R Aaravin Explained

R Aaravin
Fullname:Rajandran Aaravin
Position:Centre-back
Birth Place:Singapore
Birth Date:24 February 1996
Height:1.83m (06feet)
Youthyears1:2009–2012
Youthclubs1:Singapore Sports School
Years1:2016–2017
Clubs1:Home United
Caps1:17
Goals1:0
Nationalteam1:Singapore U22
Nationalyears1:2015
Club-Update:28 December 2016
Years2:2017–2019
Clubs2:Young Lions
Caps2:12
Goals2:1
Years3:2019–2020
Clubs3:Warriors FC
Caps3:15
Goals3:0
Years4:2020–2021
Clubs4:Balestier Khalsa
Caps4:8
Goals4:1
Youthyears2:2015
Youthclubs2:Home United

Rajandran Aaravin (born 24 February 1996), known as R Aaravin, is a Singaporean former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

In 2012, he won Dollah Kassim Award and the Peter Lim Scholarship where he underwent a 10 days training stint at FC Metz in France in 2014.[1]

Club career

Home United

Aaravin was promoted by Philippe Aw to the Home United first team squad in 2016. He started playing in the first team when he is playing in the prime league team.

He was released by the NFA U18 team after enlisting in NS. There, he signed for Home United prime league squad and was trusted by the coach then, Philippe Aw. His first game was against the Young Lions (Home won 2–0).

Young Lions

In 2017, Aaravin joined Young Lions.

Warriors FC

In 2019, Aaravin joined ninth times Singapore Premier League champions, Warriors FC.

Balestier Khalsa

In 2020, Aaravin joined Balestier Khalsa however on 26 February 2021, he decided to retired from football at the age of 25.

Controversy

Aaravin has spoken out against the current under-23 regulations in the Singapore Premier League which makes it mandatory for clubs to sign and field players who are under the age of 23 as the under-23 rule has actually shortchanged a lot of players. He decided to call it quits when he was offered just $1200 a month to play.

Personal life

From 2013 to 2016, Aaravin studied at Nanyang Polytechnic in Sports and Wellness after graduating from the Singapore Sports School in 2012. After his diploma, he served his two years compulsory National Service with the Singapore Police Force from 2016 to 2018. Aaravin holds a degree of Bachelor of Arts from the Singapore Institute of Management.

Career statistics

ClubSeasonS.LeagueSingapore CupSingapore League CupAsiaTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Home United20151300020150
201600000000
201710000000
2018110000000
2019140000000

Honours

Individual

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Six of the best for Dollah Kassim Award 2016, Latest Singapore Football News - The New Paper. tnp.sg. 12 November 2016 . 8 January 2017.