The Most Famous
SOCCER PLAYERS from Hong Kong
This page contains a list of the greatest Chinese Soccer Players. The pantheon dataset contains 21,273 Soccer Players, 2 of which were born in Hong Kong. This makes Hong Kong the birth place of the 148th most number of Soccer Players behind Niger, and Republic of the Congo.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Chinese Soccer Players of all time. This list of famous Chinese Soccer Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Chan Siu Ki (b. 1985)
With an HPI of 31.26, Chan Siu Ki is the most famous Chinese Soccer Player. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Chan Siu Ki (Chinese: 陳肇麒; Cantonese Yale: Chàn Siuhkèi; born 14 July 1985) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer who currently plays as a striker for Hong Kong First Division club Eastern District. He is the all-time top scorer for the Hong Kong national team with 40 goals.
2. Chan Yuen Ting (b. 1988)
With an HPI of 27.19, Chan Yuen Ting is the 2nd most famous Chinese Soccer Player. Her biography has been translated into 19 different languages.
Chan Yuen Ting (陳婉婷; born 7 October 1988) is a former football player and coach. She is the current head coach of Jiangsu L.F.C. In 2016, she became the first woman to coach a men's professional football team to the championship of a nation's top league. In 2017, she became the first woman to coach a male football club in a top-flight continental competition when she managed Eastern against Guangzhou Evergrande in a match of AFC Champions League. Chan holds the AFC “Pro” License and AFC “Futsal Level 2” License coaching certifications.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Chinese soccer players born between 1985 and 1988. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Chinese soccer players include Chan Siu Ki, and Chan Yuen Ting.
