Lee Wai Tong

Who was Lee Wai Tong?

Lee Wai Tong was a former Chinese international association football player and head coach. In his native country, he is often regarded as the greatest footballer to play for China due to his accomplishments in winning several Far Eastern Games titles with the national team as well as captaining the national football squad to their first ever Olympic tournament in 1936, which was held in Berlin. This was also followed by having an extremely successful club career where he predominantly played for South China and helped establish the club in being the most successful team in Hong Kong history. After his retirement, he moved into management where he had fairly successful career predominantly in coaching Republic of China, where his greatest achievement was winning the 1954 Asian Games.