Muhammad Khairulhin bin Mohd Khalid (born 18 July 1991) is a Singaporean

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who plays as a

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for

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in the

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Youth career

Khairulhin was part of the National Youth Academy age group set ups until he was 18.

Club career

LionsXII

In December 2011, the

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announced that Khairulhin will join the newly formed LionsXII in the

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. The news was a shocking one as Khairulhin had been out of footballing circles for the past 3 years. He, however, failed to make a single appearance with first-choice

Izwan Mahbud Mohamad Izwan bin Mahbud (born 14 July 1990) is a Singaporean professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Singapore Premier League club Lion City Sailors and the Singapore national team. He was the third-choice goalkeeper of Singapo ...

and back-up goalkeeper Hyrulnizam Juma'at ahead of him. With the departure of Hyrulnizam to

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, Khairulhin assumed the role of second-choice custodian behind Izwan. He made his debut as a substitute against T-Team on 11 May 2013. In total, Khairulhin made less than 10 appearances for LionsXII from 2012 to 2015.

Hougang United

Following the exit of the LionsXII from the

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, Khairulhin signed for

for the

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season following the advice of former head coach and Singapore legend

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. He started the season as the first choice goalkeeper for the Cheetahs, keeping 2 clean sheets in his first 3 games. After 12 games, Khairulhin had kept 4 clean sheets, more than any other local custodians in the league. He made 22 appearances in total over the entire season and was retained for the

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season. Khairulhin retained his position as starting goalkeeper for the Cheetahs, conceding only 16 goals in 14 S.League games.

International career

Khairulhin was part of the

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that won the bronze medal at the

2013 Southeast Asian Games The 2013 Southeast Asian Games ( my, ၂၀၁၃ ခုနှစ် အရှေ့တောင် အာရှ အားကစား ပြိုင်ပွဲ), officially known as the 27th Southeast Asian Games, or the 27th SEA Games, and comm ...

Senior Team

Following his exploits early on in the 2016 S.league season, Khairulhin was called up by national coach Bernd Stange for centralised training. Khairulhin was called up for the training tour in Japan and the friendly against

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in 2016 by coach

V. Sundramoorthy Varadaraju Sundramoorthy ( ta, வரதராஜு சுந்தரமூர்த்தி; born 6 October 1965) is a former Singaporean international footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s, is widely touted as one of the country's mo ...

Career statistics

Club

* Young Lions and LionsXII are ineligible for qualification to AFC competitions in their respective leagues.

Honours

Club

LionsXII *

: 2013

International

Singapore *

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: Bronze Medal – 2013

References

1991 births Living people Singaporean men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Hougang United FC players Singapore Premier League players Singaporean people of Malay descent Singapore men's international footballers SEA Games bronze medalists for Singapore SEA Games medalists in football Competitors at the 2013 SEA Games {{Singapore-footy-bio-stub