Singaporean footballer
Fandi bin Ahmad
PBM
(born 29 May 1962) is a
Singaporean
professional
football manager
and former
player
. He is the current technical advisor and head coach of
Malaysia Super League
club
Sri Pahang
.
[2]
During his professional career, he played mainly as a
striker
, but also occasionally as a
midfielder
. Along with the
Singapore FA
, he also played for
Malaysia Cup
state sides
Kuala Lumpur FA
and
Pahang FA
, and won titles with all three, including two
doubles
in 1992 and 1994, as well as the Golden Boot in 1988. Fandi also played for Indonesia's
Niac Mitra
, Netherlands'
Groningen
as well as local Singaporean clubs
Geylang United
and
SAFFC
.
[foot 1]
Internationally with the
Singapore national team
, Fandi earned 101
caps
and scored 55 goals, a record he holds today, as well as winning three
Southeast Asian Games
(SEA Games) silver medals while being captain from 1993 to 1997.
[3]
After his retirement, he began his managerial career in 2000 by helming his former playing club SAFFC, before moving on to Indonesia's
Pelita Raya
and Malaysia's
Johor Darul Takzim
, while also serving as the assistant national coach on numerous occasions while and running his own Fandi Ahmad Academy.
Fandi has been described as a national legend for Singapore.
[foot 2]
In 1994, he was awarded the
Pingat Bakti Masyarakat
(Public Service Medal) for his achievements, which included being the first Singaporean footballer to play in Europe, the first Singaporean millionaire sportsperson and the first Singaporean sportsperson to have a published biography. He has five children with his wife, South African model Wendy Jacobs, and his father is
Ahmad Wartam
, a former national goalkeeper. Fandi was ranked sixth in a list of
Singapore's 50 Greatest Athletes of the Century
by
The Straits Times
in 1999.
[12]
His children, most notably
Ikhsan
,
Ilhan
and
Irfan
, are also professional footballers.
Early life
[
edit
]
As a young child, Fandi was obsessed with football and spent much of his time kicking a ball. His family lived in a two-room public housing flat in
Hougang
.
[8]
His family was working class; Fandi had to sell
nasi lemak
to help support the family.
[8]
[13]
Fandi's father,
Ahmad Wartam
was then a goalkeeper for the national team in the 1960s.
[14]
Fandi started playing as a goalkeeper, but switched to a midfield position under the advice of his teacher when he studied at Yio Chu Kang Primary
[15]
When he was 12, his parents divorced, after which he lived in a kampong at Jalan Eunos with his father and paternal grandparents. At Serangoon Gardens Secondary School,
[16]
Fandi played for the school football team, but neglected his studies and was held back a year. He then transferred to the
Singapore Vocational Institute
and obtained a National Trade Certificate 3. He played for
Kaki Bukit SC
in the amateur
National Football League
, where he was spotted by Singapore FA coach Sebastian Yap.
[17]
By the time he was 15, Fandi had become a regular for the
Singapore national youth football team
. In 1977, Fandi was vice-captain of the
Singapore Under-17 national team
that won the
Lion City Cup
youth tournament. In 1978, he became captain of the team which retained the Lion City Cup. In August that year, Fandi was called up for a
senior national team
squad for a training tour in
Russia
, becoming the youngest footballer to represent Singapore.
Club career
[
edit
]
Singapore FA
[
edit
]
Fandi joined
Singapore FA
in 1979 and became a regular midfield player, scoring four goals in his first Malaysia Cup season. The retirement of Arshad Khamis and
Dollah Kassim
prompted Jita Singh, the new Singapore FA coach, to play Fandi as a striker. During the 1980 Malaysia Cup season, Fandi scored eight goals, including the winning goal in the final against
Selangor FA
.
[18]
He enlisted for
National Service
in September 1980 and was given light duties, such as collecting the camp garbage, so he could continue playing for Singapore FA. In 1981, Fandi won the
FAS
Footballer of the Year award for helping Singapore FA reach the Malaysia Cup final.
[14]
The following year, Singapore FA did not play in the
Malaysia Cup
for political reasons, and Fandi underwent a shoulder operation; he could not play football for six weeks and was discharged early from National Service.
[19]
Playing against Diego Maradona
Selangor FA invited Fandi to play for them against Argentine club
Boca Juniors
, which featured
Diego Maradona
, in a friendly game, in which Fandi scored the only goal for Selangor FA; the score was 2?1. Fandi was just 19 while serving national service at the time and after the match, Boca's chief coach
Vladislao Cap
said he was keen on signing the Singaporean, whom he described as "a superb striker who can fit into any team".
Offers from Europe and final decision
Fandi received offers from several Malaysia Cup teams, Indonesian side
Niac Mitra
, Swiss club
Young Boys
and Dutch side
Ajax
. It was Ajax he eventually chose, but after a three-week trial, Fandi rejected Ajax's three-year deal and with it, the opportunity to work with and be honed by the legendary
Johan Cruyff
and play up front with the likes of a young
Marco van Basten
and
Jan Molby
, whom he had been scouted along with but Fandi ended up signing a one-year contract with Niac Mitra instead earning S$75,000 annually, choosing to ply his trade nearer to home. Fandi is joined with compatriot,
David Lee
in Niac Mitra. Fandi helped them successfully defend their
Galatama League
title and was the third-highest scorer with 13 goals. In a friendly match between Niac Mitra and
Arsenal
, Fandi scored a goal in a 2?0 victory; however, he left Niac Mitra due to a sudden Galatama League ban on foreign players.
[20]
FC Groningen
[
edit
]
In 1983, Fandi moved to the Netherlands and signed a two-year contract with
FC Groningen
.
[21]
A thigh injury acquired in a friendly match kept him off the field for ten weeks, but in his first
Eredivisie
game he scored twice in a 2?0 victory over
Go Ahead Eagles
. On 19 October 1983, Fandi played in the first leg of a
UEFA Cup
second-round match against Italian side
Internazionale
, and scored the second goal in a 2?0 win with another goal came from
Erwin Koeman
, though in the second leg Groningen were defeated 1?5.
[22]
The Inter team boasted a couple of legendary names such as
Giuseppe Baresi
,
Giuseppe Bergomi
,
Alessandro Altobelli
,
Evaristo Beccalossi
,
Riccardo Ferri
,
Fulvio Collovati
and goalkeeper,
Walter Zenga
. The Groningen fans voted Fandi the most popular player and the most skilful player that season; he scored 10 goals in 29 games to help the Dutch club rise from ninth to fifth place in the Eredivisie. As an
April Fools' Day
joke,
The Straits Times
published a front-page story claiming that
Manchester United
had signed on Fandi.
[23]
His second season was marred by a recurrence of his thigh injury and a dispute with his coach. He played only two full games that season and Groningen did not offer him a new contract.
[24]
During his time in the Netherlands, Fandi scored 11 league goals in 36 league games for Groningen.
[25]
Fandi Ahmad teammate at Groningen who went on to become a global renowned player is
Erwin Koeman
,
Ronald Koeman
,
Adri van Tiggelen
,
Jan van Dijk
and
Ron Jans
.
Kuala Lumpur FA
[
edit
]
The next club that Fandi played for was Malaysia Cup side
Kuala Lumpur FA
, which in 1987 won its first Malaysia Cup title. It was Malaysia Cup champions again the following season; Fandi won the Golden Boot, having scored 21 goals.
[26]
After a third season at Kuala Lumpur FA, in which it won a third consecutive Malaysia Cup,
OFI Crete
[
edit
]
Fandi signed a two-year contract with Greek club
OFI Crete
in 1990. However, problems with his International Transfer Certificate prevented him from playing for Crete, so he left Greece after two months.
[27]
Pahang FA
[
edit
]
Fandi then joined
Pahang FA
, where he reverted to playing mainly in midfield due to his advancing age.
[28]
Fandi missed several months of games because of heel and thigh injuries, and scored three goals to help Pahang FA win the Malaysia Cup and
Malaysian League
Double
in 1992.
[29]
That year, he became the first Singaporean sportsperson to have career earnings exceeding a million Singapore dollars (not adjusted for inflation).
[8]
Return home to Singapore
[
edit
]
Fandi rejoined Singapore FA after it was relegated to the second tier of the Malaysian League. Singapore FA was promoted and reached the Malaysia Cup final in 1993, and finished the 1994 season as Malaysia Cup and Malaysian League champions.
Captain
Fandi played in 39 of Singapore FA's 41 games in the double-winning season, was the top scorer with 26 goals and was voted Player of the Season;
[30]
[31]
he was also awarded a state medal, the
Pingat Bakti Masyarakat
(Public Service Medal).
[14]
The following season, Singapore FA withdrew from the Malaysia Cup and a fully professional Singaporean league, the
S.League
, was formed.
Geylang United
[
edit
]
In its inaugural
S.League
season in 1996, Fandi joins and captained
Geylang United
where he was the joint top scorer with 11 goals, including the equaliser that confirmed Geylang as league champions. The
Asian Football Confederation
declared him the Player of the Month of June 1996.
[32]
[33]
Geylang was given special dispensation to pay Fandi thrice the S.League
salary cap
.
[13]
Singapore Armed Forces
[
edit
]
Fandi playing career concluded with three seasons at
SAFFC
, during which they won two S.League titles and two
Singapore Cups
. Because of injuries, Fandi was limited to mainly short substitute appearances, but he continued to score crucial goals, notably two against Cambodian side Royal Dolphins in the
Asian Club Championship
, until his retirement in 1999.
[34]
[35]
International career
[
edit
]
From 1979 to 1997, Fandi made 101 appearances for the
Singapore national football team
,
[foot 3]
scored 55 goals and earned a place in the Asian Football Confederation Hall of Fame.
[9]
He started as captain of the national youth team that won the
Lion City Cup
in 1976 and 1977,
[8]
then joined the senior national team on a tour of Russia, where he played in two friendly games and scored two goals in the second.
[18]
His first senior
cap
came at 17 years, 3 months and 23 days, making him Singapore's youngest-ever full international, until his record was broken by
Hariss Harun
in 2007.
[36]
However, in his first international competition, the
1979 SEA Games
, Fandi did not score in four matches. He scored against
India
and
North Korea
in the Olympic Games qualifiers, but did not score in three
FIFA World Cup
qualifying matches. In the 1981 Ovaltine Cup, Fandi scored all Singapore goals in the 3?2 aggregate victory over
Malaysia
.
[37]
Fandi scored a goal in a 1?2 loss to
Thailand
in the 1981
King's Cup
and a
hat-trick
against the
Philippines
at the 1981 SEA Games. In 1992, Fandi scored twice against
Nepal
and once against Thailand in the King's Cup, then scored when Singapore beat Malaysia 3?1 in the Ovaltine Cup.
The following year, Fandi helped Singapore win the first of three SEA Games silver medals, with two goals in a 3?0 group stage win over
Brunei
and two against Malaysia in the semi-final. Despite suffering an ankle injury in the 1?2 final defeat by Thailand,
[39]
he played in the 1983
Merlion Cup
, and scored in a 1?0 semi-final win against of
China
.
[23]
The second SEA Games silver medal came in
1985
, when Fandi scored against Malaysia and the Philippines in the group stage, then two goals against Brunei in the semi-final. At the
1989 SEA Games
, Fandi scored in the 4?0 victory over
Myanmar
that took Singapore past the group stages, the last-minute winner in the semi-final against defending champions
Indonesia
and Singapore's single goal in the 1?3 final defeat by Malaysia. This completed the hat-trick of silver medals, though in 2007, he said that "not winning the SEA Games gold medal" was among "his biggest regrets".
[8]
Fandi also played at the 1990
Asian Games
and scored in the 6?1 win against
Pakistan
.
During the
1991 SEA Games
, Fandi scored both Singapore goals against Myanmar in the group stage, but was substituted in the semi-final match, after Indonesian fullback Herry Setyawan elbowed him in the eye. That match ended goalless and the Lions lost on
penalties
.
[40]
Fandi also missed Singapore's failed attempt to qualify for the 1992
Asian Cup
, having sustained a heel injury.
[41]
At the
1993 SEA Games
, captain Fandi scored a hat-trick in the 7?0 defeat of the Philippines, followed by the second Singapore goal in the 3?3 semi-final draw with Myanmar and scored once in the 3?1 win over Indonesia that secured a bronze medal for Singapore. Fandi also played in the inaugural
Tiger Cup
, and scored an equaliser against Malaysia, a goal against Brunei and two against the Philippines. 1997 was a disappointing year for Fandi, who failed to score in the
Dunhill Cup
and the World Cup qualifiers. After the 1997 SEA Games, where his goal in the semi-final could not prevent a 1?2 defeat to Indonesia, Fandi retired from international football.
Coaching career
[
edit
]
After his retirement from playing, Fandi worked as a coach. He started as the assistant to Singapore's national coach,
Vincent Subramaniam
, for the
1999 SEA Games
, where Singapore finished fourth.
[11]
In 2011, he founded the Fandi Ahmad Academy, which organises training programmes and overseas opportunities for talented young Singaporean footballers.
[4]
Fandi is one of seven Singaporean coaches with a professional AFC coaching diploma and is widely considered a future coach of the
Singapore national football team
;
[42]
Singapore Armed Forces
[
edit
]
In 2000, Fandi became coach of SAFFC and guided them to the
2000 S.League
title, and he won the S.League Coach of the Year Award.
[43]
Under Fandi, SAFFC ended the 2001 season without winning a trophy and the following year, were the
2002 S.League
champions by a 20-point margin.
[44]
Fandi then simultaneously served as assistant national coach,
[11]
helping Singapore win the Tiger Cup in 2005.
[5]
Young Lions
[
edit
]
In 2005, Fandi become the coach of
Young Lions
, which rose from the bottom of the S.League in 2003 to two third-place finishes in 2004 and 2006 which up to this date remains as their highest league placing in the club history.
[45]
Pelita Raya
[
edit
]
From November 2006 to March 2010, Fandi managed Indonesian side
Pelita Raya
,
[7]
where he adopted a youth policy that helped them win promotion from the second division,
[42]
then guided the club to two mid-table finishes in the
Indonesia Super League
.
[46]
Scout for Vicenza Calcio
[
edit
]
Since then, he has been a scout for Italian club
Vicenza Calcio
, a regional project manager for the Genova International Soccer School.
Johor Darul Ta'zim
[
edit
]
On 3 February 2012,
Malaysian Super League
side
Johor Darul Ta'zim
owner, the Crown Prince of Johor,
Tunku Ismail Idris
approached Fandi after the club first year of rebranding the whole organisation structure and its footballing activities which he accept and being the first manager during the club first era after being revamp.
[6]
Fandi reportedly earned $S30,000 a month. In his first season, he guide JDT all the way to the
2013 Malaysia FA Cup Final
but lost 1-0 to
Kelantan FA
. Johor finished third in the
2013 Malaysia Super League
behind
LionsXII
and
Selangor FA
. The side also paraded ex-Spanish international striker,
Dani Guiza
who won the
Euro 2008
, former
SS Lazio
player,
Simone del Nero
and as well as a host of Malaysian internationals, including
Malaysia
captain,
Safiq Rahim
and star player,
Safee Sali
,
Norshahrul Idlan Talaha
and the both twins,
Aidil Zafuan
and
Zaquan Adha
. On 30 July 2013, he was relieved off his duties.
LionsXII
[
edit
]
On 7 December 2013, he became head coach of the Singapore
LionsXII
, with
Nazri Nasir
as his assistant.
[47]
On 23 May 2015, he led
LionsXII
to clinch the
2015 Malaysia FA Cup
, their first trophy of the season.
[48]
[49]
2nd stint at Young Lions and interim coach of Singapore
[
edit
]
Fandi was appointed as the head coach of Young Lions for the newly revamp
2018 Singapore Premier League
season, replacing
Richard Tardy
.
[50]
In May 2018, he was appointed as the interim head coach of the
Singapore national football team
until the end of the
2018 AFF Suzuki Cup
.
[51]
[52]
Fandi's contract with
FAS
was extended in November 2019, with the new role as head of elite youth. He aims, together with technical director Joseph Palatsides, to enhance the pathways and structure for the development of youth players for the national teams. After leading the
Singapore under-22
at the
2019 SEA Games
, Fandi's
Young Lions
and the under-22s will be taken over by
Nazri Nasir
in 2020.
[53]
Fandi will also be part of
national team
's coach
Tatsuma Yoshida
's backroom staff.
[54]
Sri Pahang
[
edit
]
On 21 July 2022, Fandi returned to
Sri Pahang
as a technical adviser. The appointment comes three weeks after he left the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) following a seven-year stint. His contract as head of elite youth ended on 30 June 2022. It was reported in May that Fandi had several options from club sides in the region which he had turned down offers from sides in Indonesia, and was also linked to Malaysian teams due to his vast connections across the Causeway, such as his good relationship with Sri Pahang president, Tengku Abdul Rahman Sultan Ahmad Shah.
In January 2023, Fandi takes over as Sri Pahang coach from Malaysian legend
Dollah Salleh
who had taken temporary charge after the resignation of Frenchman
Christophe Gamel
last season. This will be Fandi's second stint as head coach of a
Malaysia Super League
team. His team started off into season well after 11 games with 7 wins, 4 draws and 0 lost before losing the undefeated streak to
Johor Darul Takzim
2-0. On 9 June 2023, when all hopes seems lost with the score favouring to
Negeri Sembilan
1-3 into the last 10 mins into the match, Fandi team bounce back unexpectedly to win the match with the score being 4-3 at full time.
Personal life
[
edit
]
Fandi is a devout humble Muslim,
[13]
avoids scandals, does not smoke or drink,
[55]
and is often described as humble,
[10]
filial and compassionate.
[7]
He married South African model Wendy Jacobs in 1996 and the couple have five children, namingly sons
Irfan
,
Ikhsan
,
Ilhan
,
Iryan
and a daughter Iman;
[56]
the four sons are footballers (Irfan, Ikhsan, Ilhan and Iryan). Irfan and Ikhsan who impressed at trials at Arsenal,
Chelsea
and
Milan
[57]
plays for
Thai League 1
club
BG Pathum United
, Ilhan plays for
Challenger Pro League
club
Deinze
while Iryan plays for
Singapore Premier League
club
Hougang United
. The eldest three (Irfan, Ikhsan and Ilhan) plays for the
Singapore national team
.
[58]
[59]
On 26 March 2022 against
Malaysia
, the three brothers played together in the same match for the first time at the
Singapore National Stadium
.
Fandi is also cousins with
Hafiz Abu Sujad
and the national team's physiotherapist Nurhafizah.
[60]
In 2023 after the match between Selangor & Sri Pahang, during the interview on
Astro Arena
, Malaysian legend,
Azman Adnan
is confirmed to be his cousin.
He is the first Singaporean sportsperson to be the subject of a biography, which was released in 1993 and called
The Fandi Ahmad Story
. It sold 17,000 copies in two months and was also translated into
Malay
.
[61]
Endorsement
Products Fandi has endorsed include
Lotto
sportswear,
[62]
Royal Sporting House sportswear,
[13]
Uncle Tobys cereal, Carnation milk and energy drink Isomax.
[55]
In 1996, he released an album of English and Malay songs and produced
Meniti Pelangi
, a television programme about disadvantaged Malay Singaporeans.
[13]
Three years later, he opened a restaurant and a car dealership, but both closed down within two years.
[7]
He has also served as an ambassador for national anti-smoking and anti-drug campaigns,
[10]
[23]
raised funds for victims of the
2004 Indonesian tsunami
and participated in a Northeast
Community Development Council
initiative to organise community service programmes.
[63]
Career statistics
[
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]
International goals
[a]
No
|
Date
|
Venue
|
Opponent
|
Result
|
Competition
|
1
|
26 February 1980
|
Singapore
|
India
|
1?0
|
1980 Olympic Games qualification
|
2
|
4 March 1980
|
Singapore
|
North Korea
|
3?1
|
1980 Olympic Games qualification
|
3
|
5 April 1981
|
Singapore
|
Malaysia
|
1?1
|
1981 Ovaltine Cup
|
4
|
19 April 1981
|
Kuala Lumpur
, Malaysia
|
Malaysia
|
2?1
|
1981 Ovaltine Cup replay
|
5
|
19 April 1981
|
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
|
Malaysia
|
2?1
|
1981 Ovaltine Cup replay
|
6
|
9 November 1981
|
Bangkok
, Thailand
|
Thailand
|
1?2
|
1981 King's Cup
|
7
|
9 December 1981
|
Manila
, Philippines
|
Philippines
|
4?0
|
1981 Southeast Asian Games
|
8
|
9 December 1981
|
Manila, Philippines
|
Philippines
|
4?0
|
1981 Southeast Asian Games
|
9
|
9 December 1981
|
Manila, Philippines
|
Philippines
|
4?0
|
1981 Southeast Asian Games
|
10
|
7 January 1982
|
Singapore
|
Bahrain
|
2?0
|
Friendly
|
11
|
5 May 1982
|
Bangkok, Thailand
|
Nepal
|
2?0
|
1982 King's Cup
|
12
|
5 May 1982
|
Bangkok, Thailand
|
Nepal
|
2?0
|
1982 King's Cup
|
13
|
15 May 1982
|
Bangkok, Thailand
|
Thailand
|
2?2
|
1982 King's Cup
|
14
|
15 May 1982
|
Bangkok, Thailand
|
Thailand
|
2?2
|
1982 King's Cup
|
15
|
8 August 1982
|
Penang
, Malaysia
|
India
|
3?0
|
1982 Merdeka Tournament
|
16
|
10 November 1982
|
Singapore
|
Malaysia
|
3?1
|
1982 Ovaltine Cup
|
17
|
28 May 1983
|
Singapore
|
Malaysia
|
2?1
|
1983 Southeast Asian Games
|
18
|
1 June 1983
|
Singapore
|
Philippines
|
5?0
|
1983 Southeast Asian Games
|
19
|
4 June 1983
|
Singapore
|
Brunei
|
4?0
|
1983 Southeast Asian Games
|
20
|
4 June 1983
|
Singapore
|
Brunei
|
4?0
|
1983 Southeast Asian Games
|
21
|
14 December 1983
|
Singapore
|
China
|
1?0
|
1983 Merlion Cup
|
22
|
13 December 1985
|
Bangkok, Thailand
|
Brunei
|
3?0
|
1985 Southeast Asian Games
|
23
|
13 December 1985
|
Bangkok, Thailand
|
Brunei
|
3?0
|
1985 Southeast Asian Games
|
24
|
14 December 1985
|
Bangkok, Thailand
|
Malaysia
|
2?2
|
1985 Southeast Asian Games
|
25
|
14 December 1985
|
Bangkok, Thailand
|
Malaysia
|
2?2
|
1985 Southeast Asian Games
|
26
|
4 April 1987
|
Singapore
|
Indonesia
|
2?0
|
1988 Olympic Games qualification
|
27
|
26 April 1987
|
Jakarta
, Indonesia
|
Indonesia
|
1?2
|
1988 Olympic Games qualification
|
28
|
26 August 1989
|
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
|
Myanmar
|
4?0
|
1989 Southeast Asian Games
|
29
|
28 August 1989
|
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
|
Indonesia
|
1?0
|
1989 Southeast Asian Games
|
30
|
31 August 1989
|
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
|
Myanmar
|
1?3
|
1989 Southeast Asian Games
|
31
|
27 September 1990
|
Beijing
, China
|
Pakistan
|
6?1
|
1990 Asian Games
|
32
|
29 November 1991
|
Manila, Philippines
|
Myanmar
|
2?1
|
1991 Southeast Asian Games
|
33
|
29 November 1991
|
Manila, Philippines
|
Myanmar
|
2?1
|
1991 Southeast Asian Games
|
34
|
25 November 1992
|
Yangon
, Myanmar
|
Myanmar
|
1?0
|
Friendly
|
35
|
8 December 1992
|
Singapore
|
Malaysia
|
3?0
|
1992 Merlion Cup
|
36
|
13 April 1993
|
Doha
, Qatar
|
Vietnam
|
3?2
|
1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
|
37
|
16 April 1993
|
Doha, Qatar
|
Qatar
|
1?4
|
1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
|
38
|
30 April 1993
|
Singapore
|
Qatar
|
1?0
|
1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
|
39
|
2 May 1993
|
Singapore
|
Indonesia
|
2?1
|
1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
|
40
|
9 June 1993
|
Singapore
|
Philippines
|
7?0
|
1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
|
41
|
9 June 1993
|
Singapore
|
Philippines
|
7?0
|
1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
|
42
|
9 June 1993
|
Singapore
|
Philippines
|
7?0
|
1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
|
43
|
17 June 1993
|
Singapore
|
Myanmar
|
3?3
|
1993 Southeast Asian Games
|
44
|
19 June 1993
|
Singapore
|
Indonesia
|
3?1
|
1993 Southeast Asian Games
|
45
|
17 July 1995
|
Singapore
|
Myanmar
|
3?3
|
1995 Tiger Beer Quadrangular
|
46
|
4 December 1995
|
Lamphun
, Thailand
|
Brunei
|
2?2
|
1995 Southeast Asian Games
|
47
|
6 December 1995
|
Lamphun, Thailand
|
Myanmar
|
4?2
|
1995 Southeast Asian Games
|
48
|
6 December 1995
|
Lamphun, Thailand
|
Myanmar
|
4?2
|
1995 Southeast Asian Games
|
49
|
8 December 1995
|
Chiang Mai
, Thailand
|
Philippines
|
4?0
|
1995 Southeast Asian Games
|
50
|
16 December 1995
|
Singapore
|
Myanmar
|
1?0
|
1995 Southeast Asian Games
|
51
|
1 September 1996
|
Singapore
|
Malaysia
|
1?1
|
1996 AFF Championship
|
52
|
4 September 1996
|
Singapore
|
Brunei
|
3?0
|
1996 AFF Championship
|
53
|
6 September 1996
|
Singapore
|
Philippines
|
3?0
|
1996 AFF Championship
|
54
|
6 September 1996
|
Singapore
|
Philippines
|
3?0
|
1996 AFF Championship
|
55
|
16 October 1997
|
Jakarta, Indonesia
|
Indonesia
|
1?2
|
1997 Southeast Asian Games
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Honours
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Player
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Niac Mitra
Kuala Lumpur
Pahang
- M-League: 1992
[69]
- Malaysia Cup: 1992
[70]
Singapore FA
Geylang United
Singapore Armed Forces
Singapore
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Head coach
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Singapore Armed Forces
LionsXII
Individual
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Notes
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- ^
A club representing the
Singapore Armed Forces
. Formerly known as SAFFC, they were renamed to Warriors F.C. in 2013.
- ^
Reliable sources have described Fandi as a "Singapore football legend",
[4]
"Singapore's favourite footballing son",
[5]
a "national football icon",
[6]
"Singapore's most celebrated footballer",
[7]
"the country's golden boy of football",
[8]
"the most well known face of Singapore sport",
[9]
"the best of his generation",
[10]
"one of Singapore's greatest footballers ever" and "one of Asia's best players".
[11]
- ^
Football Association of Singapore records from this period were not accepted by FIFA, so Fandi is not listed in the
FIFA Century Club
.
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- ^
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- ^
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- ^
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- ^
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- ^
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- ^
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- ^
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- ^
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The Straits Times
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- ^
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- ^
Yeo, pp. 50?53
- ^
Peter Khoo, "Penalty shoot-out agony for Lions",
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- ^
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- ^
a
b
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- ^
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- ^
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- ^
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- ^
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- ^
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- ^
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- ^
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- ^
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b
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- ^
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- ^
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- ^
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.
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.
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- ^
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