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

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in the 1999 season, where he teamed up with his regular partner at international level,

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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

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International career

Subramani made his debut for Singapore on 27 June 1996 in the 4–0 win over

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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

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. Subramani was inducted into the FIFA Century Club in June 2007.

Honours

Club

;Tanjong Pagar * Singapore Cup: 1998 * Singapore FA Cup: 1998 ;Home United * S.League: 1999, 2003 * Singapore Cup: 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005

International

;Singapore * ASEAN Football Championship: 1998, 2004, 2007

Individual

*S.League Player of the Year: 1998

References

Notes

External links

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* 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 {{Singapore-footy-bio-stub