Zhi-Gin Lam

Zhi-Gin Lam

Lam playing for Hamburger SV II in 2011.
Personal information
Full name	German: Zhi-Gin Andreas Lam Chinese: 林志堅
Date of birth	4 June 1991
Place of birth	Hamburg, Germany
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Full back, midfielder
Club information
Current team	Kitchee
Number	6
Youth career
1999–2003	VfL Lohbrügge
2003–2005	SV Nettelnburg-Allermöhe
2005–2010	Hamburger SV
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2013	Hamburger SV II	67	(4)
2011–2014	Hamburger SV	20	(1)
2014-2016	Greuther Fürth II	10	(2)
2014-2016	Greuther Fürth	14	(0)
2016-	Kitchee	8	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 28 November 2016 (UTC).

Zhi-Gin Andreas Lam (pronounced [tɕiː˧˧ kiːn˥˧ anˈdʁeas lɐm˨˩], Chinese: 林志堅, born 4 June 1991) is a German football player currently playing for Hong Kong Premier League side Kitchee.^[1]

Early life

Lam was born in Hamburg, Germany to Hong Kong father and a German mother. His father emigrated to Hamburg in the 1980s. Lam has three elder sisters. When he was young, he often went back to Hong Kong with his family in summer holidays and was playing football in Sheung Shui, challenging some adult footballers.^[2]

Club career

Hamburger SV

Lam began his career with the youth club for Hamburger SV in 2005 and in 2010 became an active player in the reserve team, Hamburger SV II, where he developed under manager Rodolfo Cardoso. In the 2011–12 season, after the dismissal of first-team coach Michael Oenning on 19 September 2011, Rodolfo was appointed the interim coach of the first team and started Lam (in Rodolfo's first game at the helm of HSV) against VfB Stuttgart on 23 September 2011.^[3] Cardoso's decision to start Lam proved to be a good one, as Lam was widely praised in his debut, with HSV sporting director Frank Arnesen saying, "He has done fantastically, [he] was totally relaxed. That was a real dream debut."^[4]

On 15 September 2013, he scored his first professional goal in the away league match against Borussia Dortmund. However, his goal could not save his team from losing 2-6.

Greuther Fürth

On 5 June 2014, he signed a three-year contract with 2. Bundesliga side SpVgg Greuther Fürth until 2017.^[5] The transfer fee is believed be about €200,000.^[6]

Kitchee SC

In July 2016, Hong Kong football club Kitchee SC announced that Lam would join the club.

Style of play

Hamburger SV coach Rodolfo Cardoso described Lam as a courageous player, unafraid to claim the ball, and "a very intelligent player... [who] can play anywhere."^[3]

Career statistics

Club

As of 23 September 2016

Club	Season	League		Cups		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hamburg II	2009–10[7]	2	0	0	0	2	0
	2010–11[8]	31	3	0	0	31	3
	2011–12[9]	19	1	0	0	19	1
	2012–13[10]	13	0	0	0	13	0
	2013–14[11]	2	0	0	0	2	0
	Total	67	4	0	0	67	4
Hamburg	2011–12[9]	7	0	1	0	8	0
	2012–13[10]	4	0	1	0	5	0
	2013–14[11]	9	1	2	0	11	1
	Total	20	1	4	0	24	1
Fürth II	2014–15	4	0	0	0	4	0
	2015–16	6	2	0	0	6	2
	Total	10	2	0	0	10	2
Fürth	2014–15	13	0	1	0	14	0
	2015–16	1	0	0	0	1	0
	Total	14	0	1	0	15	0
Kitchee	2016–17	8	1	1	0	9	1
	Total	8	1	1	0	9	1
Career total		119	8	6	0	125	8

References

1. "Hamburger SV Clubs and Players". Bundesliga.de. Fußball-Bundesliga. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
2. 親叔為港血漢堡新星正名 林志堅至堅！. on.cc (in Chinese). Oriental Daily News. Archived from the original on August 11, 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
3. "Mutig! Cardoso schickt Lam ins Rennen". HSV.de (in German). Hamburger SV. 22 September 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
4. Rebien, Florian (24 September 2011). "Das Traum-Debüt des China-Krachers". mopo.de (in German). Hamburger Morgenpost. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
5. "Zhi Gin Lam Wechselt Zum Kleeblatt". Greuther Fuerth (in German). 5 June 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
6. "Zhi Gin Lam: Neuanfang bei Greuther Fürth". mopo.de (in German). Hamburger Morgenpost. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
7. "Lam, Zhi-Gin" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
8. "Lam, Zhi-Gin" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
9. "Lam, Zhi-Gin" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
10. "Lam, Zhi-Gin" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
11. "Lam, Zhi-Gin" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 26 July 2014.

External links

• Lam Zhi Gin Profile at HSV.de
• Lam Zhi Gin profile at Fussballdaten
• Lam Zhi Gin career statistics at Soccerbase
  
• ESPN Soccernet profile