Amos Leonard Boon Hock Chye (born 12 July 1972) is a former

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who last played for

Woodlands Wellington 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 sin ...

in the 2011

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season. He was retired professionally at the end of the season. Boon is a former Singapore youth international and Combined Schools player. He has also represented Singapore in the Tiger 5 Futsal tournament playing against the likes of Brazil.

Football career

Boon started his

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career with

Tanjong Pagar United Tanjong Pagar United Football Club is a professional football club that competes in the Singapore Premier League, the top division of football in Singapore. The club took part in S.League from 1996 to 2004, and from 2011 to 2014. The club with ...

in 1996, which he stayed for three years. He then moved to Marine Castle United for five years. He had a brief stint at

Home United Lion City Sailors Football Club, commonly referred to as The Sailors or LCS, is a Singaporean professional football club competing in the Singapore Premier League, the top tier of the Singapore football league system. Since the 2021 season, the ...

for two years where he played against the likes of Selangor (Malaysia), Valencia FC (Maldives) and Happy Valley (Hong Kong) in the AFC Cup, before returning to Sengkang Punggol. He played for 7.5 years with Sengkang Punggol before joining

Geylang United Geylang International Football Club is a professional football club based in Bedok, Singapore, which plays in the Singapore Premier League, the top division of football in Singapore. The club was founded in 1973 with the purpose of building a s ...

for the 2008 season. Many fans were shocked at the move as it was speculated that he would stay at Sengkang and end his career at the Hougang Stadium.. He returned to Hougang United for another two years before ending his career at Woodlands Wellington in 2011.

Wakeboard career

During recovery from an injury in 1999, Boon started wakeboarding. In 2002, Boon became a member of the national wakeboarding team. In 2003, Boon became the president of the Wakeboard Association (Singapore). In 2004, Boon participated in the Asian X Games in wakeboarding and reached the semi-finals. Boon also co-founded a wakeboarding school, Launch Wakeboard School.

Professional career

In 2006, Boon started Launch Group, an events management agency, initially organising wakeboarding events. The company eventually change to manage artists, product launches, local and overseas conferences. Boon filed for bankruptcy in October 2022.

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* 1972 births Living people Singaporean footballers Singapore Premier League players Singaporean sportspeople of Chinese descent Association football goalkeepers Tanjong Pagar United FC players Hougang United FC players Home United FC players Geylang International FC players Woodlands Wellington FC players {{Singapore-footy-bio-stub