Masrezwan Masturi

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Personal information
Masrezwan Masturi
Full name	Masrezwan Masturi
Date of birth	February 17, 1981 (1981-02-17) (age 27)
Place of birth	Singapore
Height	170 cm
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Geylang United
Number	16
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999-2000 2001-2002 2003 2004-2006 2007 2008-present	Woodlands Wellington SAFFC Young Lions Woodlands Wellington SAFFC Geylang United	? (2) ? (9) ? (5) ? (12) ? (3) 12 (6)
National team²
2002-	Singapore	17 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 20,2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of May 20,2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Masrezwan Masturi (born February 17, 1981) is a Singaporean football (soccer) player currently playing for Geylang United in the S.League.

1 Club career
- 1.1 Early Days
2 International career
3 References

[edit] Club career

[edit] Early Days

Masrezwan started his career with Woodlands Wellington, before moving to Singapore Armed Forces during his National Service days, and eventually becoming a member of the pioneer squad of the Young Lions (Singapore football team) in 2003.

He returned to Woodlands in 2004 and helped his club to gain 3rd position in the S.League in 2005. The Rams made it into the final of the Singapore Cup, where Masrezwan came on as a 59th minute substitute for Park Tae-Won in a match which Woodlands lost 3-2.

In 2007, Masrezwan returned to the Warriors where he failed to make an impact. Faced with heavy competition from fellow forwards Ashrin Shariff, Norikazu Murakami as well as attacking midfielders Therdsak Chaiman and John Wilkinson, Masrezwan could only manage 20 appearances (majority as substitutes) in the entire season. He requested for a transfer even though the club managed to win the S-League and Singapore Cup double.^[1]

Masrezwan transferred to Geylang United for the 2008 S.League season, in hopes of reviving his career. At Geylang, he immediately established himself as a regular in the starting 11, and the first choice striker in the club. This new motivation has enabled Masrezwan to become the club's top scorer of the season as of May.

[edit] International career

Masrezwan made his debut for the Singapore National Team on February 7, 2002, against North Korea.

However, his international career has been marred by injuries and poor performances, most notably in the 2001 Southeast Asian Games where his miss against Thailand helped to put Singapore out of the competition in the group stages.

In 2004, an injury kept him out of contention for the 2004 Tiger Cup, which Singapore won.

A year later, Masrezwan had his nose smashed by Malaysian defender Durahim Jamaluddin in a friendly at the National Stadium, within six minutes of coming into the friendly as a substitute. He was then substituted by Fazrul Nawaz, making his international debut, which ended in a 2-0 victory for the home team.^[2]

In 2007, Masrezwan picked up his first international medal in the 2007 ASEAN Football Championship, which Singapore won, but he did not make a single appearance in the entire competition.

His last appearance for Singapore was on 30 June 2007, coming on as a substitute for Khairul Amri in the 74th minute in a friendly against Australia.

As of 2008, despite being named in the 26-man provisional squad for a friendly against Australia and the World Cup Qualifier match against Lebanon, Masrezwan was not included in the final list and has not been called up since.