{{short description|Singaporean footballer}} <!-- Don't mess with this line! --> <!-- Write your article below this line --> {{EngvarB|date=January 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Malay name|Azhar|Sairudin}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Azhar Sairudin | fullname = Mohammad Azhar bin Sairudin | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1986|9|30}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Azhar Sairudin – Player Profile – Football|url=http://www.eurosport.com/football/azhar-sairudin_prs267565/person.shtml|website=Eurosport|access-date=29 May 2016}}</ref> | birth_place = Singapore | height = {{height|m=1.72}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Azhar Sairudin – Player Profile – Football|url=http://www.eurosport.com/football/azhar-sairudin_prs267565/person.shtml|website=Eurosport|access-date=29 May 2016}}</ref> | position = [[Attacking midfielder]] | currentclub = [[Geylang International FC|Geylang International]] | clubnumber = 8 | clubs1 = [[Home United FC|Home United]] | clubs2 = [[Hougang United FC|Hougang United]] | years1 = 2009–2010 | years2 = 2011–2014 | caps1 = 14 | caps2 = 94 | goals1 = 2 | goals2 = 6 | nationalteam1 = [[Singapore national football team|Singapore]] | nationalyears1 = 2016– | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | club-update = 12:31, 29 May 2016 (UTC) | nationalteam-update = 11:18, 10 June 2016 (UTC) | caps3 = 33 | clubs3 = [[Home United FC|Home United]] | goals3 = 6 | years3 = 2015–2016 | years4 = 2017 | clubs4 = [[Hougang United FC|Hougang United]] | caps4 = 13 | goals4 = 1 | years5 = 2018– | clubs5 = [[Geylang International FC|Geylang International]] | caps5 = | goals5 = }}
'''Mohammad Azhar bin Sairudin''' (born 30 September 1986) is a Singapore professional [[association football|footballer]] who currently plays as an [[attacking midfielder]] for [[S.League]] club [[Geylang International FC|Geylang International]] and the [[Singapore national football team]].
== International career == On 28 May 2016, Azhar was called up to represent the [[Singapore national football team]] for the [[2016 AYA Bank Cup]]. It was Azhar's first call-up to the national team, after former Singapore national team coach [[Bernd Stange]] was replaced by his assistant [[V. Sundramoorthy]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnfcasia.com/blog/football-asia/153/post/2881095/new-singapore-coach-sundram-calls-up-home-uniteds-azhar-sairudin|title=New Singapore coach Sundram calls up Home United's Azhar Sairudin|last=Leong|first=Kelvin|date=28 May 2016|website=ESPN FC|access-date=29 May 2016}}</ref> On 3 June 2016, Azhar made his senior international debut against Myanmar in the 2016 AYA Bank Cup, playing 60 minutes before being substituted for [[Yasir Hanapi]]. The international cup fixture eventually ended in a 1–0 win for Singapore.
== Career statistics ==
=== Club === {{Updated|02:22, 4 June 2016 (UTC)}} {| style="text-align:center" class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" |Club ! rowspan="2" |Season ! colspan="2" |[[S.League]] ! colspan="2" |[[Singapore Cup]] ! colspan="2" |[[Singapore League Cup]] ! colspan="2" |[[Asian Football Confederation|Asia]] ! colspan="2" |Total !Ref. |- !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals ! rowspan="17" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/azhar-sairudin/73454/|title=Singapore – A. Sairudin – Profile with news, career statistics and history|website=Soccerway|access-date=29 May 2016}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3" |[[Home United FC|Home United]] |[[2009 S.League|2009]] |11 |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |— |11 |1 |- |[[2010 S.League|2010]] |3 |1 |0 |0 |1 |0 | colspan="2" |— |4 |1 |- !Total !14 !2 !0 !0 !1 !0 !0 !0 !15 !2 |- | rowspan="5" |[[Hougang United FC|Hougang United]] |[[2011 S.League|2011]] |29 |1 |4 |0 |3 |0 | colspan="2" |— |36 |1 |- |[[2012 S.League|2012]] |21 |2 |3 |0 |3 |1 | colspan="2" |— |27 |3 |- |[[2013 S.League|2013]] |25 |4 |3 |0 |3 |0 | colspan="2" |— |31 |4 |- |[[2014 S.League|2014]] |19 |0 |1 |0 |4 |0 | colspan="2" |— |24 |0 |- !Total !94 !6 !10 !0 !13 !1 !0 !0 !117 !7 |- | rowspan="3" |[[Home United FC|Home United]] |[[2015 S.League|2015]] |22 |3 |5 |2 |2 |2 | colspan="2" |— |29 |7 |- |[[2016 S.League|2016]] |11 |3 |1 |1 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |— |12 |4 |- !Total !33 !6 !6 !3 !2 !2 !0 !0 !41 !11 |- |rowspan="2"|[[Hougang United]] |[[2017 S.League|2017]] |16||2||2||0||2||0||colspan='2'|—||20||2 |- !Total !16!!2!!2!!0!!2!!0!!0!!0!!20!!2 |- |rowspan="2"|[[Geylang International]] |[[2018 S.League|2018]] |22||1||2||0||0||0||colspan='2'|—||24||1 |- !Total !22!!1!!2!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!24!!1 |- ! colspan="2" |Career total !179 !17 !20 !3 !18 !3 !0 !0 !217 !23 |}
=== International === {{Updated|11:18, 10 June 2016 (UTC)}} {| style="text-align:center" class="wikitable" ! colspan="4" |[[Singapore national football team|Singapore national team]] |- !Year !Apps !Goals !Ref. |- |2016 |2 |0 !<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnfc.com/blog/football-asia/153/post/2884188/faris-ramli-fires-singapore-to-victory-over-myanmar-in-aya-bank-cup|title=Faris Ramli fires Singapore to victory over Myanmar in AYA Bank Cup|last=Tan|first=Gabriel|date=3 June 2016|website=ESPN FC|access-date=4 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnfc.us/report?gameId=449472|title=Vietnam vs. Singapore – Football Match Report – June 6, 2016|date=6 June 2016|website=ESPN FC|access-date=10 June 2016}}</ref> |}
== Honours == * [[S.League|'''Singapore League Cup''']] ** Winner: [[2009 Singapore League Cup|2009]] ** Runner-up: [[2011 Singapore League Cup|2011]] * '''[[Singapore Cup]]''' ** Runner-up: [[2015 Singapore Cup|2015]] * '''S.League Player of the Month (1)''' ** August 2015<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sleague.com/news-features/news/2015/september/s-league-august-player-of-the-month-azhar-sairudin/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929142904/http://sleague.com/news-features/news/2015/september/s-league-august-player-of-the-month-azhar-sairudin/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=29 September 2015|title=S.League August Player of the Month: Azhar Sairudin|website=S.League|access-date=29 May 2016}}</ref>
== Personal life == Azhar is the eldest child in his family, with a total of seven other siblings. In 2015, Azhar's younger sibling, Aqil Sairudin, died in a motorcycle accident on the [[Seletar Expressway]] in Singapore. Another sibling of Azhar, Azreen Sairudin, suffered multiple injuries from the accident as well, but subsequently recovered. [[Home United FC|Home United]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://voxsports.co/blog/braving-on-for-home/|title=Braving on for Home|last=Ho|first=Kenneth|date=15 October 2015|website=VoxSports|access-date=29 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610094619/http://voxsports.co/blog/braving-on-for-home/|archive-date=10 June 2016|url-status=usurped}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist|2}}
== External links == * {{Soccerway|azhar-sairudin/73454}}
{{Home United FC squad}}
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