Muhammad Zulqarnaen bin Suzliman (born 29 March 1998) is a Singaporean professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a full-back for

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club

Lion City Sailors Lion City Sailors Football Club, commonly referred to as The Sailors or LCS, is a Singaporean professional football club competing in the Singapore Premier League, the top tier of the Singapore football league system. Since the 2021 season, the t ...

and the Singapore national team.

Club career

Young Lions

Zulqarnaen made his professional debut for Young Lions in a 2-0

loss to

Geylang International FC Geylang International Football Club is a professional football club based in Bedok, Singapore, which plays in the Singapore Premier League, the top division of football in Singapore. The club was founded in 1973 with the purpose of building a s ...

on 25 February 2016.

Lion City Sailors

2021–2022: Loan to Police SA and Young Lions

Zulqarnaen signed for the

in 2020. Zulqarnaen was loaned to Young Lions following his national service commitments.

2022 season

Zulqarnaen returned to his parent club

from Young Lions on 11 June 2022 after completing his national service.

International career

Zulqarnaen made his professional debut for the

Singapore national football team The Singapore national football team (, zh, 新加坡國家足球隊, ta, சிங்கப்பூர் தேசிய கால்பந்து அணி ) represents the Republic of Singapore in the senior men's international footb ...

in a friendly 2-0 win over

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on 19 September 2018. Zulqarnaen made his

AFF Championship The ASEAN Football Federation Championship (less formally the AFF Championship or AFF Cup), currently known as the AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup for sponsorship reason, is the primary association football tournament organized by the ASEAN Football ...

debut in the 2018 campaign on 9 November, with a 1-0 win over

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. On 21 November, Zulqarnaen started and played 90 minutes in Singapore's 6-1 win over

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in the AFF Suzuki Cup.

Career statistics

Club

International

International caps

U22 International caps

U19 International caps

U16 International caps

He was called up to the National U16 team for the 2014 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under-16 Championship qualifiers.

U16 International goals

:''Scores and results list Singapore's goal tally first.''

Personal life

Suliman's brothers, Zulkifli, Zulfadhli, Zulfadhmi, are all footballers in Singapore.

Honours

International

Singapore U22 *

Merlion Cup The Merlion Cup was an invitational football tournament that was held in Singapore annually from 1982–1986, in 1992, 2009 and 2019. Participants included full national sides, Olympic sides, Invitational XI's and club teams. After the 1986 tour ...

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Others

Singapore Selection Squad

He was selected as part of the Singapore Selection squad for The Sultan of Selangor’s Cup to be held on 24 August 2019.

References

External links

* * {{Young Lions FC squad 1998 births Living people Singaporean footballers Singapore international footballers Young Lions FC players Singapore Premier League players Association football midfielders Competitors at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games Lion City Sailors FC players Southeast Asian Games competitors for Singapore