{{short description|Malaysian footballer}} {{Use British English|date=October 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Wong Choon Wah | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1947|3|31}} | birth_place = [[Malayan Union]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2014|1|31|1947|3|31}} | death_place = [[Kuala Lumpur]], Malaysia | height = | position = [[Midfielder]] | years1 = 1968–1971 | clubs1 = [[Selangor FA|Selangor]] | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1972–1973 | clubs2 = [[South China AA|South China]] | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 1973–1974 | clubs3 = [[Seiko SA|Seiko]] | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 1975–1978 | clubs4 = [[Selangor FA|Selangor]] | caps4 = | goals4 = | totalcaps = | totalgoals = | nationalyears1 = 1968–1977 | nationalteam1 = [[Malaysia national football team|Malaysia]] | nationalcaps1 = 88<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/malay-wongcw-intl.html Wong Choon Wah - International Appearances - RSSSF]</ref> | nationalgoals1 = 20 | medaltemplates = }}
'''Wong Choon Wah''' ({{lang-zh|王春華}}, 31 March 1947 – 31 January 2014) was a Malaysian [[association football|footballer]].<ref>[http://www.nst.com.my/latest/soccer-legend-wong-choon-wah-dies-at-66-1.474432?cache=03%2F7.157305%3Fkey%3Dkuala+lumpur%2F7.261895%2F7.261895%2F7.261895%2F7.261895 Soccer legend Wong Choon Wah dies at 66]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101222001833/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament%3D512/edition%3D197110/teams/team%3D1889798.html Malaysia - Munich 1972 - FIFA.com]</ref><ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wo/wong-choon-wah-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418102351/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wo/wong-choon-wah-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Wong Choon Wah Olympic Results |access-date=31 January 2014 |work=sports-reference.com}}</ref>
==Career Overview== In [[Malaysia Cup]] competitions, Wong played for [[Selangor FA|Selangor]], winning the championship five times. From 1972 to 1973, Wong played professional football with [[South China AA|South China]] in [[Hong Kong]]. Later, he played for [[Seiko SA|Seiko]] in the [[1973–74 Hong Kong First Division League|1973–74 season]].
He also competed for Malaysia at the [[1972 Summer Olympics]] and played all three group games.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol1972f-det.html XX. Olympiad Munich 1972 Football Tournament - RSSSF]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080510072907/https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament%3D512/edition%3D197110/matches/match%3D32127/report.html Olympic Football Tournament Munich 1972 Germany FR - Malaysia at FIFA.com]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080510072937/https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament%3D512/edition%3D197110/matches/match%3D32136/report.html Olympic Football Tournament Munich 1972 Malaysia - USA at FIFA.com]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080409234334/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=197110/matches/match=32144/report.html Olympic Football Tournament Munich 1972 Morocco - Malaysia at FIFA.com]</ref> Overall, Wong played 88 times for Malaysia and scored 20 international goals.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/malay-recintlp.html Malaysia - Record International Players] - [[RSSSF]].</ref>
On 17 September 2014, [[FourFourTwo]] listed him on their list of the top 25 Malaysian footballers of all time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/my/features/fourfourtwos-top-25-malaysian-players-all-time |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140920202950/https://www.fourfourtwo.com/my/features/fourfourtwos-top-25-malaysian-players-all-time |archive-date=2014-09-20 |title=FourFourTwo's Top 25 Malaysian Players of All Time: 5) Wong Choon Wah|publisher=[[FourFourTwo]]|accessdate=20 September 2014}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20221017103835/https://bestfbkl.blogspot.com/2014/09/list-of-25-greatest-malaysian-football.html?m=1 List of 25 Greatest Malaysian Football Players Of All-Time by FourFourTwo—Best FBKL Media. Archived from the original on 17 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.]</ref>
==Career statistics== ===International=== :''Scores and results list Malaysia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Choon Wah goal.'' {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ List of international goals scored by Wong Choon Wah |- !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 |{{dts|24 November 1968}} |[[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]] |{{fb|Laos}} |style="text-align:center"|— |style="text-align:center"|5–0 |[[1968 King's Cup]] | |- |style="text-align:center"|2 |{{dts|1 August 1970}} |[[Ipoh]], [[Perak]], [[Malaysia]] |{{fb|India}} |style="text-align:center"|— |style="text-align:center"|1–3 |[[Merdeka Tournament|1970 Merdeka Tournament]] | |- |style="text-align:center"|3 |{{dts|4 August 1970}} |[[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]] |{{fb|Taiwan}} |style="text-align:center"|— |style="text-align:center"|3–1 |[[Merdeka Tournament|1970 Merdeka Tournament]] | |- |style="text-align:center"|4 |rowspan="2"|{{dts|8 May 1971}} |rowspan="2"|[[Seoul]], [[South Korea]] |rowspan="2"|{{fb|Thailand}} |style="text-align:center"|— |rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|4–1 |rowspan="2"|[[1971 President's Cup Football Tournament]] |rowspan="2"| |- |style="text-align:center"|5 |style="text-align:center"|— |- |style="text-align:center"|6 |{{dts|22 May 1971}} |[[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]] |{{fb|Brunei}} |style="text-align:center"|— |style="text-align:center"|8–0 |[[1972 AFC Asian Cup qualification]] | |- |style="text-align:center"|7 |{{dts|26 May 1971}} |[[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]] |{{fb|Cambodia}} |style="text-align:center"|— |style="text-align:center"|2–1 |[[1972 AFC Asian Cup qualification]] | |- |style="text-align:center"|8 |rowspan="2"|{{dts|2 October 1971}} |rowspan="2"|[[Seoul]], [[South Korea]] |rowspan="2"|{{fb|Philippines}} |style="text-align:center"|— |rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|5–1 |rowspan="2"|[[Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers|1972 Summer Olympics – Asian Qualifiers]] |rowspan="2"| |- |style="text-align:center"|9 |style="text-align:center"|— |- |style="text-align:center"|10 |{{dts|12 December 1971}} |[[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]] |{{fb|Laos}} |style="text-align:center"|— |style="text-align:center"|5–0 |[[Football at the 1971 SEAP Games|1971 SEAP Games]] | |- |style="text-align:center"|11 |{{dts|14 December 1971}} |[[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]] |{{fb|Thailand}} |style="text-align:center"|— |style="text-align:center"|4–2 |[[Football at the 1971 SEAP Games|1971 SEAP Games]] | |- |style="text-align:center"|12 |rowspan="2"|{{dts|15 December 1971}} |rowspan="2"|[[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]] |rowspan="2"|{{fb|Cambodia}} |style="text-align:center"|— |rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3–0 |rowspan="2"|[[Football at the 1971 SEAP Games|1971 SEAP Games]] |rowspan="2"| |- |style="text-align:center"|13 |style="text-align:center"|— |- |style="text-align:center"|14 |{{dts|19 July 1972}} |[[Ipoh]], [[Perak]], [[Malaysia]] |{{fb|Cambodia}} |style="text-align:center"|— |style="text-align:center"|6–1 |[[Merdeka Tournament|1972 Merdeka Tournament]] | |- |style="text-align:center"|15 |{{dts|10 August 1973}} |[[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]] |{{fb|Burma|1948}} |style="text-align:center"|— |style="text-align:center"|2–1 |[[1973 Merdeka Tournament]] | |- |style="text-align:center"|16 |rowspan="2"|{{dts|24 September 1973}} |rowspan="2"|[[Seoul]], [[South Korea]] |rowspan="2"|{{fb|Thailand}} |style="text-align:center"|— |rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|5–1 |rowspan="2"|[[1973 President's Cup Football Tournament]] |rowspan="2"| |- |style="text-align:center"|17 |style="text-align:center"|— |- |style="text-align:center"|18 |{{dts|25 July 1974}} |[[Ipoh]], [[Perak]], [[Malaysia]] |{{fb|India}} |style="text-align:center"|— |style="text-align:center"|4–1 |[[Merdeka Tournament|1974 Merdeka Tournament]] | |- |style="text-align:center"|19 |{{dts|13 June 1975}} |[[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]] |{{fb|Thailand}} |style="text-align:center"|— |style="text-align:center"|1–0 |[[Jakarta Anniversary Tournament|1975 Jakarta Anniversary Tournament]] | |- |style="text-align:center"|20 |{{dts|8 August 1975}} |[[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]] |{{fb|Hong Kong}} |style="text-align:center"|— |style="text-align:center"|3–1 |[[Merdeka Tournament|1975 Merdeka Tournament]] | |- |}
==Style of play== According to journalist Tony Mariadass, midfield general Choon Wah's style of play was similar to that of [[Luka Modrić]] – elegant, elusive, artistic and dangerous.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://semuanyabola.com/11-pemain-bola-sepak-cina-legenda/|title=11 Pemain Bola Sepak Malaysia Berbangsa Cina Yang Bertaraf Legenda|language=Malay|publisher=Semuanya Bola|accessdate=2 November 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102140247/https://semuanyabola.com/11-pemain-bola-sepak-cina-legenda/|archivedate=2 November 2022|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Honours== ;Selangor *[[Malaysia Cup]]: 1968, 1969, 1971, 1975, 1976
;South China *[[Hong Kong First Division League|Hong Kong First Division]]: [[1971–72 Hong Kong First Division League|1971–72]]
;Seiko *[[Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield|Hong Kong Senior Shield]]: 1973–74
;[[Malaysia national football team|Malaysia]] *[[Merdeka Tournament]]: 1968, [[1973 Merdeka Tournament|1973]], 1974
;Individual * [[Olympic Council of Malaysia|OCM]] Hall of Fame: 2004<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympic.org.my/awards/list-hall-of-fame/|title=OLYMPIC COUNCIL OF MALAYSIA/AWARDS/HALL OF FAME: FULL LIST|language=Malay|publisher=[[Olympic Council of Malaysia|OCM]]|accessdate=5 January 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212062830/https://olympic.org.my/awards/list-hall-of-fame/|archivedate=12 December 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[IFFHS]] Men's All Time Malaysia Dream Team: 2022<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/1693|title=IFFHS MEN'S ALL TIME MALAYSIA DREAM TEAM - 123|publisher=IFFHS|accessdate=29 May 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529062916/https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/1693|archivedate=29 May 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>
==See also== * [[Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics]]
==References== {{reflist}}
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