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{{short description|Malaysian football player and manager}}
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{{family name hatnote|[[Wang (surname)|Ong (王)]]|lang=Chinese}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ong Kim Swee
| fullname = Ong Kim Swee
| image = 
| height = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1970|12|11}}
| birth_place = [[Malacca]], Malaysia
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub = [[Sabah F.C. (Malaysia)|Sabah]] (head coach)
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1991–1992
| clubs1 = [[Malacca FA|Malacca]]
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| years2 = 1993–1994
| clubs2 = [[Sarawak FA|Sarawak]]
| caps2 = 
| goals2 = 
| years3 = 1994–1997
| clubs3 = [[Sabah FA|Sabah]]
| caps3 = 
| goals3 = 
| years4 = 1998
| clubs4 = [[Malacca FA|Malacca]]
| caps4 = 
| goals4 = 
| totalcaps = 
| totalgoals = 
| nationalyears1 = 1990–1991
| nationalteam1 = [[Malaysia national under-23 football team|Malaysia Olympic]]
| nationalcaps1 = 8
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 1994–1995
| nationalteam2 = [[Malaysia national football team|Malaysia]]
| nationalcaps2 = 5
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| manageryears1 = 2004–2005
| manageryears2 = 2009–2014
| manageryears3 = 2011–2015
| manageryears4 = 2014
| manageryears5 = 2015–2017
| manageryears6 = 2017–2019
| manageryears7 = 2017–2019
| manageryears8 = 2021
| manageryears9 = 2021–2024
| manageryears10 = 2024–
| managerclubs1 = [[Melaka United F.C.|Malacca]]
| managerclubs2 = [[Harimau Muda A]]
| managerclubs3 = [[Malaysia national under-23 football team|Malaysia U23]]
| managerclubs4 = [[Malaysia national football team|Malaysia]] (interim)
| managerclubs5 = [[Malaysia national football team|Malaysia]]
| managerclubs6 = [[Malaysia national under-22 football team|Malaysia U22]]
| managerclubs7 = [[Malaysia national under-23 football team|Malaysia U23]]
| managerclubs8 = [[Malaysia national football team|Malaysia]] (technical director)
| managerclubs9 = [[Sabah FA|Sabah]]
| managerclubs10 = [[Persis Solo|Persis]]
}}

[[Malay styles and titles|Datuk]] '''Ong Kim Swee''' ({{zh|s=王金瑞|t=王金瑞|p=Wáng Jīn Ruì}}) [[Malay styles and titles|DPSM]] is a Malaysian football manager and former footballer, who is the Head coach of [[Liga 1 (Indonesia)|Liga 1]] club [[Persis Solo|Persis]]. He is also the Strategist Club Manager of [[Sabah Football Club Sdn Bhd]] in 2021 until 2023, after replaced by Rafie Robert, the Keningau FA former president. He spent most of his career playing for [[East Malaysia]]n teams, notably [[Sarawak FA|Sarawak]] and [[Sabah FA|Sabah]] during the mid 1990s.<ref name="early career">{{cite web|url=http://www.sinarharian.com.my/mobile/edisi/sabah-sarawak/era-baru-kim-swee-1.226012|title=Era baru Kim Swee|author=Subkhi Sudarji|language=ms|publisher=Sinar Harian|date=30 November 2013|access-date=29 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629102615/http://www.sinarharian.com.my/mobile/edisi/sabah-sarawak/era-baru-kim-swee-1.226012|archive-date=29 June 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> Ong currently serves as the [[Football Association of Malaysia]] (FAM)'s Technical Director effective 1 January 2021.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bernama.com/en/sports/news.php?id=1918531/|title=Confirmed: Kim Swee is FAM Technical Director|work=[[Bernama]]|date=4 January 2021|access-date=15 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://fam.org.my/news/datuk-ong-kim-swee-diumum-pengarah-teknikal-fam|title=Datuk Ong Kim Swee Diumum Pengarah Teknikal FAM|language=ms|work=[[Football Association of Malaysia|FAM]]|date=4 January 2021|access-date=15 January 2021}}</ref>

== Career ==
=== Playing career ===
Ong began his career as a player for Malacca in the early 1990s. He was a member of the Malaysia Olympic teams nicknamed ''Barcelona 1992'' under [[Chow Kwai Lam]].<ref name="early career"/><ref name="career">{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2011/11/24/ongs-passion-for-the-beautiful-game-earns-him-glory-at-sea-games/|title=Ong's passion for the beautiful game earns him glory at SEA Games|author=Cheryl Poo|work=The Star|date=24 November 2011|access-date=29 June 2018}}</ref> In 1993, Ong joined [[Sarawak FA]] for whom he played two seasons before being controversially transferred to [[Sabah FA]] in late 1994. With Sabah, he won the [[Malaysia FA Cup]] in 1995 and [[Malaysian Super League|M-League]] in 1996.<ref name="early career"/> He retired in 1998 because of an injury while playing for Malacca.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=430971509031947&set=a.128941265901641 Sabah Football History - ToraBola Officials.]</ref>

Ong made his full international debut against [[Kuwait national football team|Kuwait]] on 22 September 1994. He was a member of the Malaysian squad for the [[Football at the 1994 Asian Games|1994 Asian Games]] and also played for a [[Malaysia League XI|Malaysian Selection]] side who famously held [[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo]] to a 1–1 draw in an exhibition match in 1995.<ref name="early career"/>

=== Managerial career ===
Ong coached [[Melaka United|Malacca FA]] in 2005. In 2009, Ong took over as head coach of Harimau Muda from [[K. Rajagopal (footballer)|K. Rajagopal]]. He won the [[2009 Malaysia Premier League]] with [[Harimau Muda]] that year.<ref name="early career"/> He was the manager of the [[Malaysia national under-23 football team]] which competed in the [[Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers|2012 Olympic Qualifiers]] and [[Football at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games|2011 Southeast Asian Games]].<ref name="career"/>

Ong also coached the club side of Malaysia U-23 squad, [[Harimau Muda A]], who competed in Australia's [[National Premier Leagues Queensland]] in [[2014 Football Queensland season#2014 National Premier League Queensland|2014]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.astroawani.com/sports-news/kim-swees-boys-complete-aussie-tour-style-6403|title=Kim Swee's boys complete Aussie tour in style|work=Bernama|publisher=Astro Awani|date=5 February 2013|access-date=29 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-9385-0-0-0&sID=269940&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=27649163|title=Malaysia Under 23 To Compete In NPL Queensland|publisher=SportsTG|access-date=29 June 2018}}</ref> In 2015, Ong was appointed as head coach of [[Malaysia national football team]] after the resignation of the previous coach [[Dollah Salleh]]. Ong previously had hold the post on an interim basis in 2014 before Dollah was appointed. Despite a series of disappointing results in the [[2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|World Cup qualification]], Ong was handed a new two-year contract on 18 January 2016 in charge of the national team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espnfc.com/blog/football-asia/153/post/2789220/ong-given-two-year-deal-as-malaysia-coach|title=Malaysia national coach for next two years is interim boss Ong Kim Swee|author=Jason Dasey|publisher=ESPN International|date=18 January 2016|access-date=18 January 2016}}</ref>

Ong was re-designated as Malaysia U-22 head coach, replacing [[Frank Bernhardt]], in March 2017 following the appointment of new FAM president [[Tunku Ismail Idris]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-my/news/ong-kim-swee-grateful-for-return-to-malaysia-u23-head-coach/lvnb7oegjnnt1dztp6jn9cdw0|title=Kim Swee grateful for return to Malaysia U23 head coach role|author=Zulhilmi Zainal|publisher=Goal.com|date=26 March 2017|access-date=29 June 2018}}</ref> With the Malaysia U-22 team, Ong succeeded in reaching the final of the [[Football at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games|2017 Southeast Asian Games football tournament]] on home soil, winning silver as the losing finalist to [[Thailand national under-22 football team|Thailand]] as well [[2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification#Group H|qualifying]] the team to the quarter-finals of [[2018 AFC U-23 Championship]].
The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) announced the resignation of Datuk Ong Kim Swee after its technical director accepted the position as the new head coach of Sabah FA.
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nst.com.my/sports/football/2017/08/273347/kl2017-kim-swee-verge-creating-history|title=KL2017: Kim Swee on the verge of creating history|author=Ajitpal Singh|publisher=New Straits Times|date=27 August 2017|access-date=29 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/my/features/ong-kim-swee-one-one-sackings-silver-medals-and-big-offers-indonesia|title=Ong Kim Swee, One-on-One: Sackings, silver medals and big offers from Indonesia|publisher=FourFourTwo|date=23 September 2017|access-date=29 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629102222/https://www.fourfourtwo.com/my/features/ong-kim-swee-one-one-sackings-silver-medals-and-big-offers-indonesia|archive-date=29 June 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxsportsasia.com/football/asian-football/781078/malaysia-vietnam-surprise-afc-u-23-thailand-falter/|title=Malaysia, Vietnam surprise at AFC U-23 while Thailand falter|author=Gabriel Tan|publisher=Fox Sports Asia|date=18 January 2018|access-date=29 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://au.sports.yahoo.com/ong-kim-swee-wants-to-build-on-historic-achievement-with-consistency-38669715.html|title=Ong Kim Swee wants to build on historic achievement with consistency|author=Zulhilmi Zainal|work=Goal.com|publisher=Yahoo! News Australia|date=21 January 2018|access-date=29 June 2018}}</ref>

== Honours ==
=== Managerial honours ===
;[[Harimau Muda (football team)|Harimau Muda]]
* [[Malaysia Premier League]] (1): [[2009 Malaysia Premier League|2009]]

;[[Malaysia national under-23 football team|Malaysia U23]] / [[Malaysia national under-22 football team|U22]]
* [[Southeast Asian Games|SEA Games Gold Medal]] (1): [[Football at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games|2011]]
* [[Southeast Asian Games|SEA Games Silver Medal]] (1): [[Football at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games|2017]]
* [[Pestabola Merdeka|Merdeka Tournament]] (1): [[2013 Merdeka Tournament|2013]]
* [[International U-21 Thanh Niên Newspaper Cup]] (1) : 2012

=== Personal Honours ===
;Honour of Malaysia
* {{Flag|Malacca}} :
** [[File:MY-MAL Exalted Order of Malacca.svg|50px]] Companion Class II of the [[List of post-nominal letters (Malacca)|Exalted Order of Malacca]] (DPSM) - '''Datuk''' (2013)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2013/10/14/starstudded-awards-ceremony-several-celebrities-among-those-who-were-conferred-titles/|title=Star-studded awards ceremony|work=[[Bernama]]|publisher=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|date=14 October 2013|access-date=22 October 2018}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180804080833/http://www.sports247.my/v1/tag/datuk-ong-kim-swee/ Datuk Ong Kim Swee - Tag Archive - Sports247.My]

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