Szeto Man Chun
Hong Kong footballer (born 1975)
Szeto Man Chun (Chinese: 司徒文俊; Jyutping: si1 tou4 man4 zeon3; born 5 June 1975) is a Hong Kong football coach and a former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the current head coach of Hong Kong Premier League club Rangers.
01International career
Szeto has played for the Hong Kong national football team for more than 8 years. In his football career, he played a lot of games against various national teams around the world, such as Denmark, Sweden, Brazil, Japan, South Korea and so on. He also played invitation matches with Liverpool and Real Madrid, etc.
Szeto retired from professional football after the 2008-09 season.
02Managerial career
Szeto started his coaching career during his professional career. Since 2007, he was one of the coaches of the Hong Kong national youth team.
On 27 May 2017, Eastern chairman announced Szeto as Chan Yuen Ting's successor as their head coach. He resigned less than a year later on 19 January 2018 due to poor results.
On 2 August 2022, it was reported that Szeto had become the head coach of HK U23.
In March 2023, Szeto was also appointed as the head coach of Hong Kong U-23.
On 17 July 2024, Szeto was appointed as the assistant coach of Lee Man.
On 4 July 2026, Szeto was appointed as the head coach of Rangers.
03Executive career
On 4 June 2020, Wigan Athletic announced that the takeover of the club by Next Leader Fund L.P. had been completed. Szeto, who was a friend of Next Leader Fund's General Partner, Au Yeung Wai Kay, was named as a director of the club as part of the takeover. Less than a month later, he voted them into administration.
04Commentator career
Szeto began his commentator career in January 2007 for Hong Kong Cable TV.
05Honours
- Kitchee
- Hong Kong League Cup: 2005-06, 2006-07
- Hong Kong Senior Shield: 2005-06
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