Lee Chi Ho

Lee Chi Ho (Chinese: 李志豪; Jyutping: lei⁵ zi³ hou⁴, born 16 November 1982) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer. His usual position is right back while occasionally playing as a centre back as well.

Lee Chi Ho

Personal information
Full name	Lee Chi Ho
Date of birth	(1982-11-16) 16 November 1982 (age 43)
Place of birth	Hong Kong
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Right back centre back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2000	Yee Hope	22	(3)
2000–2013	South China	166	(8)
2013–2014	Beijing Guoan	0	(0)
2013–2014	→ South China (loan)	16	(2)
2014–2015	Eastern	15	(0)
2015	Rangers (HKG)	6	(0)
2016–2017	Meizhou Hakka	34	(0)
2017–2018	Eastern	9	(1)
2018–2019	Happy Valley	21	(5)
2019–2020	King Fung	12	(0)
2020–2021	Wong Tai Sin
International career‡
2009–2010	Hong Kong U-23
2000–2017	Hong Kong	70	(0)
Medal record Representing Hong Kong East Asian Games 2009 Hong Kong Football
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 June 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 June 2017

In this Chinese name, the family name is Lee.

Club career

South China

Lee was awarded South China's Most Improved Player of the Season in the 2006–07 season.^[1]

Beijing Guoan

On 31 May 2013, Lee hinted that he would sign for Chinese Super League side Beijing Guoan in June. On 13 June 2013, he travelled to Beijing to sign an 18-month contract with Beijing Guoan.^[2]

South China

Without making a single appearance for Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan in official matches after joining the club for nearly 4 months, Lee Chi Ho returned to his former club South China on a 3-month loan.^[3]

On 4 January 2014, it was announced that Lee was loaned to South China again until the end of the 2013–14 season.^[4]

Meizhou Hakka

Lee joined China League One club Meizhou Hakka in 2015 after the second round of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. He had his contract terminated by mutual consent in May 2017 due to the pregnancy of his wife.^[5]

Eastern

In July 2017, Lee re-joined Eastern.^[6]

Happy Valley

On 15 August 2018, Hong Kong First Division club Happy Valley confirmed Lee as one of their signings for the upcoming season.^[7]

International career

On 8 October 2000, Lee made his international debut for Hong Kong when Hong Kong beat Singapore by 1–0 in a friendly match.^[8]

On 25 September 2012, Lee announced his retirement from international football.^[9] However, soon after the announcement the departure of head coach Ernie Merrick, Lee has returned to international football with his fellows in South China.^[10]

Having 70 international caps in total, Lee is one of the most capped players in the Hong Kong national football team.

Honours

Club

Happy Valley

• Hong Kong First Division: 2018–19

International

• East Asian Games: 2009

Career statistics

Club

As of 14 June 2013

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hong Kong			League		FA Cup & Shield		League Cup		Asia		Total
1998–99	Yee Hope	First Division							-
1999–2000									-
2000–01									-
2001–02	South China	First Division	12	0	0	0	1	0	-		13	0
2002–03			11	1	1	1	2	0	-		14	2
2003–04			14	1	2	0	2	0	-		18	1
2004–05			13	2	1	1	1	0	-		17	1
2005–06			13	0	3	0	3	0	-		19	0
2006–07			16	0	8	0	5	0	-		29	0
2007–08			15	1	4	0	6	0	4	0	29	1
2008–09			18	0	2	0	2	0	6	0	28	0
2009–10			10	0	2	0	-		9	1	21	1
2010–11			15	2	5	0	2	0	5	0	27	2
2011–12			11	0	6	0	1	0	-		18	0
2012–13			18	2	9	0	-		-		27	2
China			League		FA Cup		League Cup		Asia		Total
2013–14	Beijing Guoan	Super League	0	0	0	0	0	0	-		0	0
Total	Yee Hope		22	3					0	0
	South China		166	9	43	2	25	0	24	1	260	10
	Beijing Guoan		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Career Total			189	12					24	1

International

As of 13 June 2017

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Hong Kong	2000	2	0
	2001	4	0
	2002	0	0
	2003	0	0
	2004	0	0
	2005	0	0
	2006	3	0
	2007	4	0
	2008	1	0
	2009	7	0
	2010	9	0
	2011	5	0
	2012	9	0
	2013	7	0
	2014	6	0
	2015	8	0
	2016	1	0
	2017	4	0
Total		70	0

As of 13 June 2017

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Scored	Competition
1	8 October 2000	Hong Kong	Singapore	1–0	0	Friendly
2	12 November 2000	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	1–1	0	Friendly
	16 January 2001	Fatorda Stadium, Goa, India	Jordan	0–2	0	Sahara Millennium Cup
3	4 March 2001	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	Palestine	1–1	0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	8 March 2001	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	Malaysia	0–2	0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
5	11 March 2001	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	Qatar	0–2	0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
6	20 March 2001	Al Sadd Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Palestine	0–1	0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
7	29 January 2006	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	Denmark	0–3	0	2006 Carlsberg Cup
8	1 February 2006	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	Croatia	0–4	0	2006 Carlsberg Cup
9	15 February 2006	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	Singapore	1–1	0	Friendly
10	21 October 2007	Gianyar Stadium, Gianyar, Indonesia	Timor-Leste	3–2	0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
11	28 October 2007	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	Timor-Leste	8–1	0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
12	10 November 2007	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	Turkmenistan	0–0	0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
13	18 November 2007	Olympic Stadium, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	Turkmenistan	0–3	0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
14	19 November 2008	MUST Stadium, Macau	Macau	9–1	0	Friendly
15	14 January 2009	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	India	2–1	0	Friendly
16	21 January 2009	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	Bahrain	1–3	0	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
17	28 January 2009	Ali Muhesen Stadium, Sana'a, Yemen	Yemen	0–1	0	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
18	23 August 2009	World Games Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Chinese Taipei	4–0	0	2010 East Asian Football Championship Semi-final
19	25 August 2009	World Games Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan	North Korea	0–0	0	2010 East Asian Football Championship Semi-final
20	9 October 2009	Outsourcing Stadium, Shizuoka, Japan	Japan	0–6	0	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
21	18 November 2009	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	Japan	0–4	0	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
22	7 February 2010	Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	South Korea	0–5	0	2010 East Asian Football Championship
23	11 February 2010	Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	Japan	0–3	0	2010 East Asian Football Championship
24	14 February 2010	Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	China	0–2	0	2010 East Asian Football Championship
25	3 March 2010	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	Yemen	0–0	0	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
26	4 October 2010	Balewadi Stadium, Pune, India	India	1–0	0	Friendly
27	9 October 2010	Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Philippines	4–2	0	2010 Long Teng Cup
28	10 October 2010	Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Macau	4–0	0	2010 Long Teng Cup
29	12 October 2010	Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Chinese Taipei	1–1	0	2010 Long Teng Cup
30	17 November 2010	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	Paraguay	0–7	0	Friendly
31	9 February 2011	Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Hong Kong	Malaysia	1–1	0	Friendly
32	23 July 2011	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam, Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	0–3	0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
33	28 July 2011	Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Hong Kong	Saudi Arabia	0–5	0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
34	2 October 2011	Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Macau	5–1	0	2011 Long Teng Cup
35	4 October 2011	Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Chinese Taipei	6–0	0	2011 Long Teng Cup
36	29 February 2012	Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong	Chinese Taipei	5–1	0	Friendly
37	1 June 2012	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	Singapore	1–0	0	Friendly
38	10 June 2012	Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong	Vietnam	1–2	0	Friendly
39	15 August 2012	Jurong West Stadium, Singapore	Singapore	0–2	0	Friendly
40	14 November 2012	Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam, Malaysia	Malaysia	1–1	0	Friendly
41	1 December 2012	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Guam	2–1	0	2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary Competition Round 2
42	3 December 2012	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Australia	0–1	0	2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary Competition Round 2
43	7 December 2012	Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong	Chinese Taipei	2–0	0	2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary Competition Round 2
44	9 December 2012	Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong	North Korea	0–4	0	2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary Competition Round 2
45	6 February 2013	Pakhtakor Stadium, Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	0–0	0	2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
46	22 March 2013	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Vietnam	1–0	0	2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
47	4 June 2013	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Philippines	0–1	0	Friendly
	6 September 2013	Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar	Myanmar	0–0	0	Friendly
48	10 September 2013	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Singapore	1–0	0	Friendly
49	15 October 2013	Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong	United Arab Emirates	0–4	0	2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
50	15 November 2013	Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	0–4	0	2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
51	19 November 2013	Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong	Uzbekistan	0–2	0	2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
52	10 September 2014	Hougang Stadium, Hougang, Singapore	Singapore	0–0	0	Friendly
53	10 October 2014	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Singapore	2–1	0	Friendly
54	14 October 2014	Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong	Argentina	0–7	0	Friendly
55	13 November 2014	Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan	North Korea	1–2	0	2015 EAFF East Asian Cup preliminary round 2
56	16 November 2014	Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan	Chinese Taipei	1–0	0	2015 EAFF East Asian Cup preliminary round 2
57	19 November 2014	Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan	Guam	0–0	0	2015 EAFF East Asian Cup preliminary round 2
58	28 March 2015	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Guam	1–0	0	Friendly
59	6 June 2015	Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia	Malaysia	0–0	0	Friendly
60	16 June 2015	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Maldives	2–0	0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round
61	3 September 2015	Bao'an Stadium, Shenzhen, China	China	0–0	0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round
62	6 June 2015	Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Thailand	0–1	0	Friendly
63	13 October 2015	Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan	Bhutan	1–0	0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round
64	7 November 2015	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Myanmar	5–0	0	Friendly
65	17 November 2015	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	China	0–0	0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round
66	24 March 2016	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Qatar	0–2	0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round
67	23 March 2017	King Abdullah II International Stadium, Amman, Jordan	Jordan	0–4	0	Friendly
68	28 March 2017	Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon	Lebanon	0–2	0	2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifying round – third round
69	7 June 2017	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Jordan	0–0	0	Friendly
70	13 June 2017	Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong	North Korea	1–1	0	2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifying round – third round