V. Sundramoorthy
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Varadaraju Sundramoorthy | ||
| Date of birth | 6 October 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Singapore | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder/Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Singapore (head coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983–1987 | Singapore | ||
| 1988–1989 | FC Basel | 5 | (3) |
| 1989–1990 | Kedah | ||
| 1991–1992 | Pahang | ||
| 1992–1993 | Singapore | ||
| 1994 | Kelantan | ||
| 1995–1997 | Woodlands Wellington | ||
| 1998–1999 | Jurong | ||
| National team | |||
| 1983–1995 | Singapore | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1999–2003 | Jurong (player-coach) | ||
| 2004–2007 | NFA U-18 | ||
| 2007–2010 | Young Lions | ||
| 2012–2013 | LionsXII | ||
| 2013 | Singapore (caretaker coach) | ||
| 2014 | Negeri Sembilan | ||
| 2014–2016 | Tampines Rovers | ||
| 2016– | Singapore | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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V. Sundramoorthy is a former Singapore international footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s and is widely touted as one of the country's most skilful and talented footballers ever. He is currently the head coach of Singapore national football team .
He coached the LionsXII, a Singapore-based team playing in the Malaysia Super League, and held a dual appointment as the head coach of the Under-23 team from 2011 to 2013 when he announced his plans to sign with the Malaysian Premier League team, Negeri Sembilan. After coaching Negeri Sembilan for half a season in 2014, he returns to Singapore to take the helm at Tampines Rovers, and held this position for almost 2 years before agreeing to take charge of Singapore.
Sundramoorthy broke into the Singapore Malaysia Cup team during the 80's, as he was just 18 years of age, and in the following season he became top scorer in the tournament. Sundramoorthy left Singapore to play in Switzerland for FC Basel. He played there during the season 1988–89 (the season after Basel had suffered relegation) but he played solely five games, in which scored three goals. He then joined Kedah FA for the Malaysia Cup tournament as he returned in 1989. During his playing days in Alor Setar playing his trade for Kedah FA, Sundramoorthy helped Kedah to defeat Singapore 3–1 in the final of the 1990 Malaysia Cup, scoring Kedah's opening goal.
During Singapore's run-up to the 1993 Malaysia Cup Final appearance, Sundramoorthy was one of the most influential players in the team. He was a player well known for his dribbling skills and his finishing.
One of Sundramoorthy's most famous goals was a bicycle kick scored against Brunei in a 1993 FAM Division II League tie at the National Stadium. He also scored a spectacular backheel during his days with Jurong FC. In a match against Pahang at the National Stadium in the same year, Sundram audaciously faked a backheel that fooled the Pahang defenders before crossing for Fandi Ahmad to score the winner late in the game.
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