Lee Wai Man

Lee mainly played as a centre back. He has also played in other positions on the field, including goalkeeper, when he moved on to this position urgently after his teammate Leung Cheuk Cheung was dismissed in a match. He announced his retirement from professional football at the end of the 2006–07 season.

Lee achieved the Coca-Cola Outstanding Youth Athlete Award when he was 18, the same year as the Hong Kong cyclist Wong Kam Po. After an impressive performance in his club Eastern, Lee, aged 20, was selected into the final squad for Hong Kong to play in the 1994 World Cup qualifiers. He made his international debut on 23 April 1994 versus Kuwait in a friendly match held in Singapore. Later that year, Lee played all the World Cup qualifier matches (a total of 10 matches) for Hong Kong as a left back. Although Lee had dropped out of Hong Kong between 1998 and 2000, he returned to play in the first East Asian Football Championship preliminary round for the team as a sweeper. He became the captain of Hong Kong from late 2003 to 2006. Having 68 international caps in total, Lee is one of the most capped players in the Hong Kong national football team.

On 16 September 2026, Lee was appointed as the caretaker of Sha Tin follownig the departure of Kwok Kar Lok.