Shunmugham Subramani
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Shunmugham Subramani, born August 5, 1972, is the captain of Home United in the S.League
S.League
The S.League is the top men's professional association football league in Singapore. The league was launched in 1996 and currently involves 12 clubs.-History:...

 and former defender
Defender (football)
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 for the Singapore national football team
Singapore national football team
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.

Club career

He started his career at Tanjong Pagar United, where he helped his then club win the Singapore Cup
Singapore Cup
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 and Singapore FA Cup in 1998, as well as being named S.League player of the year. The same year also saw him help his country win the Tiger Cup
Tiger Cup
The ASEAN Football Championship , is a biennial international association football competition organized by the ASEAN Football Federation , contested by the national teams of Southeast Asia...

.

International career

He made his debut for the Singapore
Singapore national football team
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 on 27 June 1996 in the 4-0 win over Myanmar
Myanmar
Burma , officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar , is a country in Southeast Asia. Burma is bordered by China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, India on the northwest, the Bay of Bengal to the southwest, and the Andaman Sea on the south....

 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.

He announced his retirement from international football following Singapore's triumph in the ASEAN Football Championship
2007 ASEAN Football Championship
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 2007, when he collected his 3rd championship medal.

He made it to the latest FIFA Century Club list on 17 May 2007.

External links

  • http://www.sleague.com/Web/Main.aspx?ID=,887925d1-1861-49fe-945d-b5b80365ea9e&NLT=300&AID=c335229d-473d-4dd5-9187-629cbbd7609c
  • http://www.sleague.com/Web/Main.aspx?ID=,887925d1-1861-49fe-945d-b5b80365ea9e&NLT=300&AID=01b3b694-7cd4-4140-8c10-538e7132e8f6
  • http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=6093
  • http://data2.7m.cn/Player_Data/48021/en/index.shtml
  • http://www.fas.org.sg/default.asp?V_DOC_ID=1303#2
  • http://www.soccerway.com/players/s-subramani/24428/
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