Full name Shunmugham Subramani 1992–1998 Tanjong Pagar United Years Team Height 1.77 m | Current team Retired Role Football player Place of birth Singapore Name S. Subramani | |
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Date of birth (1972-08-05) 5 August 1972 (age 43) | ||
Shunmugham Subramani (born 5 August 1972), commonly known as S. Subramani, was the captain of Home United in the S.League and former defender for the Singapore national football team.
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Club career
Subramani started his career at Tanjong Pagar United, where he helped his then club win 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 from the 1999 season, where he teamed up with his regular partner at international level, Aide Iskandar. He retired at the age of 37 in 2009.
International career
Subramani made his debut for Singapore on 27 June 1996 in the 4–0 win over Myanmar 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.
Subramani was inducted into the FIFA Century Club in June 2007.