Hong Kong women’s soccer captain Chan Wing-sze paves path for youngsters in Japan league
Skipper, along with teammates Lau Mung-king and Cheung Wai-ki, have been offered three-month contracts to the end of the season with Japan Soccer College, a Second Division side
Hong Kong women’s football team captain Chan Wing-sze and two teammates left on Tuesday on a ground-breaking journey to join Japan Soccer College, a Second Division team in the Japanese league based in Niigata.
Chan, who is joined by playmaker Lau Mung-king and striker Cheung Wai-ki, hope they will help inspire more youngsters to take up the sport and strengthen the development of women’s soccer in Hong Kong.
The three have been offered three-month contracts to the end of the season after impressing in trials last month.
“This is a dream come true for me,” said 32-year-old Chan, who started playing when she was 10. “In the past, I had never really had any clear objective, and was simply doing my best to help my club win silverware, but now with the opportunity of playing abroad, I hope to establish a career in the sport.”
Japan Soccer College are second-last in the table and the Hong Kong trio could be the catalyst needed to help them avoid relegation with nine matches left in the season.