Fandi Ahmad
Fandi in 2014 as head coach of LionsXII
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Fandi bin Ahmad | ||
| Date of birth | 29 May 1962 | ||
| Place of birth | Singapore | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position |
Striker Midfielder |
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| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978–1982 | Singapore FA | 113 | (65) |
| 1982–1983 | Niac Mitra | 16 | (4) |
| 1983–1985 | Groningen | 36 | (11) |
| 1986–1989 | Kuala Lumpur FA | 46 | (30) |
| 1990 | OFI Crete | 0 | (0) |
| 1991–1992 | Pahang FA | 12 | (7) |
| 1993–1994 | Singapore FA | 34 | (17) |
| 1996 | Geylang United | 17 | (5) |
| 1997–1999 | Singapore Armed Forces | 60 | (32) |
| Total | 332 | (170) | |
| National team | |||
| 1979–1997 | Singapore | 101 | (55) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2000–2002 | Singapore Armed Forces | ||
| 2003–2006 | Young Lions | ||
| 2006–2010 | Pelita Raya | ||
| 2012–2013 | Johor DT | ||
| 2014–2015 | LionsXII | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Fandi bin Ahmad, PBM (born 29 May 1962) is a retired Singaporean footballer who was the head coach of the former LionsXII in the Malaysian Super League. He mainly played as a striker, but could also play as a midfielder. He played for Malaysia Cup state sides Singapore FA, Kuala Lumpur FA and Pahang FA, and won titles with all three, including two Doubles in 1992 and 1994, and the Golden Boot in 1988. Fandi also played for Niac Mitra (Indonesia), Groningen (Netherlands), Geylang United (Singapore) and SAFFC (Singapore). With the Singapore national football team, Fandi won 101 caps, scored 55 goals, won three Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) silver medals and was captain from 1993 to 1997. He managed SAFFC, Pelita Raya (Indonesia) and Johor Darul Takzim (Malaysia), served as assistant national coach and runs the Fandi Ahmad Academy. As a 1994 winner of the Pingat Bakti Masyarakat (state medal), the first Singaporean footballer to play in Europe, the first Singaporean millionaire sportsperson and first Singaporean sportsperson to have a published biography, Fandi has been called a national legend. He has five children with his wife, South African model Wendy Jacobs, and his father is Ahmad Wartam, a former national goalkeeper. Fandi was ranked sixth in a list of Singapore's 50 Greatest Athletes of the Century by The Straits Times in 1999.
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