Indra on 30 March 2010 |
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Indra Sahdan bin Daud | ||
| Date of birth | 5 March 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Singapore | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Deltras Sidoarjo | ||
| Number | TBD | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1998-2000 | Geylang United | 0 | (0) |
| 2001-2008 | Home United | 197 | (162) |
| 2008-2009 | Sengkang Punggol | 19 | (5) |
| 2009 | SAFFC | 24 | (7) |
| 2010-2011 | Deltras Sidoarjo | 43 | (15) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2000- | Singapore | 102 | (26) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of January 30, 2010. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Indra Sahdan bin Daud (born 5 March 1979 in Singapore) is a professional footballer who is currently playing for SAFFC as a striker.
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Indra started out his professional playing career, graduating from the academy ranks of Geylang United FC at the Bedok Stadium in the S.League.
He became the first local player to score 100 (total) S.League 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, Japan and Denmark among others. He also had a training stint at Chelsea FC in 2003 as part of a deal with Emirates Airline.[1]
He is the face of Nike (Singapore) together with other national team players like Khairul Amri and Hariss Harun as part of Nike's advertising campaigns such as the 2007 Asean Football Championship, formerly known as the Tiger Cup 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 and Real Salt Lake[2] 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 was promoted to caretaker coach. He was then signed by SAFFC for the 2010 & 2011 S-League season.
Indra underwent a successful trial with the American MLS club Real Salt Lake 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, Argentina, 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, 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 and V. Sundramoorthy.
However, Indra was not offered a contract by RSL coach Jason Kreis. [3]
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.
He made his debut for the Singapore against Kuwait 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 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, 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 against 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 when he put on commendable performances.
With national team captain, Aide Iskandar 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, then-captain of the national team, Aide Iskandar 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, DPR Korea and Cambodia respectively.
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.
Indra married Bella Nora on 19 June 2010.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| March 31, 2004 | Singapore, Singapore | Japan | 1-2 | Lost | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
| September 4, 2004 | Singapore, Singapore | Indonesia | 2-0 | Won | Friendly | |
| October 13, 2004 | Singapore, Singapore | India | 2-0 | Won | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
| December 7, 2004 | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | Vietnam | 1-1 | Draw | 2004 Tiger Cup | |
| December 13, 2004 | Hanoi, Vietnam | Laos | 6-2 | Won | 2004 Tiger Cup | |
| December 13, 2004 | Hanoi, Vietnam | Laos | 6-2 | Won | 2004 Tiger Cup | |
| January 16, 2005 | Singapore, Singapore | Indonesia | 2-1 | Won | 2004 Tiger Cup | |
| January 26, 2006 | Singapore, Singapore | Denmark | 1-2 | Lost | Friendly | |
| February 3, 2006 | Kuwait City, Kuwait | Kuwait | 2-2 | Draw | Friendly | |
| January 7, 2007 | Singapore, Singapore | Philippines | 4-1 | Won | Friendly | |
| January 7, 2007 | Singapore, Singapore | Philippines | 4-1 | Won | Friendly | |
| January 17, 2007 | Singapore, Singapore | Indonesia | 2-2 | Draw | 2007 ASEAN Football Championship | |
| June 24, 2007 | Singapore, Singapore | North Korea | 2-1 | Won | Friendly | |
| December 5, 2008 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Cambodia | 5-0 | Won | 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup |
| Preceded by Aide Iskandar |
Singapore Captain 2007-2010 |
Succeeded by Noh Alam Shah |
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