Baihakki Khaizan
Baihakki Khaizan playing against Home United FC in a Charity Drive Match on 11 January 2014.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Baihakki bin Khaizan | ||
| Date of birth | 31 January 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Singapore | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre-back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Warriors FC | ||
| Number | – | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2002 | National Football Academy | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003 | Geylang United | 20 | (1) |
| 2004–2007 | Young Lions | 98 | (7) |
| 2008–2009 | Geylang United | 46 | (4) |
| 2009–2010 | Persija Jakarta | 30 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Persib Bandung | 9 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Medan Chiefs | 20 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | LionsXII | 31 | (4) |
| 2014 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 10 | (1) |
| 2014 | → LionsXII (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 52 | (3) |
| 2017– | Warriors FC | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 2003– | Singapore | 129 | (5) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of January 23, 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of January 23, 2017 |
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Baihakki bin Khaizan (born 31 January 1984) is a Singaporean centre-back who last plays for Johor Darul Takzim II F.C. in the Malaysia Premier League and former captain of Young Lions.
Along with Khairul Amri, Shahril Ishak and Hassan Sunny, Baihakki was in the pioneer batch of the National Football Academy in 2000. He started his professional career with Geylang United in 2003.
He has previously played for S.League clubs Young Lions.
An ever-present for Singapore so far since 2004, Baihakki Khaizan's rise to prominence has been an extremely swift one. He is recognised as one of the best centre backs in the region with his tough tackling no nonsense approach often putting fear into opposition forwards. In the National Football Academy age-group squads, he caught the eye with his 1.9m stature, instinctive confidence and composure at the back.
Signing on with Geylang United in 2003, Baihakki took the Young Player of the Year award in his debut S.League season. After learning his craft alongside former Singapore international Lim Tong Hai – a player he considers a big influence – that year, the lanky defender then moved to the Young Lions in 2004 and captained them in the S.League.
He nearly missed out playing for the 2007 S-League season after MINDEF refused to release him to play as he was serving National Service. However, he got the green light after a few games into the season. In 2008, again, his army conscription clashed with his football career, and thus he missed the first few games of the new season for the team that he newly joined, Geylang United.
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