Liew Kit Kong
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Liew Kit Kong | ||
| Date of birth | 6 January 1979[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Perak, Malaysia | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Perak | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2001 | Perak | ? | (11) |
| 2002–2003 | Kedah | ? | (9) |
| 2004 | Perak | ? | (6) |
| 2005 | Sabah | ? | (7) |
| 2006 | MPPJ | ? | (3) |
| 2006–2007 | Negeri Sembilan | ? | (5) |
| 2007–2009 | Kuala Muda Naza | ? | (19) |
| 2008 | → Terengganu (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2010 | Selangor | ? | (3) |
| 2011 | Felda United | 23 | (3) |
| 2015 | PKNS | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2002–2005 | Malaysia | 13 | (5) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 January 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 August 2008 | |||
Liew Kit Kong (Chinese: 廖吉光; pinyin: Liao Jiguang; born 6 January 1979) is a Malaysian former footballer who last played as a striker for PKNS F.C. He was also a former member of the Malaysian national team.
Early life
[edit]Kit Kong was born in Perak and is of mixed Chinese and Indian heritage.
Career
[edit]He won the Best Striker award for the 2007-08 FAM Football Awards ahead of two other nominees: Mohd Safee Mohd Sali and Mohd Zaquan Adha Abdul Radzak, despite playing in the second division, the Malaysia Premier League. In that season, he became the top local goal scorer in the Premier League with 16 goals.[2]
Liew has represented the national side since 2002 when he was call up for an international friendly match against five times World Cup winners Brazil. He was selected as one of first eleven to played against Brazilian stars such as Ronaldo and Barca's Ronaldinho.[3][4] He also played in third place play-off 2004 AFF Championship and part of the squad in 2005 Islamic Solidarity Games when the national team reached quarter-final.[5]
Career statistics
[edit]| Club | Season | League | Malaysia Cup | FA Cup | AFC Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Perak FA | 1999 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 3 | |||||
| 2000 | 6 | 0 | 4 | – | 10 | ||||||
| 2001 | 3 | 1 | 2 | – | 6 | ||||||
| Total | 11 | 2 | 6 | – | 19 | ||||||
| Kedah FA | 2002 | 4 | 4 | 2 | – | 10 | |||||
| 2003 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | ||||||
| Total | 9 | 4 | 2 | – | 15 | ||||||
| Perak FA | 2004 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |||||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Sabah FA | 2005 | 7 | 4 | 0 | – | 11 | |||||
| Total | 7 | 4 | 0 | – | 11 | ||||||
| Selangor MPPJ | 2005-06 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | 5 | |||||
| Total | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | 5 | ||||||
| Negeri Sembilan FA | 2006-07 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Total | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | |||||
| Kuala Muda Naza FC | 2007-08 | 25 | 16 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 31 | 20 | ||
| Terengganu FA (loan) | – | 14 | 1 | – | – | 14 | 1 | ||||
| Kuala Muda Naza FC | 2009 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 3 | |||||
| Total | 19 | 2 | 4 | – | 25 | ||||||
| Selangor FA | 2010 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| Felda United FC | 2011 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | 32 | 4 | |
| Total | 23 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | 32 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 66 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 96 | ||||||
International goals
[edit]| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Status | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 19 August 2004 | Bangkok, Thailand |  Thailand |
1–1 |
1–2 |
Won | Friendly |
| 2. | 8 December 2004 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |  East Timor |
1–0 |
5–0 |
Won | 2004 Tiger Cup Group Stage |
| 3. | 10 December 2004 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |  Philippines |
1–0 |
4–1 |
Won | 2004 Tiger Cup Group Stage |
| 4. | 28 December 2004 | Jakarta, Indonesia |  Indonesia |
1–1 |
1–2 |
Won | 2004 Tiger Cup Semi Final |
| 5. | 1–2
|
Honours
[edit]- Perak
- Malaysia Cup: 2000
- Malaysia FA Cup: 2004
- Kedah
- Liga Perdana 2: 2002
- Kuala Muda Naza FC
- Malaysia Premier League: 2007/08
- Selangor
- Malaysia Super League: 2010
- Malaysia Charity Shield: 2010
International
[edit]- AFF Championship : 2004 third place
References
[edit]- ^ General Information about the player Kit Kong Liew - Head coach of Royal Selangor Club Junior Soccer development. National Football Teams
- ^ Kedah kuasai anugerah bola sepak
- ^ "Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 2002-2003". Dennis David Woods RSSSF. RSSSF Brasil. 20 August 2020. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- ^ "Malaysia vs Brazil". Sky Sports at Wayback Machine. 2021. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ Islamic Games 2005 (Saudi Arabia) - RSSSF
External links
[edit]- Liew Kit Kong - Linkedin
- Liew Kit Kong at Soccerway
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Perak
- Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent
- Malaysian sportspeople of Indian descent
- Malaysian men's footballers
- Malaysia men's international footballers
- Kuala Muda Naza F.C. players
- Negeri Sembilan FC players
- Perak F.C. players
- Kedah Darul Aman F.C. players
- Selangor F.C. players
- Terengganu FC players
- Sabah F.C. (Malaysia) players
- Men's association football forwards
- Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Malaysia