Muhammad Sufian bin Anuar (born 26 August 1987) is a former

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who played as a

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. Sufian spent most of his career times as the team backup striker role.

Club career

LionsXII

2012 season

In the 2012 season, Sufian joined LionsXII. On 6 March, he scored his first goal of the season, scoring the Lions' second goal in a 3–1 win against

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at the

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, though the match ended in a 1–1 draw. On 12 May, he scored the Lions' second goal in a 3–3 draw against

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. On 16 June, he scored a header from

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free kick in a 9–0 defeat of

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. On 19 June, Sufian scored a late winner against

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away from home. However, the Lions finished league runners-up. Sufian was left out of

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2013 squad as the Lions added the under-23 squad players to replace the current squad.

2014 season

During the 2014 season, Sufian rejoined the Lions XII squad after team

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and

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left the squad. However, he could not make the starting line-up as fellow LionsXII striker,

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, was first choice under head coach

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. On 15 April, during the game against

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, Sufian replaced the injured

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, and in the dying minutes of the game, he became the second LionsXII player to score a hat-trick, (first was by Hariss Harun during the game against

) as the Lions won 4–1. He scored a total of 4 goals in 21 matches for the club.

2015 season

In January 2015, he rejoined

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. Despite spending most of his time on the bench, he still managed to score 4 goals in 23 appearances for the club.

2016 season

He joined

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to serve as a backup striker for

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Honours

Singapore U17 *

Lion City Cup The Lion City Cup, is an annual international association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball aro ...

: 2004 LionsXII *

Malaysia Super League The Malaysia Super League ( ms, Liga Super Malaysia) is the men's top professional football division of the Malaysian football league system. Administered by the Football Malaysia Limited Liability Partnership (FMLLP), now known as the Malays ...

: 2013 *

FA Cup Malaysia 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 ...

: 2015

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sufian Anuar 1987 births Living people Singapore international footballers Singaporean footballers Association football forwards Home United FC players Warriors FC players LionsXII players Singapore Premier League players Malaysia Super League players Young Lions FC players Singaporean people of Malay descent