S. Subramani | |
Fullname: | Shunmugham Subramani |
Birth Date: | 5 August 1972 |
Birth Place: | Singapore |
Position: | Centre-back, Right-back |
Years1: | 1992–1998 |
Clubs1: | Tanjong Pagar United |
Caps1: | 80 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 1999–2009 |
Clubs2: | Home United |
Caps2: | 226 |
Goals2: | 2 |
Totalcaps: | 306 |
Totalgoals: | 2 |
Nationalyears1: | 1996–2007 |
Nationalteam1: | Singapore |
Nationalcaps1: | 115[1] |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Shunmugham Subramani (born 5 August 1972), commonly known as S. Subramani, is a former Singapore footballer in the S.League and former defender for the Singapore national football team.
Subramani started his career with Tiong Bahru Constituency Sports Club in 1992. The club would change its name to Tiong Bahru United Football Club and then Tanjong Pagar United. In 1998, Subramani won the Singapore Cup and Singapore FA Cup in 1998, as well as being named S.League player of the year.
He signed for Home United in the 1999 season, where he teamed up with his regular partner at international level, Aide Iskandar.[2]
Subramani retired from football at the age of 37 in 2009.[3]
Subramani was assistant coach of Singapore's Under-23 team with Kadir Yahaya.[4]
Subramani made his debut for Singapore on 27 June 1996 in the 4–0 win over Myanmar in an Asian Cup Qualifier.
He played in every game in both the historic 1998 and 2004 triumphant Tiger Cup campaigns. He also played in two SEA Games, reaching the semi-finals in both Jakarta 1997 and Brunei 1999.
Subramani wanted to retire from international football in September 2004[5] before he was persuaded by coach Radojko Avramović to stay on.[6] He officially retired following Singapore's triumph in the 2007 ASEAN Football Championship.
Subramani was inducted into the FIFA Century Club in June 2007.[7]
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1998
1999, 2003
2000, 2001, 2003, 2005
1998, 2004, 2007