{{Short description|Hong Kong footballer (born 1983)}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Lee Hong Lim | image = Lee Hong Lim 2023.jpg | upright = 1.1 | caption = Lee in 2023 | full_name = Lee Hong Lim | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1983|9|29}} | birth_place = North District, Hong Kong | height = 1.78 m | position = Left winger | currentclub = | years1 = 2003–2009 | clubs1 = Tai Po | caps1 = 64 | goals1 = 18 | years2 = 2009–2012 | clubs2 = Pegasus | caps2 = 62 | goals2 = 13 | years3 = 2012–2014 | clubs3 = South China | caps3 = 34 | goals3 = 8 | years4 = 2014–2015 | clubs4 = Pegasus | caps4 = 9 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2015–2019 | clubs5 = Eastern | caps5 = 55 | goals5 = 11 | years6 = 2019–2023 | clubs6 = Lee Man | caps6 = 31 | goals6 = 5 | years7 = 2023–2025 | clubs7 = Central & Western | caps7 = 46 | goals7 = 7 | years8 = 2025– | clubs8 = Hoi King | caps8 = 25 | goals8 = 3 | nationalyears1 = 2009–2017 | nationalteam1 = Hong Kong | nationalcaps1 = 33 | nationalgoals1 = 4 }}
'''Lee Hong Lim''' ({{zh|t=李康廉|j=lei<sup>5</sup> hong<sup>1</sup> lim<sup>4</sup>}}, born 29 September 1983) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer who played as a left winger.
He is the brother of former professional footballer Lee Wai Lim.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hkfa.com/news_details/11814|title=AFC Cup 2014 Group G - South China 4:0 Kelantan (MAS)|publisher=Hong Kong Football Association|date=22 April 2014}}</ref>
==Early age== Lee and his brother, Lee Wai Lim grew up in Sha Tau Kok. They were discovered and recruited by Chan Ping, the team manager of Tai Po, who was impressed by the brothers in a street match.
==Club career== ===Tai Po=== Tai Po was in the Third Division when the brothers joined the team. The team were promoted to the Second Division League and the two brothers were crucial members of the promoted team, for which Lee scored 12 goals in 22 games. The team finished at the second spot in the 2005–06 season and secured promotion to the First Division League. Lee decided to quit his full-time job and became a full-time professional football player. He wore no. 7 shirt in 2006–07 season and had 2 goals in 21 games. Tai Po finished at the 7th spot in their debut season in the First Division League.
===Pegasus=== Lee moved to Pegasus in the January 2009 transfer window. He has since scored an important goal in the League Cup semifinal against South China which ended 2–1 in Pegasus' favour.
===South China=== On 9 July 2012, South China chairman Steven Lo announced that they have signed Lee for the 2012–13 season.<ref name="scaablog10907">[http://www.southchinafc.hk/blog/stevenlo/post/2012-07-09-2210.aspx 2012–13 組軍消息 – 足主的話 – STEVEN LO'S BLOG] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712014432/http://www.southchinafc.hk/blog/stevenlo/post/2012-07-09-2210.aspx |date=12 July 2012 }}</ref> He made his debut for South China on 2 September 2012 at Hong Kong Stadium, having scored a long-range goal to help the team win against Yokohama FC Hong Kong 5–2.
===Pegasus=== In July 2014, Lee returned to Pegasus.
===Eastern=== On 30 June 2015, Lee signed for Eastern.
===Lee Man=== On 19 July 2019, Lee Man announced the signing of Lee at their season-opening media event.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Yung |first1=Yat Fu |title=理文新球季引入3大經驗老將 實行「以老帶新」聯賽站穩陣腳 |url=https://www.upower.com.hk/article/441793-%E7%90%86%E6%96%87%E6%96%B0%E7%90%83%E5%AD%A3%E5%BC%95%E5%85%A53%E5%A4%A7%E7%B6%93%E9%A9%97%E8%80%81%E5%B0%87-%E5%AF%A6%E8%A1%8C%E3%80%8C%E4%BB%A5%E8%80%81%E5%B8%B6%E6%96%B0%E3%80%8D%E8%81%AF%E8%B3%BD |website=Upower |accessdate=19 July 2019}} {{in lang|zh-hk}}</ref>
In April 2023, Lee announced his retirement from professional football.
==International career== At the 2011 Long Teng Cup, in the final match against Chinese Taipei, Lee scored two goals and helped Hong Kong win the match 6–0 and retain the trophy.<ref>{{in lang|zh-hk}}[http://football.on.cc/football/new/20111005/fbnewb0101x0.html 龍騰盃冧莊！香港隊好波！] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007052951/http://football.on.cc/football/new/20111005/fbnewb0101x0.html |date=7 October 2011 }} ''Oriental Daily''. 5 October 2011.</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Club=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Senior Shield !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|AFC Cup !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="5"|Tai Po |2005–06 |Hong Kong Second Division League |21||12||4{{efn|Since Tai Po was in the Second Division in the 2005–06 season, they could only participate in Junior Challenge Shield but not Senior Challenge Shield.}}||1||0||0||0||0||||||25||13 |- |2006–07 |Hong Kong First Division League |15||2||1||0||1||0||4||0||||||21||2 |- |2007–08 |Hong Kong First Division League |15||1||1||0||3||0||4||0||||||23||1 |- |2008–09 |Hong Kong First Division League |13||3||1||0||0||0||0||0||||||14||3 |- !colspan="2"|Total !64!!18!!7!!1!!4!!0!!8!!0!!0!!0!!83!!19 |- |rowspan="5"|Pegasus |2008–09 |Hong Kong First Division League |10||3||0||0||4||2||4||1||||||18||6 |- |2009–10 |Hong Kong First Division League |19||4||2||2||3||1||||||||||24||7 |- |2010–11 |Hong Kong First Division League |16||4||1||0||2||1||3||1||6||1||28||7 |- |2011–12 |Hong Kong First Division League |18||2||6||1||3||0||3||2||||||30||5 |- !colspan="2"|Total !63!!13!!9!!3!!12!!4!!10!!4!!6!!1!!100!!25 |- |rowspan="3"|South China |2012–13 |Hong Kong First Division League |16||6||4||0||4||1||colspan="2"|–||||||24||7 |- |2013–14 |Hong Kong First Division League |0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||0||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !16!!6!!4!!0!!4!!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!24!!7 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !143!!37!!20!!4!!20!!5!!18!!4!!6!!1!!207!!51 |}
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===International=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by national team and year |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="9"|Hong Kong |2009||2||0 |- |2010||3||0 |- |2011||6||2 |- |2012||10||2 |- |2013||6||0 |- |2014||1||0 |- |2015||0||0 |- |2016||4||0 |- |2017||1||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total!!33!!4 |}
:''Scores and results list Hong Kong's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lee goal.''
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ List of international goals scored by Lee Hong Lim |- !scope="col"|No. !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition !scope="col" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- |style="text-align:center"|1 |rowspan="2"|4 October 2011 |rowspan="2"|Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan |rowspan="2"|{{fb|TPE}} | |rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|6–0 |rowspan="2"|2011 Long Teng Cup |- |style="text-align:center"|2 | |- |style="text-align:center"|3 |29 February 2012 |Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong |{{fb|TPE}} | |style="text-align:center"|5–1 |Friendly |- |style="text-align:center"|4 |7 December 2012 |Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong |{{fb|TPE}} | |style="text-align:center"|2–0 |2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary Competition Round 2 |}
==Honours== '''Pegasus''' * Hong Kong FA Cup: 2009–10
'''South China''' * Hong Kong First Division: 2012–13 * Hong Kong Senior Shield: 2013–14
'''Eastern''' * Hong Kong Premier League: 2015–16 * Hong Kong Senior Shield: 2015–16
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Soccerway|hong-lim-lee/65699}} * {{instagram|honglim_lee}}
{{Navboxes colour |bg=gold |fg=navy |title=Awards |list1= {{2008–09 Hong Kong Top Footballer}} {{2010–11 Hong Kong Top Footballer}} {{2011–12 Hong Kong Top Footballer}} {{2012–13 Hong Kong Top Footballer}} }}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Hong Lim}} Category:1983 births Category:Living people Category:Hong Kong men's footballers Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Hong Kong First Division League players Category:Hong Kong Premier League players Category:Tai Po FC players Category:Hong Kong Pegasus FC players Category:21st-century Hong Kong sportsmen Category:South China AA players Category:Eastern Sports Club footballers Category:Lee Man FC players Category:Hong Kong men's international footballers Category:Hong Kong people of Hakka descent Category:Indigenous inhabitants of the New Territories in Hong Kong