Teong Kim - coach up for grabs (The Malay Mail)

FORMER national midfielder Lim Teong Kim, currently based in Germany, is
keen to coach Kuala Lumpur for next season's M-League.
 And he has written in to the Kuala Lumpur to apply for the coaching
post.
 The 34-year-old Malacca-born player, who has been abroad the last three
years, attained an A Licence from the German FA in Cologne in August.
 Teong Kim had earlier got his German B Licence in November 1995 and was
appointed as one of the assistant coaches to the Bayern Munich youth team.
 And he had to coach for two years before he could sit for his A Licence.
 KLFA secretary-general K. Rasalingam confirmed that the association had
received Lim's application which will be forwarded to their management
committee.
 The KLFA have yet to make a decision on getting another coach for next
season or continue with the services of Chow Kwai Lam.
 Rasalingam said: "There has been no decision as to who will coach the
team next year and it is still premature to talk about Lim's application.
 "Our management committee have already asked Kwai Lam and team manager
Abdul Rahim to submit their reports on the team's performance and make
recommendations for the 1998 season.
 "Datuk Seri Megat Junid Megat Ayob, the KLFA president, will have a big
say on who will coach the team. We leave it to him to determine if KL need
continuity or a change.
 "Players, whose services that we require, and those whose contracts we
will not be renewing, will also be informed after the Council meeting
(which has yet to be fixed)."
 Teong Kim has the credit of being the player to have represented the
most number of States in the M-League. His last outing here was for Kedah
in 1992 and 1993.
 He started off his career with Malacca in 1993 and played two seasons
for them before moving to Selangor (1984-86). He also played a season for
Negri Sembilan.
 From 1987 to 1991, Teong Kim played for KL and had the honour of
collecting Malaysia Cup winner medals for a record three consecutive times
from 1987 to 1989.
 Lim also played professional soccer with Hertha Berlin FC in Germany in
1992 while on loan from KL.
 It is learnt that Lim has also sent in applications to Negri Sembilan FA
and Kedah FA.
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