Hariss Harun

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Personal information
Hariss Harun
Full name	Hariss Harun
Date of birth	November 19, 1990 (1990-11-19) (age 17)
Place of birth	Singapore
Height	178 cm
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Young Lions
Number	17
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
? - present	Young Lions	? (?)
National team²
2007-	Singapore	3 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 15,2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of November 15,2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Hariss Harun (born 19 November 1990) is a Singaporean footballer and plays for 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.

[edit] Football career

On 24 June 2007, only 16 years 7 months and 5 days old (16 years and 217 days old), Harun became the youngest ever player to don the national jersey as he came on in the second half in a friendly against North Korea. He currently have three international caps to his name, coming on as sub against North Korea, Saudi Arabia and Australia.

He is known as a hard-tackling player, and he has been booked and sent off quite a number of times, most notably during the friendly with the Singapore Under-23 side against Indonesia.

In August 2007, he was Singapore's winner of Nike's Who's The Next contest, and secured a training stint at Barcelona's famed academy, La Masia. He trained at the Catalans' youth academy for a week, with 13 other players from six Asia Pacific countries including Korea and Japan. The youngsters participated in three friendly games against players from Barca's youth academy, where he was selected captain for all the games. He returned a week later with the MVP award.[[1]]