Ahmadulhaq Che Omar is a

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who last played professionally for

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. Until the merger of his former club

Woodlands Wellington FC Woodlands Wellington Football Club is an inactive professional football club which played in the S.League, the top division of football in Singapore. They are based in Woodlands at the 4,300 seater Woodlands Stadium, where they have played sinc ...

with Hougang United in 2015, he is the record holder of being the longest serving player for the

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before moving up to feature in the senior team as the reserve goalkeeper in the

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season behind Yazid Yasin. Unable to find a starting spot for himself due to Yazid's fine form, Ahmadulhaq moved to

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in 2007 behind Rezal Hassan. He returned to Woodlands in the 2008 S.League season but once again had little game time as Woodlands employed the services of Yazid Yasin and veteran Rezal Hassan in 2009. Ahmadulhaq moved again in the pre-season of the

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season, transferring over to

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this time round. In 2012, he was released by Balestier and he rejoined the

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, and his teammates at

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, namely K. Sathiaraj,

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and Armanizam Dolah.

Big break with Woodlands Wellington

After spending 10 seasons with

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, Ahmadulhaq finally got his big break in his 11th season with the

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when he was named as the first choice goalkeeper ahead of Woodlands' regular goalkeeper for the

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season, Ang Bang Heng. Ahmadulhaq was integral to

's first game of the 2012 campaign as his fine reflexes allowed the visitors to beat the

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on opening day. The

were widely tipped to win the fixture but he was equal to the task of keeping everything out, frustrating them time and again. He has also gone on to earn more plaudits as the 2012

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season progressed with his fine reflexes and shot stopping. Despite ending up on the losing team during the S.League match between

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and

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on 15 April 2012, Ahmadulhaq made the headlines when he made several fine saves and even stopped a penalty. In a match against

on 20 July 2012, Ahmadulhaq made his second penalty save of the season against Paul Cunningham. On 21 October 2012, Ahmadulhaq pulled off his third penalty save of the season against DPMM's Ivan Jerković.

Move to Hougang

After the announcement that Woodland will merge with Hougang United from 2015 season, Ahmadulhaq was one of the players from Woodlands to be transferred to Hougang, along with teammate Taufiq Ghani.

Club career statistics

:All numbers encased in brackets signify substitute appearances.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ahmadulhaq Che Omar 1981 births Living people Singaporean men's footballers Tampines Rovers FC players Balestier Khalsa FC players Woodlands Wellington FC players Singapore Premier League players Men's association football goalkeepers Singaporean people of Malay descent