Hong Kong professional football players spend a long time on trainings and matches and some of them even represent the Hong Kong team at international level. Thus, it is not easy for professional football players to maintain a balance in their career and academic achievement. In view of this, Hong Kong Football Association (HKFA) have established the “Scholarship for professional players” with the support of the Home Affairs Bureau (HAB), in order to provide scholarship for current and retired football players.
Each successful applicant will receive a maximum of $42,100 per year for up to four years to study including certificate, diploma, and degree courses in Hong Kong or coach courses provided by football associations. The aim of the scholarship is to relieve player’s financial burden and thus to attract more good players to engage in professional football. Moreover, this scholarship scheme could help players to better plan their career after retiring from being professional players and could also help them to build their long-term career. .....
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