Szeto Man Chun


Szeto Man Chun is a Hongkonger football coach and former professional footballer. He was a member of the board of directors at EFL Championship club Wigan Athletic and the club was put into administration before 30 days had elapsed on the purchase by Next Leader Fund L.P..

Playing career

National team

He has played for the Hong Kong national football team for more than 8 years. In his football career, he played a lot of games with various national teams around the world, such as Denmark, Sweden, Brazil, Japan, South Korea and so on. He also played invitation matches with Liverpool F.C and Real Madrid etc. He retired after the season 2009/2010.

Coaching career

He has started his coaching career during his footballing career. Since 2007, he was one of the coaches of the Hong Kong National Youth Team.
On 27 May 2017, Eastern chairman announced Szeto as Chan Yuen Ting's successor as their manager. He resigned less than a year later on 19 January 2018 due to a poor results.

Executive career

On 4 June 2020, Wigan Athletic announced the takeover of the club by Next Leader Fund L.P. had been completed. Szeto, who was a friend of Next Leader Fund's General Partner, Au Yeung Wai Kay, was named as a director of the club as part of the takeover. Less than a month later he voted them into administration.

Commentator career

He began his commentator career at January 2007 in Hong Kong Cable TV.

Honours

With Kitchee