Indra Sahdan Daud
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Indra Sahdan bin Daud is a professional footballer who is currently playing for SAFFC as a striker.

Club career

Indra started out his professional playing career, graduating from the academy ranks of Geylang United FC
Geylang United FC
Geylang United Football Club is a professional football club from Singapore, currently playing in the S.League. The club is based in Bedok and their home ground is Bedok Stadium. Their mascot is an eagle, and hence the team is also known as "the Eagles"....

 at the Bedok Stadium
Bedok Stadium
Bedok Stadium is located in Bedok, Singapore, and has a capacity of 3,900 people. The stadium is home to the football team Geylang United FC in the S-league. Constructed in 1981, the stadium facilities are open to the public facilities from 4:30 am to 8:30 pm daily unless it is exclusively booked...

 in the S.League.

He became the first local player to score 100 (total) S.League
S.League
The S.League is the top men's professional association football league in Singapore. The league was launched in 1996 and currently involves 12 clubs.-History:...

 goals in 2003 and also became Singapore highest paid local player when he extended his contract with Home United in the same year.

He has a knack for scoring against top teams such as Manchester United, Uruguay
Uruguay national football team
The Uruguayan national football team represents Uruguay in international association football and is controlled by the Uruguayan Football Association, the governing body for football in Uruguay. The current head coach is Óscar Tabárez...

, Japan
Japan national football team
The Japan national football team represents Japan in association football and is operated by the Japan Football Association, the governing body for association football in Japan...

 and Denmark
Denmark national football team
The Denmark national football team represents Denmark in association football and is controlled by the Danish Football Association , the governing body for the football clubs which are organized under DBU...

 among others. He also had a training stint at Chelsea FC in 2003 as part of a deal with Emirates Airline
Emirates Airline
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He is the face of Nike (Singapore) together with other national team players like Khairul Amri
Khairul Amri
Khairul Amri is a Singaporean professional soccer player who plays for Football Association of Singapore in the Malaysia Super League and the Singapore national football team....

 and Hariss Harun
Hariss Harun
Hariss Harun is a Singaporean footballer and plays S.League team, Young Lions as a central midfielder. He is S.League's and also the national team's youngest ever player, playing at the age of 16.-Football career:...

 as part of Nike's advertising campaigns such as the 2007 Asean Football Championship
2007 ASEAN Football Championship
The 2007 ASEAN Football Championship was the 6th ASEAN Football Championship, hosted by Singapore and Thailand....

, formerly known as the Tiger Cup
Tiger Cup
The ASEAN Football Championship , is a biennial international association football competition organized by the ASEAN Football Federation , contested by the national teams of Southeast Asia...

 and also the launch new national teams.

On 11 July 2007, it was reported in a local tabloid that Indra had been offered trials from Melbourne Victory
Melbourne Victory
Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, that plays in the A-League....

 and Real Salt Lake
Real Salt Lake
Real Salt Lake is an American professional soccer club based in Sandy, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City. The team competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. They currently play their home games at Rio Tinto Stadium. Real Salt Lake won...

http://www.todayonline.com/articles/199354.asp but after weeks of speculation, nothing came out of it.

In 2008, Indra Sahdan was having problems scoring for Home United with just 10 goals in the league all season. After the AFF Suzuki Cup, Indra's contract with Home United expires. He then went for a trial with a Vietnamese club but returned to Singapore, joining Sengkang Punggol wearing the jersey number 9. Indra was handed the armband temporarily as regular captain Aide Iskandar
Aide Iskandar
Aide Iskandar is a professional soccer player who plays for Sengkang Punggol and was once the captain of the Singapore national football team, which he led to consecutive Tiger Cup wins in 2005 and 2007...

 was promoted to caretaker coach. He was then signed by SAFFC for the 2010 & 2011 S-League season.

Trials with Real Salt Lake

Indra underwent a successful trial with the American MLS
Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...

 club Real Salt Lake
Real Salt Lake
Real Salt Lake is an American professional soccer club based in Sandy, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City. The team competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. They currently play their home games at Rio Tinto Stadium. Real Salt Lake won...

 in Miami, Florida from 14 to 24 Feb 2008; scoring two goals in four starts. The Home United striker is then invited to join Real Salt Lake on their 2 weeks pre-season tour to Rosario
Rosario
Rosario is the largest city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the western shore of the Paraná River and has 1,159,004 residents as of the ....

, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

, beginning on the 1st of March, for three exhibition matches. This invitation comes in view of the MLS side offering Indra a contract for the upcoming season.

Indra Sahdan's agent, Dave Roberts
Dave Roberts
David Ray Roberts is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. Previously, he played with the Cleveland Indians , Los Angeles Dodgers , Boston Red Sox , San Diego Padres , and San Francisco Giants . Roberts bats and throws left-handed...

, was quoted to describe Indra's chances of getting the contract as "Excellent", after his conversation with the club's general manager, Garth Lagerway. If the transfer went through, Indra would have become Singapore's only third footballer to be playing outside of Asia, following Fandi Ahmad
Fandi Ahmad
Fandi bin Ahmad is a football coach and former professional footballer from Singapore. During his playing career, he enjoyed success playing in both Europe and Asia, and was captain of the Singapore national football team...

 and V. Sundramoorthy
V. Sundramoorthy
V. Sundramoorthy is a retired Singaporean footballer in the 1980s and 1990s, and widely touted as one of the country's most skillful and talented footballers ever.-Playing Career:...

.

However, Indra was not offered a contract by RSL coach Jason Kreis
Jason Kreis
Jason Clarence Kreis is an American soccer coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of Real Salt Lake in Major League Soccer....

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Indra had trials with 2 Vietnam League clubs and 1 First Division club. He returned to Singapore on 4 January 2009, in view of securing a contract in Vietnam. Speculations have been made that Indra would not be signing with any S-League teams for 2009 season, and he might head to Hyundai A-League for 2009. He is supposed to join the National team on the 5th January for the centralised training before the Asian Cup Qualifiers against IRAN.

International career

He made his debut for the Singapore
Singapore national football team
The Singapore national football team is the national association football team of Singapore. The team comes under the organization of the Football Association of Singapore...

 against Kuwait
Kuwait
The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab state situated in the north-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south at Khafji, and Iraq to the north at Basra. It lies on the north-western shore of the Persian Gulf. The name Kuwait is derived from the...

 on 26 April 1997.

Singapore's most consistent goalscorer since the retirement of Fandi Ahmad in the mid-1990s, Indra is a firm fan favourite for his knack of finding the net in big games.

Considered one of Singapore's best strikers, albeit one of the best in Southeast Asia, Indra was part of the squad that won the Tiger Cup
Tiger Cup
The ASEAN Football Championship , is a biennial international association football competition organized by the ASEAN Football Federation , contested by the national teams of Southeast Asia...

 for Singapore in 2005 and 2007.

He scored the crucial goal in the home leg of the Asean Football Federation Championship, which Singapore ended up winning for their first title since 1998.

During 2001 in Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

, as part of Manchester United's pre-season Far East Asia tour, Indra Sahdan was the scorer of Singapore XI's only goal in their 1-8 defeat to United at the Singapore National Stadium.

He has notched goals against the likes of Uruguay and Manchester United, but perhaps his most memorable was against Japan in 2004.

A swivel, burst of pace and devastatingly accurate shot gave Singapore an equaliser in that World Cup qualifier, and sent the home fans at the Jalan Besar Stadium into delirium, despite the fact that the Lions eventually lost 2-1.

For all his goalscoring exploits including top scorer at the 2001 SEA Games, Indra has yet to impose himself on the Tiger Cup after forgettable campaigns in 2000 and 2002.

While playing for the Singapore national football team
Singapore national football team
The Singapore national football team is the national association football team of Singapore. The team comes under the organization of the Football Association of Singapore...

 against Malaysia
Malaysia national football team
The Malaysian national football team nicknamed Harimau Malaya, as the Malayan Tiger, is the national team of Malaysia and is controlled by the Football Association of Malaysia...

 in May 2006, Indra suffered a knee injuries which sidelined him for the rest of the year. His comeback came in the King's Cup in December 2006 in Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

 when he put on commendable performances.

With national team captain, Aide Iskandar
Aide Iskandar
Aide Iskandar is a professional soccer player who plays for Sengkang Punggol and was once the captain of the Singapore national football team, which he led to consecutive Tiger Cup wins in 2005 and 2007...

 dropped from the national side for the friendly against UAE, Indra took over the armband and led the side to a credible 1-1 draw. Indra is also vice captain for his club, Home United.

On 9 November 2007, just hours before the kick off of the World Cup 2010 qualifiers against Tajikistan
Tajikistan national football team
The Tajikistan national football team represents Tajikistan in association football and is controlled by the Tajikistan National Football Federation, the governing body for football in Tajikistan. Tajikistan's home ground is Pamir Stadium in Dushanbe....

, then-captain of the national team, Aide Iskandar
Aide Iskandar
Aide Iskandar is a professional soccer player who plays for Sengkang Punggol and was once the captain of the Singapore national football team, which he led to consecutive Tiger Cup wins in 2005 and 2007...

 sensationally retired from international football, and handed down the skipper's armband to Indra.

Although he is on a scoring streak for his club in the S-League, Indra is on a goal-scoring drought in the international stage. Since the Last edition of the AFF ASEAN Football Championship in January 2007 till the 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup, Indra has only scored 3 goals against Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

, DPR Korea and Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...

 respectively.

Club

Indra Sahdan Daud made his debut for Sengkang Punggol in a 2-2 draw against Super Reds.
He has now played 22 games for Sengkang Punggol and have scored 11 goals.
He got sent off for the first time in his career after he elbowed an Albirex Niigata player only 10 minutes into the game.
That game was eventually won by Albirex Niigata 2-1.
Indra has currently scored 7 goals in the league for Sengkang Punggol.

Personal life

Indra married Bella Nora on 19 June 2010.

Goals for Senior National Team

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
March 31, 2004 Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

 
1-2 Lost 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for Asia.44 Asian teams are affiliated with FIFA, but Cambodia, Philippines, Bhutan and Brunei decided not to take part, and Myanmar was banned from the competition, so a total of 39 teams took part, competing...

September 4, 2004 Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

 
2-0 Won Friendly
October 13, 2004 Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

 
2-0 Won 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
December 7, 2004 Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City , formerly named Saigon is the largest city in Vietnam...

, Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

 
1-1 Draw 2004 Tiger Cup
2004 Tiger Cup
The 2004 Tiger Cup was jointly hosted by Vietnam and Malaysia from 7 December to 16 January 2005 and participated by the national football teams of Southeast Asia....

December 13, 2004 Hanoi
Hanoi
Hanoi , is the capital of Vietnam and the country's second largest city. Its population in 2009 was estimated at 2.6 million for urban districts, 6.5 million for the metropolitan jurisdiction. From 1010 until 1802, it was the most important political centre of Vietnam...

, Vietnam
6-2 Won 2004 Tiger Cup
December 13, 2004 Hanoi, Vietnam 6-2 Won 2004 Tiger Cup
January 16, 2005 Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

 
2-1 Won 2004 Tiger Cup
January 26, 2006 Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

 
1-2 Lost Friendly
February 3, 2006 Kuwait City
Kuwait City
-Suburbs:Although the districts below are not usually recognized as suburbs, the following is a list of a few areas surrounding Kuwait city:Al-Salam ""السلام"" -Economy:...

, Kuwait
Kuwait
The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab state situated in the north-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south at Khafji, and Iraq to the north at Basra. It lies on the north-western shore of the Persian Gulf. The name Kuwait is derived from the...

 
2-2 Draw Friendly
January 7, 2007 Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

 
4-1 Won Friendly
January 7, 2007 Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

 
4-1 Won Friendly
January 17, 2007 Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

 
2-2 Draw 2007 ASEAN Football Championship
2007 ASEAN Football Championship
The 2007 ASEAN Football Championship was the 6th ASEAN Football Championship, hosted by Singapore and Thailand....

June 24, 2007 Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

 
2-1 Won Friendly
December 5, 2008 Jakarta
Jakarta
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, Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

 
5-0 Won 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup

Individual

  • S.League Young Player of the Year: 2000,2001
  • Southeast Asian Games
    Southeast Asian Games
    The Southeast Asian Games , is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia...

     Top Scorer Award: 2001
  • S.League People's Choice Award: 2003

External links

  • http://www.fas.org.sg/default.asp?V_DOC_ID=1298
  • http://www.soccerway.com/players/indra-sahdan-daud/24426/
  • http://data2.7m.cn/Player_Data/42586/en/index.shtml
  • http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/club.php?id=2232
  • http://www.safwarriors.com.sg/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=201:bok-on-new-signings&catid=8:club-happenings&Itemid=25
  • http://www.safwarriors.com.sg/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=241:player-profile-indra-sahdan&catid=8:club-happenings&Itemid=25
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