Lau Tak Yan (Chinese: 劉德仁, born 1 June 1994) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer.

Lau Tak Yan
Personal information
Full name Lau Tak Yan
Date of birth (1994-06-01) 1 June 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Hong Kong
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2008–2009 Kitchee
2009–2013 Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Citizen 0 (0)
2015–2016 Central & Western 28 (14)
2016–2017 R&F 0 (0)
2017–2018 Dreams 0 (0)
2018–2019 Hoi King 1 (0)
2019–2020 Yuen Long 0 (0)
International career
2009 Hong Kong U-16 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 October 2020

Club career

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In 2013, Lau joined then Hong Kong First Division club Citizen but was released after one season when the club decided against applying for a club license in the newly formed, fully professional Hong Kong Premier League.

After a year away from football, he joined Central & Western after being recruited by their manager Fung Chung Ting.[1] He led the club in assists during his season at Central & Western.

In August 2016, Lau went on trial with newly formed HKPL club R&F. After a week of training, he was signed to a contract.[2]

In July 2017, Dreams announced that they had signed Lau ahead of the 2017-18 season.[3] He made his debut for his club in a 2017-18 Senior Shield match against Rangers.[4]

On 24 July 2018, Lau was announced as a player for newly promoted side Hoi King.[5]

On 10 August 2019, it was announced that Lau would join another Hong Kong Premier League club Yuen Long.

International career

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In 2009, Lau was selected to the Hong Kong U-16 squad which participated in the 2010 AFC U-16 Championship qualification tournament in China from 19 September to 2 October 2009.[6] On March 28, 2013, he was called up to the Hong Kong U-20 squad and will participate in the 2013 National Games of China football preliminaries from April 2 to April 11, 2013 in Shanghai.

References

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  1. ^ "中西區足球隊教練馮振霆訪問". Inmediahk. Retrieved 1 February 2015. (in Chinese)
  2. ^ "梁志榮出任富力領隊兼助教". on.cc. Retrieved 14 August 2016. (in Chinese)
  3. ^ "陳偉豪加盟夢想FC做隊長". on.cc. Retrieved 26 July 2017. (in Chinese)
  4. ^ "BC Rangers 1:1 Dreams FC". HKFA. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  5. ^ Hseung, Ka Man. "組軍進度遜預期 凱景將洽商借用外援". Apple Daily. Retrieved 24 July 2018. (in Chinese)
  6. ^ "2009亞洲足協16歲以下足球錦標賽外圍賽 香港16歲以下青年代表隊名單公佈". HKFA. (in Chinese)
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