoted HKPL club Tai Po. He was revealed as a Tai Po player during the club's season kick-off event on 19 July 2016.^[4]

On 17 July 2019, it was revealed that Wong had left Tai Po at the end of his contract.^[5]

Eastern

On 27 September 2019, once again following Lee Chi Kin, Wong signed for Eastern.^[6]

HK U23

Before the beginning of the 2021–22 season, the newly formed HK U23 announced that Wong joined the club on loan for the season as one of the over-aged players.

Lee Man

On 8 July 2022, Wong signed for Lee Man.^[7]

International career

Wong had represented the Hong Kong national under-19 football team and participated in the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship qualification held in Indonesia. He scored one goal in four games.

On 16 February 2013, Wong received his first call-up from the senior team for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification against Vietnam.^[8][9] However, he was excluded from the final squad announced on 15 March 2013.^[10]

On 31 May 2013, Wong was included in the 20-men final squad for an international friendly match against the Philippines held on 4 June.^[11] He made his debut during the match, as he entered in the 77th minute as a substitute for Leung Chun Pong.^[12]

On 21 November 2023, Wong scored an equalizer against Turkmenistan in the second round of 2026 World Cup AFC qualifiers, which ended in a 2–2 draw. ^[13]

On 26 December 2023, Wong was named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.^[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of 19 May 2021^[15]

Club	Season	Division	League		Senior Shield		League Cup		FA Cup		AFC Cup		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sham Shui Po	2008–09	Third 'District' Division	13	9	5[a]	1[b]									18	10
	2009–10	Third 'District' Division	13	9	—[c]								3[d]	3[e]	16	12
	2010–11	Second Division	19	12	3[f]	5[g]									22	17
	2011–12	First Division	17	2	2	0	2	0	2	0					23	2
Sham Shui Po Total			62	32	10	6	2	0	2	0	0	0	3	3	79	41
Metro Gallery	2012–13	First Division	17	1	1	0	—		1	0	—				19	1
	2013–14		12	1	1	0	—		1	0	—				14	1
	2014–15		5	0	1	0	2	0	—		—				8	0
Pegasus	2015–16	First Division	4	0	—		2	0	3	1	—				9	1
Wofoo Taipo	2016–17	First Division	20	4	3	2	—		0	0	—				23	6
	2017–18		17	4	1	0	—		3	2	—				21	6
	2018–19		16	2	4	1	—		0	0	8	0			28	3
Eastern	2019–20	First Division	3	2	2	0	—		3	2	—				8	4
	2020–21		6	0	—		—		—		—				6	0
Total			162	46	23	9	6	0	13	5	8	0	3	3	215	63

1. Since Sham Shui Po was competing in lower divisions, they could only join the Junior Shield instead of Senior Shield
2. Since Sham Shui Po was competing in lower divisions, they could only join the Junior Shield instead of Senior Shield
3. Hong Kong Junior Challenge Shield was not held in the 2009–10 season.
4. Hong Kong Third Division Champion Play-off.
5. Hong Kong Third Division Champion Play-off.
6. Since Sham Shui Po was competing in lower divisions, they could only join the Junior Shield instead of Senior Shield
7. Since Sham Shui Po was competing in lower divisions, they could only join the Junior Shield instead of Senior Shield

International

As of 17 December 2024

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Hong Kong	2013	1	0
	2014	5	0
	2015	0	0
	2016	2	0
	2017	7	1
	2018	6	0
	2019	5	0
	2020	0	0
	2021	2	0
	2022	7	1
	2023	8	2
	2024	10	2
Total		53	6

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition
2013
1	4 June 2013	Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong	Philippines	0–1	Friendly
2014
2	5 March 2014	Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Vietnam	Vietnam	1–3	2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
3	10 October 2014	Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong	Singapore	2–1	Friendly
4	13 November 2014	Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei	North Korea	1–2	2015 EAFF East Asian Cup - Second preliminary round
5	16 November 2014		Chinese Taipei	1–0
6	19 November 2014		Guam	0–0
2016
7	7 October 2016	Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia	Cambodia	2–0	Friendly
8	11 October 2016	Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong	Singapore	2–0
2017
9	23 March 2017	Amman International Stadium, Jordan	Jordan	0–4	Friendly
10	31 August 2017	Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore	Singapore	1–1
11	5 September 2017	Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Malaysia	Malaysia	1–1	2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification – third round
12	5 October 2017	Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong	Laos	4–0	Friendly
13	10 October 2017	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	Malaysia	2–0	2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification – third round
14	9 November 2017	Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong	Bahrain	0–2	Friendly
15	14 November 2017	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	Lebanon	0–1	2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification – third round
2018
16	27 March 2018	Kim Il Sung Stadium, North Korea	North Korea	0–2	2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification – third round
17	11 October 2018	Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong	Thailand	0–1	Friendly
18	16 October 2018	Wibawa Mukti Stadium, Indonesia	Indonesia	1–1
19	11 November 2018	Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taiwan	Chinese Taipei	2–1	2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship – Second preliminary round
20	13 November 2018		North Korea	0–0
21	16 November 2018		Mongolia	5–1
2019
22	11 June 2019	Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong	Chinese Taipei	0–2	Friendly
23	10 October 2019	Basra International Stadium, Basra, Iraq	Iraq	0–2	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round
24	19 November 2019	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	Cambodia	2–0
25	11 December 2019	Busan Asiad Main Stadium, Busan, South Korea	South Korea	0–2	2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
26	18 December 2019		China	0–2
2021
27	3 June 2021	Al Muharraq Stadium, Arad, Bahrain	Iran	1–3	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round
28	11 June 2021		Iraq	0–1
2022
29	1 June 2022	National Stadium Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Malaysia	0–2	Friendly
30	8 June 2022	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, India	Afghanistan	2–1	2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification – third round
31	11 June 2022		Cambodia	3–0
32	14 June 2022		India	0–4
33	19 July 2022	Kashima Stadium, Kashima, Japan	Japan	0–6	2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
34	24 July 2022	Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Japan	South Korea	0–3
35	27 July 2022		China	0–1
2023
36	23 March 2023	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Singapore	1–1	Friendly
37	15 June 2023	Lạch Tray Stadium, Hai Phong, Hong Kong	Vietnam	0–1
38	19 June 2023	Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong	Thailand	0–1
39	7 September 2023	Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, Hong Kong	Cambodia	1–1
40	11 September 2023	Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong	Brunei	10–0
41	12 October 2023		Bhutan	4–0	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round
42	17 October 2023	Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan	Bhutan	0–2
43	21 November 2023	Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong	Turkmenistan	2–2	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round
2024
44	14 January 2024	Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar	United Arab Emirates	1–3	2023 AFC Asian Cup
45	19 January 2024		Iran	0–1
46	23 January 2024	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Palestine	0–3
47	5 September 2024	HFC Bank Stadium, Suva, Fiji	Solomon Islands	3–0	Friendly
48	8 September 2024	Churchill Park, Lautoka, Fiji	Fiji	1–1
49	14 November 2024	Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong	Philippines	3–1
50	19 November 2024	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Mauritius	1–0
51	8 December 2024		Mongolia	3–0	2025 EAFF E-1 Football Championship – preliminary round
52	14 December 2024		Chinese Taipei	2–1

International goals

No.	Date	Cap	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	5 October 2017	12	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Laos	2–0	4–0	Friendly
2.	8 June 2022	30	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, India	Afghanistan	1–0	2–1	2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification – third round
3.	11 September 2023	40	Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong	Brunei	5–0	10–0	Friendly
4.	21 November 2023	43		Turkmenistan	1–1	2–2	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round
5.	5 September 2024	47	HFC Bank Stadium, Suva, Fiji	Solomon Islands	3–0	3–0	Friendly
6.	8 December 2024	51	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Mongolia	2–0	3–0	2025 EAFF E-1 Football Championship – preliminary round

Honours

Club

Eastern

• Hong Kong Senior Shield: 2019–20
• Hong Kong FA Cup: 2019–20
• Hong Kong Sapling Cup: 2020–21^[16]

Pegasus

• Hong Kong FA Cup: 2015–16
• Hong Kong Sapling Cup: 2015–16

Tai Po

• Hong Kong Premier League: 2018–19
• Hong Kong Sapling Cup: 2016–17

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External links

• Wong Wai on Instagram
• Wong Wai at Soccerway