Stephen Garlock Liu

Liu Stephen Garlock

Personal information
Date of birth	18 May 1992
Place of birth	Sydney
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Left-back
Club information
Current team	South China
Number	20
Youth career
2007–2009	Komazawa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2012	Hong Kong FC	13	(0)
2013	Yokohama FC Hong Kong	0	(0)
2013–	South China	1	(0)
National team^‡
2011–	Hong Kong U21[1]
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 July 2013. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 June 2013

Liu Stephen Garlock (Chinese: 廖家樂; Jyutping: liu⁶ gaa¹ lok⁶ ; born 18 May 1992 in Sydney), also known as Stephen Liu, is an Australia-born Hong Kong-Irish footballer who plays for South China FC as a full-back.

Club career

Early career

Stephen started playing football when he was young, growing up in Australia. He moved to Japan when he was 7 years old. He joined FC Komazawa in 2007, where he was still playing as a midfielder or striker. He left the club in 2009 as he moved to Hong Kong.

Hong Kong FC

Stephen joined Hong Kong FC in the 2009–2010 season. He was part of the team which was promoted to the First Division at the end of that season.

He started playing in a professional football league with Hong Kong FC in the 2010–11 season. He featured 8 league games in the season but failed to help the team avoid relegation to the Second Division. He stayed at the club competing in the Second Division.

Yokohama FC Hong Kong

Stephen joined First Division club Yokohama FC Hong Kong in January 2013. However, he only featured Reserve Division matches after he joined the club, and was on the bench twice in the First Division League.

South China

Stephen joined defending First Division champions South China for an undisclosed fee on 2 July 2013.^[2]

Career stats

Club

As of 4 May 2013

Club	Season	Division	League		Senior Shield		League Cup		FA Cup		AFC Cup		Others^1		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hong Kong FC	2009–10	Second Division	3	0	—^2		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3	0
	2010–11	First Division	8	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	11	0
	2011–12	Second Division	2	0	0^3	0^3	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2	0
	2012–13	Second Division	0	0	2^3	0^3	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2	0
Hong Kong FC Total			13	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0
Yokohama FC Hong Kong	2012–13	First Division	0	0	0	0	—	—	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	0
Yokohama FC Hong Kong Total			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South China	2013–14	First Division	0	0	0	0	—	—	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0
South China Total			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			13	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0

Notes

1. ^ Others include Hong Kong Season Play-offs.

2. ^ Hong Kong Junior Challenge Shield was not held in the 2009–10 season.

3. ^ ^ ^ ^ Since Hong Kong FC was competing in lower divisions, they could only join the Junior Shield instead of Senior Shield.

References

1. "香港21歲以下代表隊長期訓練隊 名單公佈". hkfa.com. 17 March 2011.
2. "展開新球季". Steven Lo's blog. 2 July 2013.

External links

• Stephen Garlock Liu profile at Soccerway
• South China AA Player Profile
• HKFA Player Profile