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{{Short description|Malaysian footballer (born 1979)}}
{{family name hatnote|[[Liu|Liew]]|lang=Chinese}}
{{EngvarB|date=September 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Liew Kit Kong<br/>廖吉光<br/>லியாவ் ஜிகுவாங்
| fullname = Liew Kit Kong
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1979|01|06}}<ref>[https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/4141/Kit_Kong_Liew.html General Information about the player Kit Kong Liew - Head coach of Royal Selangor Club Junior Soccer development. National Football Teams]</ref>
| birth_place = [[Perak]], [[Malaysia]]
| height =
| position = [[Striker (football)|Striker]]
| currentclub  = 
| clubnumber  =
| youthyears1= | youthclubs1= [[Perak FA|Perak]]
| years1 = 1999–2001 | clubs1 = [[Perak FA|Perak]] | caps1 = ? | goals1 = 11
| years2 = 2002–2003 | clubs2 = [[Kedah FA|Kedah]] | caps2 = ? | goals2 = 9
| years3 = 2004      | clubs3 = [[Perak FA|Perak]] | caps3 = ? | goals3 = 6
| years4 = 2005      | clubs4 = [[Sabah FA|Sabah]] | caps4 = ? | goals4 = 7
| years5 = 2006      | clubs5 = [[Selangor MPPJ|MPPJ]] | caps5 = ? | goals5 = 3
| years6 = 2006–2007 | clubs6 = [[Negeri Sembilan FA|Negeri Sembilan]] | caps6 = ? | goals6 = 5
| years7 = 2007–2009 | clubs7 = [[Kuala Muda Naza FC|Kuala Muda Naza]] | caps7 = ? | goals7 = 19
| years8 = 2008      | clubs8 = → [[Terengganu FA|Terengganu]] (loan) | caps8 = 0 | goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2010      | clubs9 = [[Selangor FA|Selangor]] | caps9 = ? | goals9 = 3
| years10 = 2011    | clubs10 = [[Felda United FC|Felda United]] | caps10 = 23 | goals10 = 3
| years11 = 2015    | clubs11 = [[PKNS F.C.|PKNS]] | caps11 = 0 | goals11 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2002–2005
| nationalteam1 = [[Malaysia national football team|Malaysia]]
| nationalcaps1 = 13 | nationalgoals1 = 5
| pcupdate = 13 January 2009
| ntupdate = 31 August 2008
}}

'''Liew Kit Kong''' ({{zh|c=廖吉光|p=Liao Jiguang}}; born 6 January 1979) is a [[Malaysia]]n former [[Association football|footballer]] who last played as a [[Striker (football)|striker]] for [[PKNS F.C.]] He was also a former member of the [[Malaysia national football team|Malaysian national team]].

==Early life==
Kit Kong was born in [[Perak]] and is of [[Chindian|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.<ref>[http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/special.asp?pr=LigaM2008&y=2008&dt=0824&pub=LigaM2008&sec=Berita&pg=lm_02.htm Kedah kuasai anugerah bola sepak]</ref>

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 national football team|Brazil]]. He was selected as one of first eleven to played against Brazilian stars such as [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]] and Barca's [[Ronaldinho]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/sel/brazil200203.htm|work=Dennis David Woods RSSSF |publisher=RSSSF Brasil|title=Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 2002-2003|date=20 August 2020|access-date=20 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711072637/https://www.rsssfbrasil.com/sel/brazil200203.htm|archive-date=11 July 2021|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/football/95-vs-brazil/teams/27166|title=Malaysia vs Brazil.|publisher=[[Sky Sports]] at [[Wayback Machine]]|year=2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713110943/https://www.skysports.com/football/95-vs-brazil/teams/27166|accessdate=13 July 2021|archive-date=13 July 2021}}</ref> He also played in third place play-off [[2004 AFF Championship]] and part of the squad in [[Football at the 2005 Islamic Solidarity Games|2005 Islamic Solidarity Games]] when the national team reached quarter-final.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/islamicgames05.html Islamic Games 2005 (Saudi Arabia) - RSSSF]</ref>

==Career statistics==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="2"|League
!colspan="2"|[[Malaysia Cup]]
!colspan="2"|[[Malaysia FA Cup|FA Cup]]
!colspan="2"|[[AFC Cup]]
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="4" valign="center"|[[Perak FA]]
|1999
| ||2|| ||1|| ||0||colspan="2"|–|| ||3
|-
|2000
| ||6|| ||0|| ||4||colspan="2"|–|| ||10
|-
|2001
| ||3|| ||1|| ||2||colspan="2"|–|| ||6
|-
!Total
! !!11!! !!2!! !!6!!colspan="2"|–!! !!19
|-
|rowspan="3" valign="center"|[[Kedah FA]]
|2002
| ||4|| ||4|| ||2||colspan="2"|–|| ||10
|-
|2003
| ||5|| ||0|| ||0||colspan="2"|–|| ||5
|-
!Total
! !!9!! !!4!! !!2!!colspan="2"|–!! !!15
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="center"|[[Perak FA]]
|[[Malaysia Super League 2004|2004]]
| ||6|| ||0|| ||1|| ||0|| ||7
|-
!Total
! !!6!! !!0!! !!1!! !!0!! !!7
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="center"|[[Sabah FA]]
|[[Malaysia Super League 2005|2005]]
| ||7|| ||4|| ||0||colspan="2"|–|| ||11
|-
!Total
! !!7!! !!4!! !!0!!colspan="2"|–!! !!11
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="center"|[[Selangor MPPJ]]
|[[Malaysia Super League 2005-06|2005-06]]
| ||3|| ||2|| ||0||colspan="2"|–|| ||5
|-
!Total
! !!3!! !!2!! !!0!!colspan="2"|–!! !!5
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="center"|[[Negeri Sembilan FA]]
|[[Malaysia Super League 2006-07|2006-07]]
| ||5|| ||2|| ||0||6||0|| ||7
|-
!Total
! !!5!! !!2!! !!0!!6!!0!! !!7
|-
|valign="center"|[[Kuala Muda Naza FC]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Malaysia Premier League 2007-08|2007-08]]
|25||16||colspan="2"|–||6||4||colspan="2"|–||31||20
|-
|valign="center"|[[Terengganu FA]] (loan)
|colspan="2"|–||14||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||14||1
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="center"|[[Kuala Muda Naza FC]]
|[[Malaysia Super League 2009|2009]]
| ||2|| ||1|| ||0||colspan="2"|–|| ||3
|-
!Total
! !!19!! !!2!! !!4!!colspan="2"|–!! !!25
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="center"|[[Selangor FA]]
|[[Malaysia Super League 2010|2010]]
| ||3|| ||0|| ||0||2||0|| ||3
|-
!Total
! !!3!! !!0!! !!0!!2!!0!! !!3
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="center"|[[Felda United FC]]
|[[2011 Super League Malaysia|2011]]
|23||3||6||0||3||1||colspan="2"|-||32||4
|-
!Total
!23!!3!!6!!0!!3!!1!!colspan="2"|-!!32!!4
|-
!colspan="2"|Career total
! !!66!! !!16!! !!14!! !!0!! !!96
|}

==International goals==
{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Status !! Competition 
|-
| 1. || 19 August 2004 || [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]] || {{fb|THA}} || {{center|1–'''1'''}} || {{center|1–2}} || Won || Friendly
|-
| 2. || 8 December 2004 || [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]] || {{fb|TLS}} || {{center|'''1'''–0}} || {{center|5–0}} || Won || [[2004 Tiger Cup]] Group Stage
|-
| 3. || 10 December 2004 || [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]] || {{fb|PHI}} || {{center|'''1'''–0}} || {{center|4–1}} || Won || [[2004 Tiger Cup]] Group Stage
|-
| 4. ||rowspan="2"| 28 December 2004 ||rowspan="2"| [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]] ||rowspan="2"| {{fb|IDN}} ||{{center|1–'''1'''}} || rowspan="2"|{{center|1–2}} ||rowspan="2"| Won ||rowspan="2"| [[2004 Tiger Cup]] Semi Final
|-
| 5. || {{center|1–'''2'''}}
|-
|}

==Honours==
;Perak
* [[Malaysia Cup]]: 2000
* [[Malaysia FA Cup]]: 2004

;Kedah
*[[Liga Perdana 2]]: 2002

;Kuala Muda Naza FC
*[[Malaysia Premier League]]: 2007/08

;Selangor
*[[Malaysia Super League]]: 2010
*[[Malaysia Charity Shield]]: 2010

===International===
* [[2004 AFF Championship|AFF Championship]] : [[2004 AFF Championship|2004]] third place

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://my.linkedin.com/in/liew-kit-kong-72b70510b Liew Kit Kong - Linkedin]
* {{Soccerway|liew-kit-kong/70075}}

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[[Category:1979 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Footballers from Perak]]
[[Category:Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent]]
[[Category:Malaysian sportspeople of Indian descent]]
[[Category:Malaysian men's footballers]]
[[Category:21st-century Malaysian sportsmen]]
[[Category:Malaysia men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Kuala Muda Naza F.C. players]]
[[Category:Negeri Sembilan FC players]]
[[Category:Perak F.C. players]]
[[Category:Kedah Darul Aman F.C. players]]
[[Category:Selangor F.C. players]]
[[Category:Terengganu FC players]]
[[Category:Sabah F.C. (Malaysia) players]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Malaysia]]