Shunmugham Subramani (born 5 August 1972), commonly known as S. Subramani, is a former
Singapore footballer in the
S.League and former
defender for the
Singapore national football team.
Playing career
Subramani started his career with
Tiong Bahru Constituency Sports Club in 1992. The club would changed its name to Tiong Bahru United Football Club and then Tanjong Pagar United. In 1998, Subramani won the
Singapore Cup and
Singapore FA Cup in 1998, as well as being named S.League player of the year.
He signed for
Home United
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in the
1999 season, where he teamed up with his regular partner at international level,
Aide Iskandar
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Subramani retired from football at the age of 37 in 2009.
Coaching career
Subramani was assistant coach of Singapore's Under-23 team with
Kadir Yahaya
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In February 2010, Kadir became the coach of the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympics
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International career
Subramani made his debut for
Singapore on 27 June 1996 in the 4–0 win over
Myanmar
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in an Asian Cup Qualifier.
He played in every game in both the historic 1998 and 2004 triumphant Tiger Cup campaigns. He also played in two SEA Games, reaching the semi-finals in both Jakarta 1997 and Brunei 1999.
Subramani wanted to retire from international football in September 2004 before he was persuaded by coach
Radojko Avramović to stay on.
He officially retired following Singapore's triumph in the
2007 ASEAN Football Championship
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Subramani was inducted into the
FIFA Century Club in June 2007.
Honours
Club
;Tanjong Pagar
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Singapore Cup: 1998
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Singapore FA Cup: 1998
;Home United
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S.League: 1999, 2003
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Singapore Cup: 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005
International
;Singapore
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ASEAN Football Championship: 1998, 2004, 2007
Individual
*S.League Player of the Year: 1998
See also
*
List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps
References
Notes
External links
sleague.comsleague.com*
data2.7m.cnfas.org.sg*
1972 births
Living people
Singaporean people of Tamil descent
Singaporean sportspeople of Indian descent
Singapore international footballers
Singaporean footballers
Tanjong Pagar United FC players
Home United FC players
FIFA Men's Century Club
Singaporean Hindus
Association football defenders
Singapore Premier League players
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