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{{short description|Hong Kongese professional snooker player}} {{good article}} {{EngvarB|date=March 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}} {{family name hatnote|[[Fu (surname)|Fu]] ({{linktext|傅}})|Marco Fu|Fu Ka-chun|lang=Hong Kong}} {{Infobox snooker player | name = Marco Fu | image = Marco Fu at Snooker German Masters (Martin Rulsch) 2014-01-29 01.jpg | caption = Fu at the [[2014 German Masters]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|1|8|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[British Hong Kong]] | Sport country = {{HKG}} | Professional = 1998–present | High ranking = 5 (June 2017)<ref>{{cite web |title=WORLD RANKINGS After 2017 Kaspersky Riga Masters |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/rankings/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703231319/http://www.worldsnooker.com/rankings/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 July 2017 |website=World Snooker |access-date=3 July 2017}}</ref> | Official maximums = 5 | Ranking wins = 3 | Minor wins = 1 | World champ = | medals-expand = yes | medals = {{MedalSport | Men's [[snooker]] }} {{MedalCountry | {{HKG}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Asian Games]] }} {{MedalGold | [[1998 Asian Games|1998 Bangkok]] | Team }} {{MedalSilver | [[2002 Asian Games|2002 Busan]] | [[Cue sports at the 2002 Asian Games|Doubles]] }} {{MedalGold | [[2002 Asian Games|2002 Busan]] | [[Cue sports at the 2002 Asian Games|Team]] }} {{MedalSilver | [[2006 Asian Games|2006 Doha]] | [[Cue sports at the 2006 Asian Games|Doubles]] }} {{MedalSilver | [[2006 Asian Games|2006 Doha]] | [[Cue sports at the 2006 Asian Games|Team]] }} {{MedalGold | [[2010 Asian Games|2010 Guangzhou]] | [[Cue sports at the 2010 Asian Games|Singles]] }} {{MedalCompetition | [[East Asian Games]] }} {{MedalGold | [[2009 East Asian Games|2009 Hong Kong]] | Team }} }} {{Infobox Chinese | showflag = y | order = ts | t = 傅家俊 | s = 傅家俊 | j = Fu⁶ Gaa¹ Zeon³ | y = Fuh Gā Jeun | p = Fù Jiājùn }} '''Marco Fu Ka-chun''' ({{zh|t=傅家俊}};<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hkolympic.org/article/sport_star_interviews/972 |title=Fu Ka-Chun, Marco |publisher=Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong |access-date=14 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721165033/http://www.hkolympic.org/article/sport_star_interviews/972 |archive-date=21 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gz2010.cn/info/ENG/ZB/ZBB101A_BS@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ENG_number=215720.htm |title=Billiard Sports Biography – FU Ka Chun Marco Morley |publisher=The Official Website of the 16th Asian Games |access-date=14 February 2011 |archive-date=7 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707044019/http://www.gz2010.cn/info/ENG/ZB/ZBB101A_BS@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ENG_number=215720.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> born 8 January 1978) is a Hong Kong professional [[snooker]] player. He is a three-time [[snooker world rankings|ranking event]] winner, having won the [[2007 Grand Prix (snooker)|2007 Grand Prix]], the [[2013 Australian Goldfields Open]] and the [[2016 Scottish Open (snooker)|2016 Scottish Open]]. He has been a runner-up at two [[Triple Crown (snooker)|Triple Crown]] events, at the [[2008 UK Championship]] and the [[2011 Masters (snooker)|2011 Masters]]. In addition, Fu has reached the semi-finals of the [[World Snooker Championship|World Championship]] twice—in [[2006 World Snooker Championship|2006]] and in [[2016 World Snooker Championship|2016]]. Fu reached a career-high ranking of fifth in the world in 2017. He turned professional in 1998 and has remained on the [[World Snooker Tour]] to-date. Despite not competing in events during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], Fu was given an invitational place to remain on the tour during the [[2021–22 snooker season]]. As a prolific break-builder, Fu has compiled over 500 [[century break]]s in professional competition, including five [[maximum break]]s. A cultural icon in Hong Kong, Fu presented a 10-episode [[chat show]] called ''[[Marco Fu and Friends]]'' on [[ViuTV]].
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