Aide Iskandar

{{Short description|Singaporean footballer and coach}} {{Malay name|Aide Iskandar|Sahak}} {{Use British English|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Aide Iskandar | image = Aide Iskandar, 2017 (cropped).jpg | caption = Aide playing in a charity game in 2017 | fullname = Aide Iskandar bin Sahak | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1975|5|28}} | birth_place = Singapore | position = [[Centre-back]] | currentclub = | clubnumber = | height = {{height|m=1.82}} | youthclubs1 = | youthyears1 = | years1 = 1996–2005 | clubs1 = [[Home United]] | caps1 = 135 | goals1 = 16 | years2 = 2006–2007 | clubs2 = [[Johor FA]] | caps2 = 23 | goals2 = 2 | years3 = 2006 | clubs3 = → [[Tampines Rovers]] (loan) | caps3 = 18 | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 2007–2008 | clubs4 = [[Geylang United]] | caps4 = 57 | goals4 = 4 | years5 = 2009 | clubs5 = [[Sengkang Punggol]]<ref name=rename>Renamed Hougang United from 2011 season.</ref> | caps5 = 0 | goals5 = 0 | totalcaps = 233 | totalgoals = 23 | nationalyears1 = 1995–2007<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.fas.org.sg/news/fas-launches-fas-captains-advisory-panel| title=FAS launches FAS Captains' Advisory Panel| publisher=FAS| access-date=21 March 2014| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008231515/http://www.fas.org.sg/news/fas-launches-fas-captains-advisory-panel| archive-date=8 October 2017| df=dmy-all}}</ref> | nationalteam1 = [[Singapore national football team|Singapore]] | nationalcaps1 = 121<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/stats-centclub/52/00/59/centuryclub1204.13.pdf| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521035635/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/stats-centclub/52/00/59/centuryclub1204.13.pdf| url-status=dead| archive-date=21 May 2013| title=FIFA Century Club fact sheet| publisher=FIFA| date=12 April 2013}}</ref> | nationalgoals1 = 1<ref name=goal /> | manageryears1 = 2009–2011 | managerclubs1 = [[Hougang United FC|Sengkang Punggol]]<ref name=rename /> | manageryears2 = 2012 | managerclubs2 = [[Singapore national football team|Singapore]] (assistant coach) | manageryears3 = 2013 | managerclubs3 = [[Courts Young Lions]] | manageryears4 = 2013–2015 | managerclubs4 = [[Singapore national under-23 football team|Singapore U-23]] | manageryears5 = 2016 | managerclubs5 = [[Geylang International]] (technical director) }}

'''Aide Iskandar bin Sahak''' (born 28 May 1975) is a former professional [[association football|football]]er. He was a member of the [[Singapore national football team|Singapore national team]] which won the [[ASEAN Football Championship|AFF Championship]] in 1998, 2004 and 2007, captaining the team in the latter two editions.

==Club career==

=== Home United === Aide spent 10 years with [[Home United]] in the [[S.League]] since the inaugural season of the S.league in 1996.

=== Johor FA === In November 2005, Aide joined [[Johor FA]] playing in the [[Malaysian League]].

==== Loan to Tampines Rovers ==== Aide then went on loan at [[Tampines Rovers]] for the 2006 season in Singapore.

=== Geylang United === Aide moved to [[Geylang United]] in 2007.

=== Sengkang Punggol === In 2009, Aide joined [[Sengkang Punggol]] before retiring shortly.

== Controversies == On 26 August 2007, Aide insulted referee Sukhbir Singh, reportedly asking, "How much did you bet on the game?" after his team, Geylang United controversially lost to Home United in a league game by conceding two goals in the final five minutes.<ref>{{cite news| author=Wang Meng Meng| title=Banned| newspaper=The Straits Times| page=39| date=6 September 2007}}</ref> Aide was ban five games and a S$2500 fine was imposed on 4 September 2007 by [[Football Association of Singapore|FAS]]. Upon appeal, the FAS reduced his ban to two matches and increased his fine to S$4,000 in November.<ref>{{cite news| title=Aide gets ban reduced, but...| newspaper=Today| page=62| date=2 November 2007}}</ref>

Because of that incident, he was dropped from the [[Singapore national football team|national team]] for the game against [[UAE national football team|UAE]] and missed the World Cup qualifier against [[Palestine national football team|Palestine]]. However, he was recalled into the team pending his appeal on the ban.

==International career== Aide made his international debut against [[New Zealand men's national football team|New Zealand]] on 21 February 1995. He scored his first international goal against traditional rivals [[Malaysia national football team|Malaysia]] on 3 June 2006.<ref name=goal>{{cite news| author=Alvin Foo| title=Captain Aide's first goal wins it for Singapore| newspaper=The Straits Times| page=32| date=4 June 2006}}</ref> He was inducted into the [[List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps|FIFA Century Club]] in June 2007.<ref name=fifa>{{cite web| url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/centclub/ip-590_08a_centurymen_10349.pdf| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322050943/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/centclub/ip-590_08a_centurymen_10349.pdf| url-status=dead| archive-date=22 March 2014| title=FIFA Century Club fact sheet| publisher=FIFA| date=12 June 2007}}</ref>

On 9 November 2007, just hours before the kick off of the [[World Cup 2010]] qualifiers against [[Tajikistan]], he sensationally retired from international football.<ref>{{cite news| author=Wang Meng Meng| title=Aide quits the lions| newspaper=The Straits Times| page=80| date=10 November 2007}}</ref> [[Indra Sahdan Daud]] took over as the new national team captain.

==Coaching career==

In April 2008, it was announced that Aide would become the Technical Director of a proposed [[A.C. Milan|A.C. Milan Junior School]] which would begin operations in Singapore late 2008 where Aide is a fan of the [[Serie A|Italian Serie A]] club, [[AC Milan]].

=== Sengkang Punggol === Aide joined [[Sengkang Punggol]] for the [[2009 S.League]] season as a player–assistant coach, in a similar position as [[Mirko Grabovac]] the previous season where head coach [[Jörg Steinebrunner]] was sacked by the club and Aide was appointed as caretaker coach.

=== Courts Young Lions === Aide was appointed head coach of [[Courts Young Lions]] in January 2013.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/sports/story/aide-iskandar-named-courts-young-lions-coach-20130115| title=Former Singapore captain Aide Iskandar named Courts Young Lions coach| newspaper=The Straits Times| date=15 January 2013}}</ref> The Young Lions recorded their first league victory only in August, finishing wooden spoonist in his maiden season.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.goal.com/en-sg/news/3880/singapore/2013/08/26/4212298/aide-hails-team-effort-in-young-lions-first-league-victory| title=Aide hails team effort in Young Lions' first league victory| website=Goal.cm| access-date=8 April 2014}}</ref>

=== Singapore U-23 === With the resignation of [[V. Sundramoorthy]], Aide took over the reins of the [[Singapore national under-23 football team]] in October 2013.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.goal.com/en-sg/news/3880/singapore/2013/10/08/4317552/aide-iskandar-replaces-sundram-for-sea-games| title=Aide Iskandar replaces Sundram for SEA Games| website=Goal.com| access-date=8 April 2014}}</ref> He guided them to third place at the [[2013 Southeast Asian Games]]. Following Singapore's 1-0 loss to Indonesia at the 2015 SEA Games, Singapore failed to advance into the semi-finals. Aide consequently resigned as coach of the national under-23 football team.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/football-coach-aide/1909498.html?cid=fbsg| title=Football: Coach Aide Iskandar resigns after SEA Games failure| website=channelnewsasia.com| access-date=11 June 2015| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613052608/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/football-coach-aide/1909498.html?cid=fbsg| archive-date=13 June 2015| df=dmy-all}}</ref>

=== Geylang International === Aide was appointed the technical director of [[Geylang International FC|Geylang International]] in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/features/2007-alam-shah-inspired-singapore-where-are-they-now?page=0%2C1 |title=2007 Alam Shah-Inspired Singapore: Where are they now? | FourFourTwo |access-date=18 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118122611/https://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/features/2007-alam-shah-inspired-singapore-where-are-they-now?page=0%2C1 |archive-date=18 January 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Personal life==

Aide married Ezreen Taib Zohri on 7 May 2000. They have three children – sons Andre (born 2001) and Adiel (born 2004), and daughter Estee (born 2007). He is the older brother of [[Kuching City F.C.]] head coach, [[Aidil Sharin Sahak]]. <ref>{{cite news| author=Wang Meng Meng| url=http://news.asiaone.com/news/sports/aide-iskandar-man-golden-goals| title=Aide Iskandar: The man with the golden goals| newspaper=The Straits Times| date=12 November 2013| access-date=7 April 2014| archive-date=9 April 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409034257/http://news.asiaone.com/news/sports/aide-iskandar-man-golden-goals| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Honours==

===Player===

==== Tampines Rovers ==== *[[Singapore Cup]]: 2006

==== Singapore ==== *[[AFF Championship]]: [[1998 AFF Championship|1998]], [[2004 AFF Championship|2004]], [[2007 AFF Championship|2007]] *[[Southeast Asian Games]]: Bronze medal – 1995

===Manager=== '''Singapore U-23''' *Southeast Asian Games: Bronze medal – 2013

==See also== * [[List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps]]

==References== {{Reflist|30em}}

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