Cheung Chi Doy

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Cheung.

Cheung Chi Doy

Cheung Chi-Doy
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Full name	Cheung Chi Doy
Date of birth	July 30, 1941 (1941-07-30) (age 70)
Place of birth	Hong Kong, British Empire
Playing position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1959-1960	Tung Wah	24	(13)
1960–1962	Blackpool	3	(1)
1962	Yuen Long	6	(6)
1962–1963	Kwong Wah	17	(9)
1963–1964	Kitchee	25	(16)
1964–1968	Singtao	102	(58)
1968	Vancouver Royals	11	(2)
1968	St. Louis Stars	8	(0)
1968–1971	F.C. Jardine	62	(30)
1971–1972	Fire Services	20	(8)
1972–1978	Happy Valley	143	(51)
National team
	Republic of China
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Cheung Chi Doy (Chinese: 張子岱) (born July 30, 1941 in Hong Kong) is a Chinese former professional footballer. He played for Blackpool and the Republic of China (now Chinese Taipei). During the era, Republic of China team was represented by players from Hong Kong.

Cheung was one of the first Asian players to play in Europe. He began his career in the Hong Kong First Division at 14 years of age. In 1959, he went to play for English club Blackpool, where he was a teammate of Jimmy Armfield. He became the first ethnic Chinese player to appear in the top flight of English football.^[1] He made two appearances for Blackpool's first team and scored one goal,^[2] against Sheffield Wednesday on November 25, 1961. In 1968, he and his brother Cheung Chi Wai joined the Vancouver Royals, playing under Bobby Robson in the North American Soccer League. While he began the season in Vancouver, he finished it with the St. Louis Stars. He also played for Tung Wah, Kitchee and Jardine SC in the Hong Kong First Division.

Ever since the end of Cheung's stint at Blackpool FC in 1962, he remains the first, and thus far, only Hong Kong-born football player to have ever played for a European club.

References

1. ^ Gillatt, Peter (30 November 2009). Blackpool FC on This Day: History, Facts and Figures from Every Day of the Year. Pitch Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-905411-50-2. 
2. ^ Blackpool players at Neil Brown's statistical website

External links

• NASL statistics

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Name	Cheung Chi Doy
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Date of birth	July 30, 1941
Place of birth	Hong Kong, British Empire
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