Yue Tze Nam
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Yue in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 12 May 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Causeway Bay, Hong Kong | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Beijing Guoan | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2015 | Eastern | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2019 | Eastern | 4 | (0) |
| 2019 | Cova Piedade | 0 | (0) |
| 2019–2022 | Eastern | 8 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → Resources Capital (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2022–2025 | Meizhou Hakka | 93 | (7) |
| 2026– | Beijing Guoan | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Hong Kong U-23 | 2 | (1) |
| 2018– | Hong Kong | 39 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 January 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 November 2025 | |||
Yue Tze Nam (Chinese: 茹子楠; born 12 May 1998) is a Hong Kong professional footballer who currently plays as a right back for China Super League club Beijing Guoan and the Hong Kong national team.[2]
Early life
Yue was introduced to football by his father and began playing at the age of four at King George V Memorial Park near his home in Sai Ying Pun. At the age of six, he joined the Orca Football Academy for formal training.[3] Yue later moved to the youth team Little Nam Kwok co-founded by his father, where he regularly participated in training camps and youth tournaments across the region.[3]
Yue became a member of the Hong Kong national youth football teams in 2011, playing for various age groups and occasionally serving as captain. However, due to following misguided fitness advice, he developed anorexia nervosa, leading him to miss Hong Kong's qualification for the AFC U-16 Championship finals in 2014.[3]
Yue later moved to the United Kingdom to study at Oswestry School, representing the school team in competitive matches. During his three years in the UK, Yue also played for local amateur club Oswestry, earning the Player of the Match award on several occasions.[4]
Club career
Eastern
In the 2017–18 season, following the revamped Sapling Cup rules requiring each team to field at least two U22 players per match, Eastern's then-vice chairman Lee Kin Wo invited the eligible Yue to return to his parent club and compete in the competition while still completing his studies in the UK. Yue shuttled between England and Hong Kong to balance academics and professional football. On 29 October 2017, he made his professional debut starting in a Sapling Cup group stage match against Tai Po, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–5 defeat.[5]
After graduating from secondary school, Yue returned to Hong Kong full-time for the 2018–19 season. Playing primarily as a midfielder, he struggled for minutes amid competition from foreign imports and senior local players. In late 2018, Yue started against Pegasus but became a substitute after 43 minutes due to his poor performance. In February 2019, recommended by Eastern's youth director Wong Chun Yue, Yue trialled with Liga Portugal 2 club Cova Piedade, a partner of Eastern. He planned a two-year stint in Portugal but returned to Hong Kong that summer after failing to adapt to life abroad and integrate into the squad.[6][4]
Wanting regular playing time, Yue moved to newly-promoted Resources Capital on loan fr the 2020–21 season. Apart from the match against Eastern (due to loan terms), he started nearly every league game, scored his first professional league goal in the final fixture, and provided six assists across the campaign.[7]
Moving to China
In August 2022, Yue moved to China, signing for Meizhou Hakka on a three-and-a-half-year contract.[8] On 14 January 2026, Yue joined fellow Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan.[9]
International career
In October 2018, Yue was called up by newly appointed Hong Kong head coach Gary White for friendly matches against Thailand and Indonesia. White praised his energetic personality and versatile style.[10]
On 16 October, Yue made his senior debut as a 90th minute substitute in a 1–1 away draw against Indonesia. He travelled to Taiwan for the 2019 EAFF Championship second round qualification in November, but did not made any appearance.
On 30 May 2025, Yue played 45 minutes in an unofficial friendly match in which Hong Kong lost 1–3 against Manchester United.[11][12] On 10 June 2025, in Hong Kong's first match at the new Kai Tak Sports Park, he started in a 1–0 Asian Cup qualifier victory against India.[13][14]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 14 January 2026[15]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Eastern | 2017–18 | Hong Kong Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2018–19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2[a] | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Cova Piedade | 2019–20 | LigaPro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eastern | 2019–20 | Hong Kong Premier League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | – | 8[a] | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 7[a] | 1 | 13 | 1 | |||
| Total | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 26 | 1 | ||
| Resources Capital (loan) | 2020–21 | Hong Kong Premier League | 15 | 1 | – | – | – | 3[a] | 0 | 18 | 1 | |||
| Meizhou Hakka | 2022 | Chinese Super League | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 18 | 2 | |||
| 2023 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 27 | 1 | |||||
| 2024 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 29 | 1 | |||||
| 2025 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 19 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 92 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 7 | ||
| Beijing Guoan | 2026 | Chinese Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 119 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 146 | 9 | ||
- ^ a b c d e Appearances in Hong Kong Sapling Cup
- ^ Appearances in Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield
International
- As of 18 November 2025
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 11 | 0 | |
| Total | 39 | 0 | |
References
- ^ "Hong Kong, China". Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ^ "Tze-Nam Yue | Meizhou Hakka midfielder". ESPN. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ a b c Yuan, Zhihao (2 January 2022). 港足日與夜．茹子楠︱走過厭食症的死亡邊緣 面對那個失敗的自己. HK01 (in Chinese). Retrieved 14 January 2026.
- ^ a b 亞洲盃・專訪 | 茹子楠：克服失敗才能抹去恐懼 原來找對地方就可發光. Sportsroad (in Chinese). 24 December 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
- ^ 【菁英盃】和富大埔5:2大炒東方龍獅. Apple Daily (in Chinese). Hong Kong. 29 October 2017. Archived from the original on 28 November 2019.
- ^ Yuen, Chi-ho (17 July 2019). 李志堅攜大埔班底投東方龍獅 16新兵加盟佔全隊逾半. HK01 (in Chinese). Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ 歡迎晉峰的新加盟球員！. Facebook. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ^ 茹子楠轉投中超梅州客家 東方補簽國援朱康銘. Sing Tao (in Chinese). 20 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ 北京国安官方：茹子楠、阿不都海米提、贾非凡和邓捷夫加盟球队. news.zhibo8.com (in Chinese). 14 January 2026. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
- ^ Chan, Kin-wa (8 October 2018). "Hong Kong coach Gary White picks his final 23 but Dai Wai-tsun fails to make the cut". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
- ^ 曼聯訪港 | 謝家榮左飛右撲顯身價「早料到很忙」 茹子楠對位加拿祖「唞唔到氣」. Sportsroad (in Chinese). 30 May 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ^ 香港隊 領先下遭曼聯3比1反勝. on.cc (in Chinese). 30 May 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ^ 亞盃外 | 葉鴻輝連續5場國際賽不失 盼啟德成真主場. Sportsroad (in Chinese). 10 June 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ^ 亞洲盃外圍賽 港隊 1:0 印度. NewsNow (in Chinese). 10 June 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ^ Yue Tze Nam at Soccerway
External links
- Yue Tze Nam at Soccerway
- Yue Tze Nam at Hong Kong Football Association (in Chinese)
- Yue Tze Nam at the Wayback Machine (archived 1 February 2023) (in Chinese)