Ong Kim Swee
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Ong Kim Swee is a Malaysian football manager and former footballer. He spent most of his career playing for East Malaysia
East Malaysia
East Malaysia, also known as Malaysian Borneo, is the part of Malaysia located on the island of Borneo. It consists of the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak, and the Federal Territory of Labuan. It lies to the east from Peninsular Malaysia , which is located on the Malay Peninsula. The two are...

n team notably Sarawak
Sarawak FA
The Football Association of Sarawak enters a team in Malaysian football competitions to represent the state of Sarawak...

 and Sabah
Sabah FA
The Football Association of Sabah is a registered football association affiliated with the Football Association of Malaysia. The association's football team competes in Malaysia's football league representing the state of Sabah in Borneo. Sabah FA is a professional football club and one of the 14...

 during the mid 90's.

He currently manage the Malaysia national under-23 football team
Malaysia national under-23 football team
Malaysia national under-23 football team represents Malaysia in international football competitions in Olympic Games, Asian Games and SEA Games, as well as any other under-23 international football tournaments...

 which will be competing for 2012 Olympic
2012 AFC Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament
The Asian Football Confederation's Pre-Olympic Tournament is the qualifying tournament for the 2012 Summer Olympics Football tournament in London. Thirty-five teams entered the qualification, where AFC have three spots for automatic qualifiers and a spot for inter-continental play-off against the...

 and 2011 Southeast Asian Games
2011 Southeast Asian Games
The 26th Southeast Asian Games was held in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia on 11 until 22 November 2011. Indonesia's fourth time to host the SEA Games, it last hosted the Games in 1997...

. He also in charge of Harimau Muda A in Malaysian Super League
Malaysian Super League
The Malaysia Super League is a Malaysian professional league for association football. At the top flight of the Malaysian football league system and it is managed by the Malaysia Super League Sdn Bhd, under supervision of the Football Association of Malaysia...

.

As player

Kim Swee began his career as a player for Malacca in the early 90's. He was a member of the Malaysia Olympic teams nicknamed Barcelona 1992 under Chow Kwai Lam
Chow Kwai Lam
Chow Kwai Lam is a formal Malaysia national football coach. He represented Malaysia from 1965 to 1971 before becoming the coach in 1978. He coached Selangor FA from 1979 to 1983, before moving to coach Sarawak FA in 1984. He coached Kuala Lumpur FA in 1989, 1992, 1995, and 1996...

.

In 1993 Kim Swee joined Sarawak FA
Sarawak FA
The Football Association of Sarawak enters a team in Malaysian football competitions to represent the state of Sarawak...

 for whom he played two seasons before being controversially transferred to Sabah FA
Sabah FA
The Football Association of Sabah is a registered football association affiliated with the Football Association of Malaysia. The association's football team competes in Malaysia's football league representing the state of Sabah in Borneo. Sabah FA is a professional football club and one of the 14...

 in late 1994. With Sabah he won the Malaysia FA Cup
Malaysia FA Cup
The FA Cup Malaysia is a national knock-out football competition organised by the Football Association of Malaysia. The tournament was introduced during the Semi-Pro League era in 1990...

 in 1995 and M-League
Malaysian Super League
The Malaysia Super League is a Malaysian professional league for association football. At the top flight of the Malaysian football league system and it is managed by the Malaysia Super League Sdn Bhd, under supervision of the Football Association of Malaysia...

 in 1996.

Kim Swee made his full international debut against Kuwait
Kuwait national football team
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 in 22 September 1994. He was a member of the Malaysian squad for the 1994 Asian Games
Football at the 1994 Asian Games
Football at the 1994 Asian Games was held in Hiroshima, Japan from October 1 to October 17, 1994.The women's tournament doubled the Asian qualification of 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, where China PR and Japan qualified.-Medal winners:-Medal table:...

 and also played for a Malaysian Selection side who famously held Flamengo
Clube de Regatas do Flamengo
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 to a 1-1 draw in an exhibition match in 1995.

As coach

Kim Swee coached Malacca in 2005. In 2009, Kim Swee took over as head coach of Harimau Muda from Datuk K. Rajagopal
K. Rajagopal
Datuk K. Rajagopal, is a Malaysian football manager and former professional player. He is currently the head coach of Malaysia and former Under-23 Malaysia coach....

. He won the Malaysia Premier League with Harimau Muda
Harimau Muda
Harimau Muda B or Malaysia national under-19 football team also known as Malaysia U-19 is an under-19 soccer team from Malaysia. The team's squad is made up of members of the Malaysia national under-19 football team...

 that year.

Malaysia
Malaysia national under-23 football team
Malaysia national under-23 football team represents Malaysia in international football competitions in Olympic Games, Asian Games and SEA Games, as well as any other under-23 international football tournaments...

  • SEA Games
  • Winners/Gold medals (1): 2011 SEA Games
    Football at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games
    The association football tournament at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games took place place from 3 to 21 November 2011. This edition of the tournament was only for the men's competition, women's competition was not held as the host country Indonesia did not have enough stadiums to hold the matches....

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