Liew Kit Kong

Liew Kit Kong
廖吉光
லியாவ் ஜிகுவாங்
Personal information
Full name	Liew Kit Kong
Date of birth	6 January 1979 (age 46)
Place of birth	Perak, Malaysia
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Perak
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2001	Perak
2002–2003	Kedah
2004	Perak
2005	Sabah
2006	MPPJ
2006–2007	Negeri Sembilan
2007–2009	Kuala Muda Naza
2008	→ Terengganu (loan)
2010	Selangor
2011	Felda United
2015	PKNS
International career‡
2002–2005	Malaysia
	*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

Kit Kong was born in Perak and is of mixed Chinese and Indian heritage.

Career

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

Club	Season	League		Malaysia Cup		FA Cup		AFC Cup		Total
Club	Season	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
Perak FA	Total		6		0		1		0		7
Sabah FA	2005		7		4		0	–			11
Sabah FA	Total		7		4		0	–			11
Selangor MPPJ	2005-06		3		2		0	–			5
Selangor MPPJ	Total		3		2		0	–			5
Negeri Sembilan FA	2006-07		5		2		0	6	0		7
Negeri Sembilan FA	Total		5		2		0	6	0		7
Kuala Muda Naza FC	2007-08	25	16	–		6	4	–		31	20
Terengganu FA (loan)	2007-08	–		14	1	–		–		14	1
Kuala Muda Naza FC	2009		2		1		0	–			3
Kuala Muda Naza FC	Total		19		2		4	–			25
Selangor FA	2010		3		0		0	2	0		3
Selangor FA	Total		3		0		0	2	0		3
Felda United FC	2011	23	3	6	0	3	1	-		32	4
Felda United FC	Total	23	3	6	0	3	1	-		32	4
Career total			66		16		14		0		96

International goals

#	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	Timor-Leste	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.	28 December 2004	Jakarta, Indonesia	Indonesia	1–2	1–2	Won	2004 Tiger Cup Semi Final