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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]

  1. ^ 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.
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