Lim Tang Boon
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place of birth | Singapore | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| International career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Singapore | |||
Lim Tang Boon is a Singaporean football midfielder who played for Singapore in the 1984 Asian Cup.
In 1980, Lim was voted player of the year.[1]
On 26 December 1980, in a group match against North Korea during Singapore's 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign, Fandi Ahmad earned a penalty against North Korea.[2] Lim took the penalty kick which the North Korean goalkeeper saved. Singapore lost the match 1-0 and fail to quality beyond the group stage.[3]
Personal life
[edit]Lim worked at Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp from 1976 to 1992[1]
In 1997, Lim was sentenced to two-year jail for taking $360,000 from an account at Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp in 1991 where he worked at.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Former soccer star gets two years in prison for cheating bank". AP NEWS. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- ^ "Fandi made it, Tang Boon lost it". New Nation. 29 December 1980. p. 1. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- ^ "I just don't know how ..." New Nation. 27 December 1980. p. 24. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
External links
[edit]- Stats
- Lim Tang Boon – FIFA competition record (archived)
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- Singaporean men's footballers
- Singapore men's international footballers
- Singaporean sportspeople of Chinese descent
- 1984 AFC Asian Cup players
- SEA Games silver medalists for Singapore
- SEA Games medalists in football
- Men's association football midfielders
- Competitors at the 1983 SEA Games
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