Chan Wai Ho

Personal information
Full name	Chan Wai Ho
Date of birth	(1982-04-24) 24 April 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Eastern District
Number	15
Youth career
1996–1998	Hong Kong Sports Institute
1998–1999	Rangers (HKG)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2000	Yee Hope
2000–2007	Rangers (HKG)	140	(9)
2007–2010	South China	57	(4)
2010	Fourway Rangers	9	(3)
2011–2017	South China	74	(4)
2017–2019	Dreams FC	26	(3)
2019–2020	Pegasus	5	(0)
2020–	Eastern District	22	(0)
International career‡
2000–2010	Hong Kong U-23	20	(3)
2000–2017	Hong Kong	65	(6)
Managerial career
2019–2020	Pegasus (assistant coach)
Medal record Representing Hong Kong East Asian Games 2009 Hong Kong Football
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 December 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 April 2019

Chan Wai Ho (Chinese: 陳偉豪; born 24 April 1982) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer who currently plays as a centre back for Hong Kong First Division club Eastern District.

Chan was a member of the East Asian Games gold medal-winning Hong Kong U-23 squad in 2009. He was also the captain of the Hong Kong senior team from 2010 to 2017. He is sometimes referred to as Tai Ho (Traditional Chinese: 大豪) as a nickname for him and to distinguish him from fellow former Hong Kong international, Lee Chi Ho.

Chan lived in Lok Wah Estate, Ngau Tau Kok when he was young^[1] and he graduated from Maryknoll Vocational Evening Secondary School.^[2] He moved to the player hostel of Rangers in Boundary Street when he was a vocational apprenticeship of Rangers.^[1]

His father decided that he would join Rangers to be a vocational apprentice when Chan was 16 years old. He stayed at Rangers for some months on trial for a professional contract. However, Rangers only gave him a contract after several twists and turns. Eventually, he appeared for the first team a few times in this season.

In the 1999–2000 season, Yee Hope chairman Joe Chan invited Chan to join his team. Chan started his professional career in this season. His number of appearances did not increase after he joined the team, but Arie van der Zouwen thought Chan was one of the best centre back in Hong Kong and selected him for Hong Kong.^[3]

In March 2004, Chan was suspended for 12 games after fighting along with four other Rangers players against Nan Shing Property FC players in a league match in Dongguan on 7 March 2004. The match was suspended and never completed.^[4]

In 2006, it was rumoured that Chan had had a trial with English Premiership Club Reading and would play at the Madejski Stadium in the English Premiership. In 2007, it was rumoured that he would join Birmingham City after Hong Kong businessman Carson Yeung became the chairman and executive director of the club.^{[citation needed]}

Chan's transfer fee to South China from Rangers was HK$400,000, which broke the record of the highest local transfer fee and highest transfer fee in Hong Kong First Division. The highest local transfer fee record was kept by Tam Ah Fook when he moved to Ernest Borel from Happy Valley by HK$140,000 in 1992. The highest overall transfer fee was originally kept by Cheng Siu Chung when he moved from LD Alajuelense in Costa Rica to South China in the 1994–95 season for a fee of US$30,000 (about HK$234,000).^[5] But there was rumour in the media that the record has been broken by Chan Siu Ki's 2008 transfer from Kitchee to South China, which cost the Caroliners HK$800,000. The actual fee has not been disclosed.^[6]

On 19 April 2007, it was revealed on the HKFA webpage that Chan transferred to South China from Rangers.^[7] His registration was just in time for him to represent the team to compete in the Hong Kong FA Cup 2006-07. Chan was described by South China convenor Steven Lo to be the best centre back in Hong Kong.^[8] He made his debut for South China on 20 April 2007 in the Hong Kong FA Cup First Round match against Tai Po.

Chan wore the number 15 in South China to commemorate his former Rangers teammate Cheung Yiu Lun, who died in a traffic accident in October 2003. He was not able to wear the number 15 at Rangers because the number was retired after Cheung's death.^[9]

Chan re-joined South China in the January 2011 transfer window. He had just completed coaching for the Fourway Rangers. He signed a one-and-a-half-year contract.^[10]

Chan scored the opening goal in the 2010-11 Hong Kong FA Cup final against Tai Po.^[11]

Following South China's decision to self-relegate, Chan terminated his contract with the club. He was announced as a player and captain of the rebranded Dreams FC on 26 July 2017.^[12]

On 8 June 2018, Chan confirmed that he had renewed his contract for the following season.^[13]

On 26 May 2019, Chan accepted another renewal of his contract.^[14] However as a result of Dreams FC's decision to self-relegate, Chan was left without work.

On 17 August 2019, he announced his decision to retire from professional football.^[15]

On 2 September 2019, Chan changed his mind and joined Pegasus to be a player and an assistant coach.

Due to the financial strain caused by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, Pegasus asked its players to either accept a pay cut or agree to a mutual termination. On 7 April 2020, Chan announced that he would terminate his contract with immediate effect.^[16]

On 14 July 2020, Chan once again announced his decision to retire from professional football.

Arie van der Zouwen selected him for the Hong Kong national football team in 2000. On 12 November 2000, Chan made his international debut for Hong Kong in a friendly match against United Arab Emirates.

In June 2011, Chan was made captain of Hong Kong for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Asian qualifiers against Saudi Arabia.^[17]

On 22 March 2013, Chan scored the winner for Hong Kong against Vietnam in the ]2015 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers. After the match, acting Hong Kong national football team head coach Kim Pan Gon said Chan is a top Asian-level centre back.^[18]

Chan played his farewell match for the representative team on 7 June 2017 in a friendly match against Jordan.^[19]

Having 65 international caps in total, Chan is one of the most capped players in the Hong Kong national football team.

Chan scored twice in the 2009 East Asian Games, against South Korea^[20] in a group game and against North Korea in the semi-final. In the penalty shoot-out against North Korea, Chan also scored his penalty.^[21]

Chan scored the winning goal for Hong Kong U-23 against Uzbekistan U-23 in the 2010 Asian Games. Hong Kong won the match 1–0.^[22]

South China

• Hong Kong First Division: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2012–13
• Hong Kong League Cup: 2007–08
• Hong Kong Senior Shield: 2009–10
• Hong Kong League Cup: 2007–08, 2010–11

Hong Kong

• East Asian Football Championship Preliminary Competition: 2003
• East Asian Football Championship Semifinal Competition: 2009
• Long Teng Cup: 2010, 2011
• Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup: 2004, 2008, 2009, 2013

Hong Kong U23

• East Asian Games: 2009

Individual

• Hong Kong Top Footballers: 2006–07, 2009–10, 2012–13
• Hong Kong Top Footballer Awards Most Popular Player: 2012–13

As of 1 July 2012

As of 7 June 2017

Hong Kong appearances and goals
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Scored	Competition
2000–01
1	12 November 2000	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	1–1	0	Friendly
2002–03
1	22 September 2002	Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Hong Kong	Vietnam	1–1	0	Friendly
2	28 September 2002	Changwon Civil Stadium, Changwon	North Korea	1–2	0	2002 Asian Games
3	1 October 2002	Changwon Civil Stadium, Changwon	Kuwait	0–1	0	2002 Asian Games
4	5 October 2002	Yangsan Stadium, Yangsan	Pakistan	3–0	0	2002 Asian Games
2	22 February 2003	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	Chinese Taipei	2–0	0	2003 EAFF Championship Preliminary
3	28 February 2003	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	Mongolia	10–0	0	2003 EAFF Championship Preliminary
4	2 March 2003	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	Guam	11–0	0	2003 EAFF Championship Preliminary
5	10 September 2003	Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong	Sri Lanka	1–0	0	2004 Summer Olympics qualification
6	17 September 2003	Kalutara Stadium, Kalutara, Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	2–0	0	2004 Summer Olympics qualification
7	1 October 2003	Goyang Stadium, Goyang, South Korea	South Korea	0–2	0	2004 Summer Olympics qualification
#	29 October 2003	Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong	Japan	0–1	0	Friendly
2003–04
5	6 November 2003	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	1–4	0	2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification
6	8 November 2003	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Tajikistan	0–0	0	2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification
7	10 November 2003	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Thailand	2–1	0	2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification
8	17 November 2003	Rajamangala National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Thailand	0–4	0	2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification
9	19 November 2003	Rajamangala National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Uzbekistan	0–1	0	2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification
10	4 December 2003	National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	South Korea	1–3	0	2003 EAFF Championship
#	28 December 2003	Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong	Guangdong	2–1	0	2004 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup
#	4 January 2004	Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium, Guangzhou, China	Guangdong	0–0	0	2004 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup
2004–05
11	5 March 2005	Chungshan Soccer Stadium, Taipei, Chinese Taipei	Mongolia	6–0	0	2005 EAFF Championship Preliminary
12	7 March 2005	Chungshan Soccer Stadium, Taipei, Chinese Taipei	Guam	15–0	1	2005 EAFF Championship Preliminary
13	11 March 2005	Chungshan Soccer Stadium, Taipei, Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	5–0	0	2005 EAFF Championship Preliminary
14	13 March 2005	Chungshan Soccer Stadium, Taipei, Chinese Taipei	North Korea	0–2	0	2005 EAFF Championship Preliminary
2005–06
8	30 October 2005	Macau UST Stadium, Macau	North Korea	0–0	0	2005 East Asian Games
9	1 November 2005	Macau UST Stadium, Macau	China	0–2	0	2005 East Asian Games
10	3 November 2005	Macau UST Stadium, Macau	Macau	7–0	0	2005 East Asian Games
#	31 December 2005	Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong	Guangdong	1–0	0	2006 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup
#	8 January 2006	Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium, Guangzhou, China	Guangdong	0–2	0	2006 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup
15	29 January 2006	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	Denmark	0–3	0	2006 Carlsberg Cup
16	15 February 2006	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	Singapore	1–1	0	Friendly
17	18 February 2006	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	India	2–2	0	Friendly
2006–07
18	12 August 2006	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	Singapore	1–2	0	Friendly
19	16 August 2006	Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	2–2	0	2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
20	6 September 2006	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	Uzbekistan	0–0	0	2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
21	11 October 2006	Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Qatar	0–2	0	2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
11	3 December 2006	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Iran	1–2	0	2006 Asian Games
12	6 December 2006	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Maldives	1–0	0	2006 Asian Games
2007–08
22	1 June 2007	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia	Indonesia	0–3	0	Friendly
23	10 June 2007	So Kon Po Recreation Ground, Hong Kong	Macau	2–1	0	Hong Kong-Macau Interport
24	19 June 2007	Estádio Campo Desportivo, Macau	Chinese Taipei	1–1	0	2008 EAFF Championship Preliminary
25	24 June 2007	Estádio Campo Desportivo, Macau	North Korea	0–1	0	2008 EAFF Championship Preliminary
26	21 October 2007	Gianyar Stadium, Gianyar, Indonesia	East Timor	3–2	0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
27	28 October 2007	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	East Timor	8–1	0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
28	10 November 2007	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	Turkmenistan	0–0	0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
29	18 November 2007	Olympic Stadium, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	Turkmenistan	0–3	0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
2008–09
#	1 January 2009	Yuexiushan Stadium, Guangzhou, China	Guangdong	1–3	0	2009 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup
#	4 January 2009	Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong	Guangdong	4–1	0	2009 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup
2009–10
30	23 August 2009	World Games Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Chinese Taipei	4–0	1	2010 EAFF Championship Semi-final
31	25 August 2009	World Games Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan	North Korea	0–0	0	2010 EAFF Championship Semi-final
32	27 August 2009	World Games Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Guam	12–0	1	2010 EAFF Championship Semi-final
33	18 November 2009	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	Japan	0–4	0	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
13	4 December 2009	Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Hong Kong	South Korea	4–1	1	2009 East Asian Games
14	8 December 2009	Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Hong Kong	China	0–1	0	2009 East Asian Games
15	10 December 2009	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	North Korea	1–1 (4–2 PSO)	1	2009 East Asian Games
16	12 December 2009	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	Japan	1–1 (4–2 PSO)	0	2009 East Asian Games
34	7 February 2010	Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	South Korea	0–5	0	2010 East Asian Football Championship
35	11 February 2010	Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	Japan	0–3	0	2010 East Asian Football Championship
36 ＊	3 March 2010	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	Yemen	0–0	0	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2010–11
37	4 October 2010	Balewadi Stadium, Pune, India	India	1–0	0	Friendly
38 ＊	9 October 2010	Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung	Philippines	4–2	0	2010 Long Teng Cup
39 ＊	10 October 2010	Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung	Macau	4–0	0	2010 Long Teng Cup
40	12 October 2010	Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung	Chinese Taipei	1–1	0	2010 Long Teng Cup
17 ＊	7 November 2010	Huadu Stadium, Guangzhou, China	United Arab Emirates	1–1	0	2010 Asian Games
18 ＊	9 November 2010	Huadu Stadium, Guangzhou, China	Uzbekistan	1–0	1	2010 Asian Games
19 ＊	11 November 2010	Huadu Stadium, Guangzhou, China	Bangladesh	4–1	0	2010 Asian Games
20 ＊	15 November 2010	Huangpu Sports Center, Guangzhou, China	Oman	0–3	0	2010 Asian Games
41 ＊	9 February 2011	Shah Alam Stadium, Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	0–2	0	Friendly
2011–12
42 ＊	23 July 2011	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam	Saudi Arabia	0–3	0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
43 ＊	28 July 2011	Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Hong Kong	Saudi Arabia	0–5	0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
44 ＊	30 September 2011	Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Philippines	3–3	0	2011 Long Teng Cup
45 ＊	2 October 2011	Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Macau	5–1	0	2011 Long Teng Cup
46 ＊	4 October 2011	Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Chinese Taipei	6–0	1	2011 Long Teng Cup
47 ＊	29 February 2012	Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong	Chinese Taipei	5–1	0	Friendly
48 ＊	1 June 2012	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	Singapore	1–0	0	Friendly
49 ＊	10 June 2012	Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong	Vietnam	1–2	0	Friendly
2012–13
50 ＊	14 November 2012	Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam, Malaysia	Malaysia	1–1	0	Friendly
51 ＊	1 December 2012	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Guam	2–1	0	2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary Competition Round 2
52 ＊	3 December 2012	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Australia	0–1	0	2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary Competition Round 2
53 ＊	7 December 2012	Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong	Chinese Taipei	2–0	1	2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary Competition Round 2
54 ＊	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
55 ＊	6 February 2013	Pakhtakor Stadium, Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	0–0	0	2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
56 ＊	22 March 2013	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Vietnam	1–0	1	2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
57 ＊	4 June 2013	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Philippines	0–1	0	Friendly
2013–14
58 ＊	5 March 2014	Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam	Vietnam	1–3	0	2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2014–15
59 ＊	9 September 2014	Hougang Stadium, Hougang, Singapore	Singapore	0–0	0	Friendly
60 ＊	10 October 2014	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Singapore	2–1	0	Friendly
61 ＊	14 October 2014	Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong	Argentina	0–7	0	Friendly
62 ＊	28 March 2015	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Guam	1–0	0	Friendly
2015–16
63 ＊	3 September 2015	Bao'an Stadium, Shenzhen, China	China	0–0	0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2016–17
64 ＊	7 June 2017	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Bahrain	0–0	0	Friendly

Chan became a father on 9 August 2010 when his wife gave birth to a son. He accompanied his wife in the hospital in the morning, then attended the Hong Kong national football team training in the afternoon.^[23]

After retirement from professional football, Chan signed an amateur contract with Eastern District.^[24] He currently works as a real estate agent during the day.^[25]

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