Lee Wai Lim
# Lee Wai Lim

Lee Wai Lim (Chinese: 李威廉; Jyutping: $lei^5$ $wai^1$ $lim^4,$ born 5 May 1981) is a former Hong Kong professional football player and coach. He is the brother of current Lee Man player Lee Hong Lim.

A former Hong Kong Footballer of the Year winner in 2009, Lee pleaded guilty in 2018 to one count each of accepting an advantage and conspiracy to defraud. He was sentenced to 180 hours of community service for his crimes.

## Club career

### Tai Po

Lee joined Tai Po in the third division in 2003 after being discovered by Tai Po's secretary Chan Ping. He stayed with the team as it progressed to the First Division in 2007 and turned professional. During his time as an amateur, he worked as a shopping mall security guard.

**2009 Hong Kong FA Cup**

Lee scored the penalty against Fourway to take Tai Po to the final of the Hong Kong FA Cup.

In the final, Lee Wai Lim scored a free kick and helped Tai Po beat TSW Pegasus 4:2 and thus became the first district team to win the trophy. Lee Wai Lim also won the title of Man of the Match.

His last match for Tai Po FC was a friendly against his new employers South China on 13 June 2009 at Mong Kok Stadium. Tai Po lost the game. Lee Wai Lim scored a penalty which he won himself.

Lee was awarded Hong Kong Player of the Year award on 12 June 2009 and received a HK$45,000 prize.

### South China

On the same date he won the Player of the Year prize, Lee Wai Lim confirmed that he would be joining South China in the season of 2009–10.

On 11 May 2010, in the 2010 AFC Cup second round match against Al Riffa, in the 28th minute, Lee Wai Lim passed to teammate Lee Chi Ho to score. But South China lost the game 1:3.

On 19 February 2011, Lee scored with a header in the 82-minute to help South China win the away game by 1:0 against Tuen Mun.

### Pegasus

Lee joined Pegasus in the summer of 2015 as a player-coach.

## International career

He was selected by Goran Paulić and Dejan Antonić for the Hong Kong team at the end of 2008, to prepare for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers. He scored a hattrick in his first game against Macau as Hong Kong achieved a 9–1 win.

He starred in the 2009 Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup, scoring one goal and providing two assists to help Hong Kong secure a 4–1 victory at home and a 5–4 aggregate win over Guangdong. His performance earned him the nickname Prince William from the fans.

On 30 September 2011, Lee Wai Lim scored the opening goal in the 3:3 draw with the Philippines in the 2011 Long Teng Cup.

## Bribery scandal

On 6 October 2016, Lee was one of six current and former Pegasus players to be taken in for questioning by the ICAC on allegations of match fixing. He was formally charged on 28 June 2017 for conspiring to fix several reserve league matches.

On 12 January 2018, Lee pleaded guilty to one count each of accepting an advantage and conspiracy to defraud. He was sentenced on 4 May 2018 to 180 hours of community service.

## Personal life

He is the elder brother of Lee Hong Lim, who used to be his team mate at Tai Po, until he moved in January 2009 to Pegasus.

## Career statistics

### Club

    As of 10 October 2012

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :

| Club | Season | League | League | Senior Shield | Senior Shield | League Cup | League Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | AFC Cup | AFC Cup | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Club | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Tai Po | 2006–07 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | 23 | 3 |
| Tai Po | 2007–08 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | | | 24 | 4 |
| Tai Po | 2008–09 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | | | 30 | 9 |
| Total | Total | | | | | | | | | 0 | 0 | | |
| South China | 2009–10 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 27 | 3 |
| South China | 2010–11 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 3 |
| South China | 2011–12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | 3 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 30 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 49 | 6 |

### International

    As of 15 October 2013.

| # | Date | Venue | Opponents | Result | Goals | Competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 19 November 2008 | UST Stadium, Macau | Macau | 9–1 | 3 | Friendly |
| 2 | 14 January 2009 | Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong | India | 2–1 | 0 | Friendly |
| 3 | 21 January 2009 | Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong | Bahrain | 1–3 | 0 | 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 4 | 28 January 2009 | Ali Muhesen Stadium, Sana'a, Yemen | Yemen | 0–1 | 0 | 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 5 | 23 August 2009 | World Games Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan | Chinese Taipei | 4–0 | 1 | 2010 EAFF Championship Semi-final |
| 6 | 25 August 2009 | World Games Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan | North Korea | 0–0 | 0 | 2010 EAFF Championship Semi-final |
| 7 | 27 August 2009 | World Games Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan | Guam | 12–0 | 0 | 2010 EAFF Championship Semi-final |
| 8 | 9 October 2009 | Outsourcing Stadium, Shizuoka, Japan | Japan | 0–6 | 0 | 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 9 | 11 February 2010 | Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan | Japan | 0–3 | 0 | 2010 East Asian Football Championship |
| 10 | 4 October 2010 | Balewadi Stadium, Pune, India | India | 1–0 | 0 | Friendly |
| 11 | 17 November 2010 | Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong | Paraguay | 0–7 | 0 | Friendly |
| 12 | 9 February 2011 | Shah Alam Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Malaysia | 0–2 | 0 | Friendly |
| 13 | 3 June 2011 | Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Siu Sai Wan, Hong Kong | Malaysia | 1–1 | 0 | Friendly |
| 14 | 23 July 2011 | Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam, Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabia | 0–3 | 0 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 15 | 28 July 2011 | Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Siu Sai Wan, Hong Kong | Saudi Arabia | 0–5 | 0 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 16 | 30 September 2011 | Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan | Philippines | 3–3 | 1 | 2011 Long Teng Cup |
| 17 | 2 October 2011 | Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan | Macau | 5–1 | 0 | 2011 Long Teng Cup |
| 18 | 4 October 2011 | Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan | Chinese Taipei | 6–0 | 0 | 2011 Long Teng Cup |
| 19 | 14 November 2012 | Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam, Malaysia | Malaysia | 1–1 | 0 | Friendly |
| 20 | 1 December 2012 | Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong | Guam | 2–1 | 0 | 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary Competition Round 2 |
| 21 | 3 December 2012 | Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong | Australia | 0–1 | 0 | 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary Competition Round 2 |
| 22 | 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 |
| 23 | 22 March 2013 | Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong | Vietnam | 1–0 | 0 | 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 24 | 4 June 2013 | Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong | Philippines | 0–1 | 0 | Friendly |
| | 6 September 2013 | Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar | Myanmar | 0–0 | 0 | Friendly |
| 25 | 10 September 2013 | Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong | Singapore | 1–0 | 0 | Friendly |
| 26 | 15 October 2013 | Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong | United Arab Emirates | 0–4 | 0 | 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification |

## Honours

Tai Po

* Hong Kong FA Cup: 2008–09

South China

* Hong Kong First Division: 2009–10
* Hong Kong Senior Shield: 2009–10

Hong Kong

* Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup: 2009, 2013

Individual

* Hong Kong Footballer of the Year: 2009
