Marc Ryan Tan Wei Ming (born 18 January 2002) is a Singaporean professional
footballer
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who plays as a
left-winger, right-winger or right-midfielder for
Singapore Premier League
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club
Young Lions on loan from
Tampines Rovers. He is the son of former Singapore International footballer, Steven Tan.
Club career
Early career
Marc, together with 4 other boys, impressed West Ham's academy coaches, who conducted a training camp for about 25 youth footballers in Singapore in November 2015. They later went on trials and trainings with English clubs such as
Wolverhampton Wanderers
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,
Stoke City
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,
Charlton Athletic FC and
West Ham
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The area, which lies immediately to the north of the River Thames and east of the River Lea, was originally an ancien ...
academy teams in 2016. The attacker models his game on Chile international
Alexis Sánchez and England star
Raheem Sterling.
Young Lions
Marc signed with the
Young Lions in 2019. However, he did not make his debut in the 2019 season. Marc made his professional debut on March 11, 2020 in a 3-0 lost against
Geylang International. He was named in Goal Singapore's 2020 NxGn list as one of the country's biggest talents shortly after.
Personal life
Tan was born on 18 January 2002 in Singapore and is the son of Singaporean footballing legend
Steven Tan
Steven Tan Teng Chuan (born 28 December 1970) is a Singaporean former footballer who played for the Singapore national team during the 1990s as a striker.
He was best known for coming off the bench as a substitute and scoring the all-importa ...
. He attended
Maris Stella High School and
Singapore Sports School before studying in
Temasek Polytechnic.
His father is currently the head coach of the Temasek Polytechnic's football team.
Career statistics
Club
. Caps and goals may not be correct.
*
Young Lions are ineligible for qualification to AFC competitions in their respective leagues.
International
U16 International caps
U16 International goals
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tan, Marc Ryan
2002 births
Living people
Singaporean men's footballers
Singapore Premier League players
Singaporean sportspeople of Chinese descent
Men's association football forwards
Young Lions FC players
Singapore men's youth international footballers