Anumanthan Kumar
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anumanthan Mohan Kumar[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 14 July 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Singapore | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Home United | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| National Football Academy | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2015 | Young Lions | 63 | (5) |
| 2016–2017 | Hougang United | 27 | (2) |
| 2017– | Home United | 4 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013– | Singapore | 15 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:36, 9 April 2017 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 06:29, 29 March 2017 (UTC) | |||
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.
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.
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Young Lions | 2012 | 4 | 0 | — | —[a] | - | - | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2013 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | ||
| 2014 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 23 | 1 | ||
| 2014 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 1 | ||
| Total | 63 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 1 | |
| Hougang United | 2016 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Career total | 85 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 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
- As of December 2016[10]
| Singapore national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 |
| Total | 12 | 0 |
Honours
International
Singapore
- Bronze medal - 2013
Individual
References
- ^ "Courts Young Lions reveals squad for 2014 S.League season and renewal of sponsorship from Courts for fourth year". Football Association of Singapore. Retrieved 10 March 2014.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Courts Young Lions – players' profile". Retrieved 26 November 2014. on Facebook
- ^ "Baslestier frustrated as late goals cancel out". S.League. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ^ "Five talented youngsters to vie for inaugural Dollah Kassim Award". Singapore Press Holdings. 20 November 2010.
- ^ "Singapore Pools passport to excellence presented to the winner of the inaugural Dollah Kassim Award". Singapore Pools. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
- ^ "Football: Birthday surprise for Anumanthan". The New Paper. 16 July 2013.
- ^ "Singapore 0-2 Oman - match stats". ESPN FC. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "China put six past hapless Lions". Goal. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ^ Anumanthan Kumar at Soccerway
- ^ Anumanthan Kumar at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Anu is the first local since Hariss to win S.League YPOTY award". fourfourtwo.sg. 1 November 2016.