Lionel Tan

Lionel Tan
Personal information
Full name Lionel Tan Han Wei
Date of birth (1997-06-05) 5 June 1997
Place of birth Singapore
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
Hougang United FC
Number 21
Youth career
2011 – 2014 Singapore Sports School
2015 National Football Academy
2016 Home United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Home United 0 (0)
2017– Hougang United 2 (0)
National team
2015 Singapore U19
2017 Singapore U22
Singapore U23
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 16, 2017

Lionel Tan (陈汉玮, born 5 June 1997) is a Singaporean Chinese professional footballer who currently plays as a Defender for Hougang United FC in the S.League, Singapore's top tier of competitive football. He was with the National Football Academy (Singapore) after graduating from Singapore Sports School. In 2016, he started his career with Home United FC Prime League. Subsequently in 2017, he moved to Hougang United FC S.League.

His performance at the youth level led to him being nominated for the 2014 Dollah Kassim Award although he did not win it in the end.[1][2]

Club career

NFA U18

Tan started his career with National Football Academy (NFA) u-18 team in 2015 after his graduation from the Singapore Sports School.[3] He had hoped to move on to the Garena Young Lions squad following his exploits with the NFA. However, when no such move arose, Tan jumped at the chance to be reunited with Robin Chitrakar at Home United's Prime League squad.[4]

Home United

Tan moved to the Protectors in 2016 and was made the vice captain of the prime league squad.

During his time with the Protectors' Prime League squad, he helped them achieve a double, winning the Prime League and the Singapore FA Cup.[1]

He then made his senior debut on 14 July 2016 against Albirex Niigata Singapore in the Singapore League Cup.[1] He made a total of two senior appearances for the protectors before moving on the next season.[4]

Hougang United

Tan then moved to Hougang United for the 2017 S.League season.[1] He made his debut for the Cheetahs against Tampines Rovers, coming on as a substitute in the 61st minute before earning a shock first start in the following match against Brunei DPMM in a 2-0 defeat.[4]

International career

He was part of the 2015 Under-18 Squad for AFC Under-19 Championship qualifiers.[5]

He is also in the 2016 AFC Under-19 Championship qualifiers playing in matches against Thailand which the team lost 3-0.[6] He also played against Chinese Taipei.

Honours

Club

Home United

Career statistics

Club Season S.League Singapore Cup Singapore League Cup Asia Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Home United 2016 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
Hougang United 2017 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Career Total 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "YOUNG CENTERBACK LIONEL TAN SIGNS FOR HOUGANG UNITED". January 2, 2017.
  2. "Muhelmy wins The New Paper Dollah Kassim Award". December 14, 2014.
  3. "S.League.com - Match Details".
  4. 1 2 3 "Lionel Tan out to become a great Chinese centre-back for the Lions". FourFourTwo. 2017-04-14. Retrieved 2017-04-16.
  5. "MEDIA INFORMATION FAS - Announcement of Under-18 squad for AFC Under-19 Championship qualifiers - The Football Association of Singapore".
  6. "AFC U-19 CHAMPIONSHIP 2016". The-afc.com. Retrieved 2017-06-28.


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