Stephen Garlock Liu

Liu Stephen Garlock
Personal information
Full name Liu Stephen Garlock
Date of birth (1992-05-18) 18 May 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Sydney, Australia
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 HKFC
Youth career
2007–2009 Komazawa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 HKFC 13 (0)
2013 Yokohama FC Hong Kong 0 (0)
2013–2014 South China 0 (0)
2018–2022 HKFC 22 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 August 2022
‡ 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), also known as Stephen Liu, is a former Australian professional footballer who played as a full back. He is also of Irish and Hong Kong descent.

Club career

Early career

Stephen was born in Sydney, Australia to a Chinese father and an Irish mother. He 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.

HKFC

Stephen joined HKFC in the 2009–10 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 HKFC 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 was only featured in Reserve Division matches after he joined the club, and was on the bench twice in the First Division.

South China

Stephen joined defending First Division champions South China for an undisclosed fee on 2 July 2013.[1]

Career statistics

Club

As of 4 May 2013
Club Season Division League Senior Shield League Cup FA Cup AFC Cup Others1 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 03 03 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A 2 0
2012–13 Second Division 0 0 23 03 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. ^ "展開新球季". Steven Lo's blog. 2 July 2013. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013.