{{Short description|Hong Kong football manager}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Lee Chi Kin | fullname = Lee Chi Kin | image = | image_size = 300 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1967|12|27}} | birth_place = Hong Kong | height = 1.72m | position = | currentclub = Tai Po (head coach) | clubnumber = | years1 = | clubs1 = | caps1 = | goals1 = | manageryears1 = 2008 – 2012 | managerclubs1 = Sham Shui Po | manageryears2 = 2012 – 2015 | managerclubs2 = Yokohama FC Hong Kong | manageryears3 = 2015 – 2016 | managerclubs3 = Pegasus | manageryears4 = 2016 – 2019 | managerclubs4 = Tai Po | manageryears5 = 2019 – 2021 | managerclubs5 = Eastern | manageryears6 = 2021 – 2022 | managerclubs6 = Eastern (football director) | manageryears7 = 2023 – | managerclubs7 = Tai Po }}
{{family name hatnote|Lee|lang=Chinese}} thumb | right | Lee Chi Kin at a Tuen Min vs Yokohama FC game in 2013 '''Lee Chi Kin''' ({{zh|t=李志堅}}, born 27 December 1967) is a Hong Kong football manager. He is currently the head coach of Hong Kong Premier League club Tai Po.
==Managerial career== ===Yokohama FC Hong Kong and Pegasus=== He won the Hong Kong Coach of the Year award in 2015 as manager of Yokohama FC Hong Kong.
He moved to Pegasus during the subsequent offseason where he was manager for 20 months before being terminated in April 2016.
===Tai Po=== Lee Chi Kin joined Tai Po in June 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=李志堅帶子弟兵投大埔？|url=http://tw.weibo.com/pic/learn/3985891045071044|website=Weibo}}</ref> He worked quickly to bring on board players whom he had worked with during previous coaching stints including Yuen Chun Sing, Wong Wai, Lee Ka Yiu, Tan Chun Lok, and Fung Hing Wa.
During his first season, he led Tai Po to 6th place in the Premier League, their best finish at that point in club history. The following season, he led the club to a runners-up finishing, better the result from the previous season.
In 2018–19, Lee led Tai Po to their first Hong Kong Premier League title in club history, becoming the first district club to win a top flight title since 1963.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chan |first1=Kin-wa |title=WoFoo Tai Po celebrate league success in an open-top bus, but club’s future hangs in the balance |url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3010855/wofoo-tai-po-celebrate-league-success-open-top-bus-parade-future-hangs |website=South China Morning Post |accessdate=19 May 2019}}</ref> For this achievement, he was named the 2019 Hong Kong Coach of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Yung |first1=Yat Fu |title=大埔包辦10獎成大贏家 將帥暗示分道揚鑣 |url=https://www.upower.com.hk/article/407249-%E3%80%90%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E8%B6%B3%E7%90%83%E6%98%8E%E6%98%9F%E9%81%B8%E8%88%89%E3%80%91%E5%A4%A7%E5%9F%94%E5%8C%85%E8%BE%A610%E7%8D%8E%E6%88%90%E5%A4%A7%E8%B4%8F%E5%AE%B6-%E5%B0%87%E5%B8%A5 |website=Upower |accessdate=23 May 2019}}</ref>
At the end of the season, Lee announced that he would mutually part ways with Tai Po as the club faced budget clubs due to reduced sponsorship.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chan |first1=Kin-wa |title=Fairy-tale set to end as Hong Kong Premier League champions Wofoo Tai Po face big budget cuts |url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3016450/fairy-tale-set-end-hong-kong-premier-league-champions-wofoo-tai-po |website=South China Morning Post |accessdate=28 June 2019}} {{in lang|zh-hk}}</ref>
===Eastern=== On 3 July 2019, Lee left Tai Po to join Eastern.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tsang |first1=Ngan Ping |title=東方換血李志堅帶大埔兵過檔 |url=https://hk.sports.appledaily.com/sports/realtime/article/20190630/59774927 |website=Apple Daily |accessdate=30 June 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|zh-hk}}</ref>
In his first season, the club won the 2019–20 Senior Shield and the 2019–20 Hong Kong FA Cup.
===Tai Po=== On 21 June 2023, Lee returned to Tai Po after 4 years.
==Managerial statistics== {{updated|match played 1 February 2026}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Managerial record by team and tenure |- !rowspan="2"|Team !rowspan="2"|Nat. !rowspan="2"|From !rowspan="2"|To !colspan="8"|Record !rowspan="2"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- !{{Tooltip|G|Games managed}} !{{Tooltip|W|Games won}} !{{Tooltip|D|Games drawn}} !{{Tooltip|L|Games lost}} !{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}} !{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}} !{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}} !{{Tooltip|Win %|Win percentage}} |- |align="left"|Sham Shui Po |{{flagicon|Hong Kong}} |align="left"|1 July 2008 |align="left"|30 June 2012 {{WDL|47|19|8|20|for=76|against=67|diff=yes}} | |- |align="left"|Yokohama FC Hong Kong |{{flagicon|Hong Kong}} |align="left"|1 July 2012 |align="left"|30 June 2015 {{WDL|66|17|18|31|for=86|against=125|diff=yes}} | |- |align="left"|Pegasus |{{flagicon|Hong Kong}} |align="left"|1 July 2015 |align="left"|10 April 2016 {{WDL|23|9|7|7|for=30|against=25|diff=yes}} | |- |align="left"|Wofoo Tai Po |{{flagicon|Hong Kong}} |align="left"|4 July 2016 |align="left"|30 June 2019 {{WDL|91|50|18|23|for=178|against=117|diff=yes}} | |- |align="left"|Eastern |{{flagicon|Hong Kong}} |align="left"|17 July 2019 |align="left"|28 May 2021 {{WDL|53|36|8|9|for=119|against=45|diff=yes}} | |- |align="left"|Tai Po |{{flagicon|Hong Kong}} |align="left"|21 June 2023 |align="left"|Present {{WDL|90|52|18|20|for=191|against=116|diff=yes}} | |- !colspan="4"|Career Total {{WDLtot|370|183|77|110|for=680|against=495|diff=yes}} ! |}
==Honours== ===Head coach=== ;Eastern *Hong Kong FA Cup: 2019–20 *Hong Kong Senior Shield: 2019–20 *Hong Kong Sapling Cup: 2020–21
;Tai Po *Hong Kong Premier League: 2018–19 *Hong Kong FA Cup: 2025–26 *Hong Kong Senior Shield: 2025–26 *Hong Kong Sapling Cup: 2016–17
===Individual=== * Hong Kong Coach of the Year: 2015, 2019
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Tai Po FC squad}} {{Hong Kong Premier League managers}} {{Hong Kong Pegasus FC managers}} {{Hong Kong Coach of the Year}}
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