Chan Wai Ho

Rangers and Yee Hope

His father decided that he would join Rangers to be a vocational apprentice when Chan was 16 years old. He stayed at Rangers for some months on trial for a professional contract. However, Rangers only gave him a contract after several twists and turns. Eventually, he appeared for the first team a few times in this season. In the 1999–2000 season, Yee Hope chairman Joe Chan invited Chan to join his team. Chan started his professional career in this season. His number of appearances did not increase after he joined the team, but Arie van der Zouwen thought Chan was one of the best centre back in Hong Kong and selected him for Hong Kong. In March 2004, Chan was suspended for 12 games after fighting along with four other Rangers players against Nan Shing Property FC players in a league match in Dongguan on 7 March 2004. The match was suspended and never completed. In 2006, it was rumoured that Chan had had a trial with English Premiership Club Reading and would play at the Madejski Stadium in the English Premiership. In 2007, it was rumoured that he would join Birmingham City after Hong Kong businessman Carson Yeung became the chairman and executive director of the club.

Transfer record

Chan's transfer fee to South China from Rangers was HK$400,000, which broke the record of the highest local transfer fee and highest transfer fee in Hong Kong First Division. The highest local transfer fee record was kept by Tam Ah Fook when he moved to…

Hong Kong

Arie van der Zouwen selected him for the Hong Kong national football team in 2000. On 12 November 2000, Chan made his international debut for Hong Kong in a friendly match against United Arab Emirates. In June 2011, Chan was made captain of Hong Kong for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Asian qualifiers against Saudi Arabia. On 22 March 2013, Chan scored the winner for Hong Kong against Vietnam in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers. Chan played his farewell match for the representative team on 7 June 2017 in a friendly match against Jordan. Having 65 international caps in total, Chan is one of the most capped players in the Hong Kong national football team.

Hong Kong U23

Chan scored twice in the 2009 East Asian Games, against South Korea in a group game and against North Korea in the semi-final. In the penalty shoot-out against North Korea, Chan also scored his penalty. Chan scored the winning goal for Hong Kong U-23 against Uzbekistan U-23 in the 2010 Asian Games. Hong Kong won the match 1–0.

Chan lived in Lok Wah Estate, Ngau Tau Kok when he was young and he graduated from Maryknoll Vocational Evening Secondary School. He moved to the player hostel of Rangers in Boundary Street when he was a vocational apprenticeship of Rangers.

Chan became a father on 9 August 2010 when his wife gave birth to a son. He accompanied his wife in the hospital in the morning, then attended the Hong Kong national football team training in the afternoon. After retirement from professional football, Chan signed an amateur contract with Eastern District. He currently works as a real estate agent during the day.