Ahmad Paijan
Personal information
Date of birth 1964
Place of birth Singapore
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1988 Tiong Bahru
1989–1996 Terengganu
International career
Singapore
Malaysia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ahmad Paijan is a former Singaporean football midfielder who played for Tiong Bahru and Terengganu.[1][2][3]

Career

He had successful career with Singaporean sided, Tiong Bahru went he won 5 titles with them. After joined Malaysian sided, Terengganu, he helped the team won Malaysia Division 2 league in 1990. In the 1992 season, he carried the team to recorded their highest ever finish in the Division 1 league when they finished as runner-up to Pahang.

In late 1995, he became the second Malaysian naturalised player after Razali Alias when he received his Malaysian citizenship after 13 years of playing for Terengganu.[4] Thus, Terengganu registered him as a local player in 1996 but he couldn't represent Malaysia because he had played for Singapore national team.

Honours

Club

Tiong Bahru
Terengganu

References

  1. ↑ "Terengganu renew interest in Sundram". Today. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Kembali Ke Padang Demi Lagenda Terengganu" (in Malay). Penyusukan. Archived from the original on 18 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  3. ↑ National Library of Singapore.
  4. ↑ "Young and daring". New Straits Times. 9 March 1996. Retrieved 23 February 2023.


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