Fan Chun Yip
Fan Chun Yip (Chinese: 范俊業; born 1 May 1976) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.He surprised everyone with his agility and goalkeeping prowess, and even dived to save shots from the opponent on the hard concrete "pitch".Fan gained a lot of first-team experience with Happy Valley, although a hand injury kept him sidelined for two months.He made a string of excellent saves to keep Real Madrid (with World Class players such as Beckham, Zidane, Raul and Ronaldo) at bay in the second half.On 17 November 2004, China played against Hong Kong in Guangzhou in a World Cup 2006 qualifying match.In 2005, Chinese Super League team Changsha Ginde were interested in Fan and wanted to sign him from Happy Valley, and he verbally accepted the offer.Before joining Shatin Sports Association, he played for Instant-Dict, Yee Hope, Rangers and Happy Valley.[citation needed] On 6 September 2006, Hong Kong were playing against Uzbekistan in the Asian Cup Qualification Group stages.Fan was the star player for the Hong Kong, he consistently made excellent saves, infuriating the Uzbekistan's forwards, to the extent that one of them spat at him, though the matter was resolved.His most admired football players are Netherlands goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar and Italy's number one Gianluigi Buffon.