fullname years clubs birth_place nationalteam height position nationalyears birth_date article_title name
james wong chye fook 1974 -- 1976 1972 1976 -- 1985 sydney hakoah tanjung aru ya sabah kota kinabalu , sabah , malaysia malaysia u-20 malaysia 1.83 forward , goalkeeper 1971 1972 -- 1982 26 june 1953 james wong -lrb- footballer -rrb-
 james wong
james wong -lrb- footballer -rrb-

james wong -lrb- born 26 june 1953 -rrb- is a former malaysian footballer who is a striker for malaysia national football team and sabah .
he also played as a goalkeeper for malaysia youth team in 1971 asian youth championship .
he was known as `` king james '' by the local fans .
wong is the first sabahan to represent malaysia in 1971 .
he played professionally for hakoah in australia new south wales premier league for two years .
wong is well known for his physical and finishing touch .
his partnership with hassan sani produced many memorable goal for sabah and malaysia .
the most memorable one was in the 1980 olympic games qualification .
in the 1980 olympic games qualification , malaysia won the play-off against south korea with a 2 -- 1 score in the merdeka stadium .
wong himself scored the winning goal , thanks to the assist from hassan sani .
however , malaysia did not go to the olympics as it joined the us-led boycott against the soviet union for the invasion of afghanistan .
wong appeared for the malaysia national football team in six qualifying matches for various fifa world cups .
