Anumanthan Kumar

Anumanthan Mohan Kumar affectionately known as "Anu" (born 14 July 1994) is a Singaporean professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for S.League club Home United and the Singapore national team.

In this Indian name, the name Mohan Kumar is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Anumanthan.
Anumanthan
Personal information
Full name Anumanthan Mohan Kumar[1]
Date of birth (1994-07-14) 14 July 1994
Place of birth Singapore
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)[2]
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Hougang United
Number 6
Youth career
National Football Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Young Lions 63 (5)
2016–2017 Hougang United 27 (2)
2017–2018 Home United 43 (5)
2019– Hougang United 10 (1)
National team‡
2013– Singapore 19 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:36, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 June 2019

Club career

Young Lions

Anumanthan began his professional football career with Young Lions in 2012. With the team short on numbers, the National Football Academy trainee was called up to the squad. He played his first game in a 1–1 draw against Balestier Khalsa on 1 April 2012.[3]

Anumanthan was one of five youth players shortlisted for the inaugural Dollah Kassim Award in 2010, which was eventually won by future Young Lions teammate Ammirul Emmran Mazlan.[4][5]

Anumanthan ended his Young Lions career on a high receiving offers from almost every club in the S.League vouching for his signature.

Hougang United

Anumanthan later went on to sign for Hougang United for the 2016 S.League campaign. During the annual S.League award night later that year, Anumanthan won the Young Player of the Year award and become the first Singaporean to win this award in 6 years after Hariss Harun won it in 2010. He was a vital member in the 2016 squad which almost made history by qualifying for their first ever AFC cup championship, after a solid campaign for the club that year.

Home United

Anumanthan signed for Home United in mid 2017 due to National Service commitments and featured his first game for the protectors against his former club Hougang United in October later that year. He went on to score his first goal for the club against rivals Warriors FC in a 2-1 loss. He ended the year by clinching 3rd placing in both the S.league and the RHB Singapore Cup in 2017.

In 2018 he went on to lead Home United to their first ever AFC Asian Cup Asean Zonal Championship title. He played a vital role in their successful campaign finishing 2nd in the Singapore Premier League.

International career

Anumanthan was part of the Singapore national under-23 team that won the bronze medal at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games.

Anumanthan was called up to the senior team in July 2013.[6] He made his senior debut for Singapore in a 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualifying match against Oman on 14 August 2013, coming on for striker Indra Shahdan Daud in the 70th minute.[7] He followed it up with his first start in a friendly match against China on 6 September 2013.[8]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played November 2016.[9] Caps and goals may not be correct.
Club Season S.League Singapore Cup Singapore
League Cup		 Asia Total
AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Young Lions 2012 40——[lower-alpha 1]--40
2013 1601040—210
2014 2310000—231
2015 2010000—201
Total 632104000692
Hougang United 2016 2201000—230
2017 500000—50
Total 270100000280
Home United 2017 611000—71
2018 1914000112343
Total 2525000112414
Hougang United 2019 1110000—111
2020 0000000000
Total 111000000111
Career total 115370401121386
  1. Young Lions withdrew from the 2012 Singapore Cup due to participation in the 2013 AFC U-22 Championship qualifiers.
  • Young Lions are ineligible for qualification to AFC competitions.

International Statistics

U19 International caps
NoDateVenueOpponentResultCompetition
131 October 2011Petaling Jaya Stadium, Selangor, Malaysia Macau0-0 (draw)2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification
22 November 2011Petaling Jaya Stadium, Selangor, Malaysia Australia0-1 (lost)2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification
34 November 2011Petaling Jaya Stadium, Selangor, Malaysia China PR0-11 (lost)2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification
48 November 2011Petaling Jaya Stadium, Selangor, Malaysia Indonesia0-3 (lost)2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification
As of December 2016[10]
Singapore national team
YearAppsGoals
201330
201430
201660
Total120

Honours

International

Singapore

  • Bronze medal - 2013

Individual

References
  1. "Courts Young Lions reveals squad for 2014 S.League season and renewal of sponsorship from Courts for fourth year". Football Association of Singapore. Archived from the original on 11 March 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  2. "Courts Young Lions – players' profile". Retrieved 26 November 2014. on Facebook
  3. "Baslestier frustrated as late goals cancel out". S.League. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  4. "Five talented youngsters to vie for inaugural Dollah Kassim Award". Singapore Press Holdings. 20 November 2010.
  5. "Singapore Pools passport to excellence presented to the winner of the inaugural Dollah Kassim Award". Singapore Pools. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  6. "Football: Birthday surprise for Anumanthan". The New Paper. 16 July 2013. Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  7. "Singapore 0-2 Oman - match stats". ESPN FC. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  8. "China put six past hapless Lions". Goal. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  9. Anumanthan Kumar at Soccerway
  10. "Anumanthan Kumar". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  11. "Anu is the first local since Hariss to win S.League YPOTY award". fourfourtwo.sg. 1 November 2016. Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
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