Lai Hau Hei

Lai Hau Hei (Chinese: 黎厚希; born 19 January 1995 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong professional footballer who currently plays for Hong Kong Premier League club Yuen Long.

Lai Hau Hei
Personal information
Full name Lai Hau Hei
Date of birth (1995-01-19) 19 January 1995
Place of birth Hong Kong
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Yuen Long
Number 88
Youth career
2011–2012 Pegasus
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Rangers (HKG) 17 (1)
2015–2017 Yuen Long 14 (0)
2017–2019 Dreams 23 (0)
2019– Yuen Long 4 (0)
National team‡
2012–2013 Hong Kong U-18 8 (2)
2015–2016 Hong Kong U-21 2 (0)
2017 Hong Kong U-22 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 January 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 July 2017

Early life

Lai was born and raised in Yuen Long, an area in the northwest of Hong Kong.

Club career

During his youth, Lai trained in football with Pegasus which were then based on Tin Shui Wai.

Lai was offered his first contract in professional football by Rangers with whom he signed with in 2012. Lau made his professional debut on 2 September 2012 in a 5-1 Senior Shield loss to Citizen.[1] He scored his first professional goal on 13 April 2015 in the 2014-15 Hong Kong FA Cup win over South China.[2]

In 2015, Lai joined his home district club of Yuen Long.

In July 2017, it was announced that Lai had moved to Dreams.[3]

On 7 August 2019, it was revealed that Lai had rejoined Yuen Long.[4]

International career

In 2016, Lai was selected to the Hong Kong U-21 squad to play in an exhibition tournament in Singapore.

In 2017, he was on the Hong Kong U-22 squad which travelled to North Korea for the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification group stage. He appeared in all three of Hong Kong's matches.

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References
  1. "BC Rangers 1:5 Citizen". HKFA. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  2. "東方 南華4強再鍊過". Oriental Daily. Retrieved 13 April 2015. (in Chinese)
  3. "陳偉豪加盟夢想FC做隊長". on.cc. Retrieved 26 July 2017. (in Chinese)
  4. "東方龍獅友賽大炒佳聯元朗". on.cc. Retrieved 7 August 2019. (in Chinese)
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