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{{Short description|Hong Kong footballer (born 1976)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Yeung Ching Kwong
| image = Yeung Ching Kwong.jpg
| image_size = 200
| fullname = Yeung Ching Kwong
| height = 1.72 m
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1976|5|7}}
| position = [[Midfielder|Centre midfielder]]
| birth_place = [[British Hong Kong|Hong Kong]]
| currentclub = 
| clubnumber = 
| youthyears1=
| youthclubs1=
| years1 = 1993&ndash;1994 | years2 = 1994&ndash;1995 | years3 = 1995&ndash;1997 | years4 = 1997&ndash;2009 | years5 = 2008&ndash;2009 | years6 = 2009 | years7 =2009&ndash;2011
| clubs1 = [[Kitchee SC|Kitchee]] | clubs2 = [[New Fair Kui Tan SC|Kui Tan]] | clubs3 = [[Eastern Sports Club|Eastern]] | clubs4 = [[South China AA|South China]] | clubs5 = → [[Hong Kong Pegasus FC|Pegasus]] (loan) | clubs6 = → [[Eastern Sports Club|Eastern]] (loan) | clubs7 =[[Hong Kong Pegasus FC|Pegasus]]
| caps1 =  | goals1 =  | caps2 =  | goals2 =  | caps3 =  | goals3 =  | caps4 = 52 | goals4 = 10 | caps5 = 7 | goals5 = 0 | caps6 = 5 | goals6 = 1 | caps7 = 0 | goals7 = 0
| nationalyears1= 2001–2010
| nationalteam1= [[Hong Kong national football team|Hong Kong]]
| nationalcaps1= 7 
| nationalgoals1= 0
| manageryears1= 2009–2012
| managerclubs1= [[Hong Kong Pegasus FC|Pegasus]] (player-coach)
| manageryears2= 2012–2015
| managerclubs2= [[South China AA|South China]] (assistant coach)
| manageryears3= 2015
| managerclubs3= [[Eastern Sports Club|Eastern]]
| manageryears4= 2015–2017
| managerclubs4= [[Meizhou Hakka F.C.|Meizhou Hakka]] (assistant coach)
| manageryears5= 2017
| managerclubs5= [[Hong Kong Pegasus FC|Pegasus]] (assistant coach)
| manageryears6= 2017–2018
| managerclubs6= [[Hong Kong Pegasus FC|Pegasus]]
| manageryears7= 2018–2020
| managerclubs7= [[R&F (Hong Kong)|R&F]]
| manageryears8= 2021
| managerclubs8= [[Meizhou Hakka F.C.|Meizhou Hakka]] (assistant coach)
| manageryears9= 2022–2023
| managerclubs9= [[Kitchee SC|Kitchee]] (youth coach)
| manageryears10= 2023–2025
| managerclubs10= [[Southern District FC|Southern]]
| pcupdate = 6 June 2023
| ntupdate = 24 February 2008
}}

{{family name hatnote|Yeung|lang=Chinese}}
'''Yeung Ching Kwong''' ({{zh|t=楊正光|j=joeng<sup>4</sup> zing<sup>3</sup> gwong<sup>1</sup>}}, born 7 May 1976) is a former [[Hong Kong people|Hong Kong]] professional [[footballer]] and a football coach. 

==Managerial career==
Yeung worked previously as an assistant with [[Hong Kong Pegasus FC|Pegasus]] and [[South China AA|South China]].

In 2015, he served as head coach of [[Eastern Sports Club|Eastern]] before resigning on 8 December 2015 to become an assistant coach with [[Meizhou Hakka F.C.|Meizhou Hakka]].<ref>{{cite web|title=港足史上首位女主帥誕生！陳婉婷接替楊正光執東方教鞭|url=http://sportsroad.hk/archives/98594|website=體路|access-date=8 December 2015}} {{in lang|zh-hk}}</ref> His successor, [[Chan Yuen Ting]], led Eastern to the [[2015–16 Hong Kong Premier League]] title and became the first woman to lead a men's professional side to a league title.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Chan|first1=Kin-wa|title=Hong Kong's Chan Yuen-ting becomes first woman ever to coach a men's soccer team to top-flight title|url=http://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/1937828/party-time-eastern-snatch-first-top-flight-championship-20-years|work=South China Morning Post|date=22 April 2016}}</ref>

On 31 March 2017, Pegasus announced via Facebook that Yeung had returned to the club to become an assistant coach under manager [[Kevin Bond (English footballer)|Kevin Bond]].<ref>{{cite web|title=港超聯 返嚟喇！楊正光任香港飛馬助教博爭盃|url=http://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/sport/20170331/bkn-20170331114845359-0331_00882_001.html|website=on.cc|publisher=東網}} {{in lang|zh-hk}}</ref> Following Bond's departure to join [[Harry Redknapp]]'s coaching staff at [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]], Yeung was promoted to be the head coach in June 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=【未講得住】飛馬外援換血 三線各一新援遲啲公布|url=http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/sports/20170619/56848861|website=Apple Daily|access-date=19 June 2017}} {{in lang|zh-hk}}</ref>

On 14 June 2018, Yeung was announced as the head coach of [[Hong Kong Premier League]] side [[R&F (Hong Kong)|R&F]].<ref>{{cite web|title=公告｜杨正光先生出任港超R&F富力主教练|url=http://www.gzrffc.com.cn/index.php?case=archive&act=show&aid=5866|publisher=Guangzhou R&F}} {{in lang|zh-hk}}</ref> On 19 May 2019, Yeung disclosed to the media that he had renewed his contract for a further two years.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gao |first1=Si Kei |title=富力險勝飛馬 來季外援註六出四 力爭亞冠資格 |url=https://www.hk01.com/%E5%8D%B3%E6%99%82%E9%AB%94%E8%82%B2/330708/%E6%B8%AF%E8%B6%85%E8%81%AF-%E5%AF%8C%E5%8A%9B%E9%9A%AA%E5%8B%9D%E9%A3%9B%E9%A6%AC-%E4%BE%86%E5%AD%A3%E5%A4%96%E6%8F%B4%E8%A8%BB%E5%85%AD%E5%87%BA%E5%9B%9B-%E5%8A%9B%E7%88%AD%E4%BA%9E%E5%86%A0%E8%B3%87%E6%A0%BC |website=HK01 |access-date=19 May 2019}} {{in lang|zh-hk}}</ref> On 14 October 2020, he left the club after his club announced its withdrawal from HKPL in the new season.

In February 2021, Yeung became the assistant coach of [[Meizhou Hakka F.C.|Meizhou Hakka]].

On 18 March 2022, Yeung returned to Hong Kong and joined [[Kitchee SC|Kitchee]] as a youth coach.

On 6 June 2023, Yeung was announced as the head coach of [[Southern District FC|Southern]].<ref>[https://news.mingpao.com/ins/%E9%AB%94%E8%82%B2/article/20230606/s00006/1686040151320/%E6%B8%AF%E8%B6%85-%E6%A5%8A%E6%AD%A3%E5%85%89%E6%8E%A5%E4%BB%BB%E5%86%A0%E5%BF%A0%E5%8D%97%E5%8D%80%E4%B8%BB%E6%95%99%E7%B7%B4-%E7%9B%B8%E9%9A%943%E5%B9%B4%E5%86%8D%E5%9F%B7%E6%B8%AF%E8%B6%85%E6%95%99%E9%9E%AD 港超︱楊正光接任冠忠南區主教練 相隔3年再執港超教鞭] Ming Pao 6 June 2023</ref>

==Career statistics==
===Club===
''As of 1 February 2009.''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan=3 | Club performance
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | Cup
! colspan=2 | League Cup
! colspan=2 | Continental
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
! Season !! Club !! League
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
|-
|-
! colspan=3 | Hong Kong
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | [[Hong Kong FA Cup|FA Cup]] & [[Hong Kong Challenge Shield|Shield]]
! colspan=2 | [[Hong Kong League Cup|League Cup]]
! colspan=2 | [[Asian Football Confederation|Asia]]
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
|[[Hong Kong First Division League 2005-06|2005&ndash;06]]||rowspan="3"|[[South China AA|South China]]||rowspan="6"|[[Hong Kong First Division League|First Division]]
|7||2||2<!--1,1-->||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||9||2
|-
|[[Hong Kong First Division League 2006-07|2006&ndash;07]]
|9||1||3<!--2,1-->||1<!--0,1-->||1||0||colspan=2|-||13||2
|-
|[[Hong Kong First Division League 2007-08|2007&ndash;08]]
|5||0||1<!--1,0-->||0||2||0||6||0||14||0
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Hong Kong First Division League 2008–09|2008&ndash;09]]||[[TSW Pegasus FC|Pegasus]]
|4 (3)||0||0 (2)<!--0 (2),0 (0)-->||0||colspan=2|-||colspan=2|-||4 (3)||0
|-
|[[Eastern AA|Eastern]]
|5 (0)||1||1 (0)||0||1 (0)||0||4 (0)||0||11 (0)||1
|-
|[[Hong Kong First Division League 2009-10|2009&ndash;10]]||rowspan="1"|[[TSW Pegasus FC|Pegasus]]
|0 (0)||0||0 (0)<!--0 (0),0 (0)-->||0||0 (0)||0||colspan="2"|-||0 (0)||0
|-
! rowspan=1 | Total
! colspan=2 | Hong Kong
!?||?||?||?||?||?||?||?||?||?
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www2.hkfa.com/en/player_view.php?player_id=39 Yeung Ching Kwong] at [[Hong Kong Football Association|HKFA]]
* [http://www.scaafc.com/template?series=3&article=27 Scaafc.com] 球員資料 - 8. 楊正光 {{in lang|zh}}
* [http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/scaablog/article?mid=18&fid=5 SCAA Official Blog] 8號 楊正光 (Yeung Ching Kwong) {{in lang|zh}}

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[[Category:1976 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Hong Kong men's footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Hong Kong First Division League players]]
[[Category:Eastern Sports Club footballers]]
[[Category:South China AA players]]
[[Category:Hong Kong Pegasus FC players]]
[[Category:21st-century Hong Kong sportsmen]]
[[Category:Kitchee SC players]]
[[Category:Hong Kong men's international footballers]]
[[Category:South China AA managers]]
[[Category:Hong Kong football managers]]
[[Category:Hong Kong League XI representative players]]


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