Kunanlan a/l Subramaniam (born 15 September 1986) is a Malaysian professional

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who plays as a

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for Malaysia Super League club

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. He is one of the winning squad of the

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in the 2009 SEA Games Football Gold medal. He had played for the

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, and in summer 2009 he played twice against

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in their pre-season tour of the

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. Kunanlan is known for his fast and speedy style of football. He loves to take on defenders with his pace.

Club career

Selangor

He started with Selangor President Cup Team. He joins Selangor FA for the 2013 Malaysia Super League after 6 years season with Negeri Sembilan FA. He made his debut on 8 January 2013 and scored his first Selangor FA goal, against his former club Negeri Sembilan FA 1–0. After that, Kunanlan added his second goal against Terengganu FA 2–1 to help Selangor FA to get three points in third game week. On 9 March 2013, he scored against Johor Darul Takzim FC in 4 minutes first half to win 4–1 in victory and have a third goal in 2013 Malaysia Super League season.

Johor Darul Ta'zim

He joins The Southern Tigers for 2015 season.

International career

In November 2010, Kunanlan was called up to the Malaysia national squad by coach K. Rajagopal for the

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. Malaysia won the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup title for the first time in their history. In July 2011, he played for Malaysia XI in the matches against Arsenal FC and Liverpool FC who were on their pre-season tours, which a Malaysia XI lost 0–4 against Arsenal and later lost 3–6 to Liverpool. They also lost to Chelsea FC 0–1. On 14 July 2016, Kunanlan announced his retirement from international football after 73 international caps.

International goals

Under-23

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

Johor Darul Ta'zim

Malaysian Charity Shield Piala Sumbangsih (English: Malaysia Charity Cup), also known as Piala Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah ( en, Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Cup), is the Malaysian super cup competition. It is the curtain raiser match to the new Malaysian football season, pitting ...

(6) : 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 * Malaysia Super League (9) : 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 *

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(1) : 2015 *

Malaysia FA Cup The Malaysia FA Cup ( ms, Piala FA) is an annual national knock-out football tournament in Malaysia. The cup was first held in 1990. The competition was previously managed by Football Association of Malaysia (FAM), before being transferred to Fo ...

(1) :

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(2) :

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Negeri Sembilan

(2) : 2009, 2011 *

(1) : 2010 * Malaysia Charity Shield (1) : 2012

International

* 2009 SEA Games : Gold *

: Winner *

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: Runner Up

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kunanlan, S. Living people 1986 births Sportspeople from Selangor Malaysian footballers Malaysia men's international footballers Tamil sportspeople Malaysian Hindus Malaysian people of Tamil descent Malaysian sportspeople of Indian descent Negeri Sembilan FC players Selangor F.C. players Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. players Malaysia Super League players Men's association football midfielders Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games SEA Games gold medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in football Competitors at the 2009 SEA Games Asian Games competitors for Malaysia