Sean Tse

Sean Tse
	Tse playing for South China in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Sean Ka Keung Tse
Date of birth	3 May 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Salford, England
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Central defender ; Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	R&F
Number	30
Youth career
2005–2012	Manchester City
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012–2017	South China
2017–2018	Tai Po
2018–	R&F
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 October 2019

Sean Ka Keung Tse (pronounced [ʃɔn kɑː˥˧ kʰœːŋ˨˩ tsɛː˨], Chinese: 謝家強; born 3 May 1992) is an English-born Hong Kong professional footballer who currently plays for Hong Kong Premier League club R&F.

Club career

Tse was born in Salford, Greater Manchester, to a Hong Kongese father and an English mother of Irish descent.^{[citation needed]} He went on trial with Manchester United in 2004 before joining Manchester City at under-14 level in September 2005.^[3]^[4] He spent the majority of seasons in the academy team, and was voted the Academy Player of the Month in November 2009.^[5]

In the 2011–12 season, Tse was included in City's B List squad for the UEFA Champions League.^[6] However, he did not make a single appearance for the Manchester City first-team and was released at the end of the season.^{[citation needed]}

In August 2012, despite being linked with Oldham Athletic, Tse signed for Hong Kong side South China.^{[citation needed]} He made his Hong Kong First Division League debut on 2 September 2012, coming on as a 74th-minute substitute in a 5–2 win over Yokohama FC Hong Kong at Hong Kong Stadium.^[7]

On 8 August 2017, Tai Po announced that they had signed Tse.^[8]

On 3 August 2018, it was reported that R&F (Hong Kong) had signed Tse.^[9]

Tse is eligible for the Republic of Ireland through his maternal grand-parentage.^{[citation needed]} Tse was called up for Republic of Ireland national under-17 team in April 2009 for two under-17 friendlies against Poland but he absented these two matches.^[10]^[11]

He has also shown interest in joining the Hong Kong national team and was listed on the training squad roster for the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup in 2012.^[12] He was then called up by Kim Pan-Gon, the Hong Kong head coach, for the 2013 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup.^{[citation needed]}

On 16 December 2019, Tse was granted the Hong Kong SAR Passport, which made him become eligible to play for the Hong Kong national team.

As of 23 Oct 2019

Club	Season	League		Cups		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
South China	2012–13	13	0	5	1	18	1
	2013–14	11	2	10	0	21	2
	2014–15	10	2	7	0	17	2
	2015–16	11	0	7	0	18	0
	2016–17	13	1	4	0	17	1
	Total	58	5	29	1	91	6
Tai Po	2017–18	7	1	3	0	9	1
Tai Po	Total	7	1	3	0	10	1
R&F	2018–19	15	2	3	0	18	2
R&F	2019–20	3	0	0	0	3	0
Career total		83	8	35	1	122	9

South China

^ Sean Tse at Soccerway. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
^ ^a ^b "4. 謝家強". South China AA. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
^ "Sean Tse joins Hong Kong's South China AA". 12 August 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2009.
^ "Sean Tse". Manchester City F.C. Archived from the original on 9 June 2012.
^ "Shay lands Player of the Month Award". Manchester City F.C. 9 December 2009. Archived from the original on 13 December 2009. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
^ "Squad – Manchester City". UEFA. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
^ "Match Results: 2 September 2012". Hong Kong Football Association. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
^ "和富大埔簽埋謝家強防線人腳從未如此豪華過". Upower. Retrieved 8 August 2017. (in Chinese)
^ "官宣｜前曼城预备队队长加盟，R&F富力港超新季集结". Guangzhou R&F (in Chinese). Retrieved 3 August 2018.
^ Sean McCaffrey calls two into Republic of Ireland Under 17 squad ahead of Poland friendlies, Football Association of Ireland, 21 March 2009
^ Poland beat Ireland Under-17s in friendly at United Park Archived 25 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Football Association of Ireland, 21 April 2009
^ Hong Kong Senior Training Squad for the qualifying phase of the 2013 East Asian Football Federation, Hong Kong Football Association, 23 August 2012