S. Subramani Explained

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.

Playing career

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]

Coaching career

Subramani was assistant coach of Singapore's Under-23 team with Kadir Yahaya.[4]

International career

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]

Honours

Club

Tanjong Pagar

1998

1998

Home United

1999, 2003

2000, 2001, 2003, 2005

International

Singapore

1998, 2004, 2007

Individual

See also

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIFA Century Club fact sheet. https://web.archive.org/web/20130521035635/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/stats-centclub/52/00/59/centuryclub1204.13.pdf. dead. 21 May 2013. FIFA. 12 April 2013.
  2. News: Ben Nafarajan. Player of Year moves. The Straits Times. 51. 2 December 1998.
  3. Web site: Captain S. Subramani announces retirement. Home United. 17 April 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140417020932/http://hufc.sg/news/captain-s-subramani-announces-retirement. 17 April 2014.
  4. Web site: Kasim . Ali . 2015-04-28 . FAS sets Games football final target . 2022-10-21 . The New Paper . en.
  5. News: Jose Raymond. Tiger Cup winner Subramani set to quit Lions. Today. 46. 7 September 2004.
  6. News: Jose Raymond. Eyeing a century, Subra stays on for four more games. Today. 35. 12 January 2005.
  7. Web site: FIFA Century Club fact sheet. https://web.archive.org/web/20140322050943/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/centclub/ip-590_08a_centurymen_10349.pdf. dead. 22 March 2014. FIFA. 12 June 2007.