{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}} {{short description|Singaporean footballer}} {{family name hatnote|Ho|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Ho Wai Loon | image = | caption = | fullname = Ho Wai Loon | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|8|20|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Singapore]] | height = {{height|meters=1.69}} | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = [[Midfielder|Central-midfielder]] / [[Left-back]] | youthyears1 = 2011–2012 | youthclubs1 = [[Balestier Khalsa FC|Balestier Khalsa]] | years1 = 2011–2016 | clubs1 = [[Balestier Khalsa FC|Balestier Khalsa]] | caps1 = 21 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2017–2018 | clubs2 = [[Warriors FC|Warriors]] | caps2 = 37 | goals2 = 2 | years3 = 2019–2021 | clubs3 = [[Lion City Sailors FC|Lion City Sailors]] | caps3 = 20 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2021 | clubs4 = → [[Balestier Khalsa FC|Balestier Khalsa]] (loan) | caps4 = 8 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2022–2023 | clubs5 = [[Balestier Khalsa FC|Balestier Khalsa]] | caps5 = 47 | goals5 = 4 | years6 = 2024–2025 | clubs6 = [[Albirex Niigata Singapore FC|Albirex Niigata (S)]] | caps6 = 14 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2025 | clubs7 = [[Geylang International FC|Geylang International]] | caps7 = 0 | goals7 = 0 | totalcaps = 147 | totalgoals = 6 | nationalyears1 = 2019 | nationalteam1 = [[Singapore national under-23 football team|Singapore U23]] | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2017–2025 | nationalteam2 = [[Singapore national football team|Singapore]] | nationalcaps2 = 7 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | club-update = 21 March 2023 | nationalteam-update = 23 March 2023 }}
'''Ho Wai Loon''' ({{zh|s=何维伦}}; born 20 August 1993) is a Singaporean former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played either as a [[central midfielder|central-midfielder]] or [[Left back (association football)|left-back]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.espnfcasia.com/singapore-s-league/story/2530227/sleague-ho-ready-for-albirex-rematch|title=S.League: Balestier's Ho Wai Loon ready for Albirex rematch|date=21 July 2015|access-date=22 July 2015|work=[[ESPN]]FC|author=Kenneth Tan}}</ref> He represented the [[Singapore national football team|Singapore national team]].
== Education == Ho studied at Canberra Primary School, [[Canberra Secondary School]] and [[Institute of Technical Education|ITE Yishun]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Leong |first=Kelvin |date=2015-05-08 |title=Ho Wai Loon chases family wish |url=https://www.espn.com.sg/soccer/blog/football-asia/153/post/2439298/wai-loon-determined-to-fulfill-grandmas-wish-for-singapore |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref> He later joined the [[Lion City Sailors FC#Lion City Sailors Football Academy|Home United Academy]].<ref name=":2" />
==Club career== ===Balestier Khalsa=== Ho started his football career in 2011, playing for [[Balestier Khalsa FC|Balestier Khalsa]].{{citation needed|date=February 2019}} Ho was released in 2013 but signed for Balestier again in 2014 for the [[2014 S.League]] season.<ref name=":2" />{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}
In 2015, Ho tore his [[anterior cruciate ligament]] (ACL) which kept him out of play for more than a year.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Auto |first=Hermes |date=2021-07-30 |title=Football: After 506 days of waiting, Ho Wai Loon is just happy to be playing ball again {{!}} The Straits Times |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/football-after-506-days-of-waiting-ho-wai-loon-is-just-happy-to-be-playing-ball-again |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=www.straitstimes.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-08-24 |title=S.League: Tigers wary of Geylang wingers |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/blog-football-asia/story/2936375/balestiers-wai-loon-warns-of-speedy-geylang-wingers-in-sleague-clash |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>
===Warriors=== He then signed for [[Warriors FC]] ahead of the [[2017 S.League]] season.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}} That was where he gained his first national team call up.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}
===Home United=== In January 2019, Ho joined fellow [[S.League]] club [[Home United FC|Home United]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxsportsasia.com/football/asian-football/singapore-football/1010409/home-united-unveil-singapore-left-back-ho-wai-loon-as-latest-signing/|title=Home United unveil Singapore left-back Ho Wai Loon as latest signing|work=[[Fox Sports (Southeast Asian TV network)|Fox Sports]]|date=2 January 2019|access-date=5 February 2019|archive-date=12 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412154509/https://www.foxsportsasia.com/football/asian-football/singapore-football/1010409/home-united-unveil-singapore-left-back-ho-wai-loon-as-latest-signing/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In March 2020, Ho fractured his right ankle during training.<ref name=":0" />
In April 2021, Ho returned to training with Lion City Sailors (formerly Home United) but found himself out of the club squad.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Chin |first=Nigel |date=2021-07-02 |title=Having learned how to walk again, Ho Wai Loon hits restart button on career {{!}} Youthopia |url=https://youthopia.sg/read/having-learned-how-to-walk-again-ho-wai-loon-hits-restart-button-on-career/ |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=youthopia.sg |language=en-US}}</ref> During the mid-season transfer window Ho moved to Balestier Khalsa on loan from till the end of the 2021 season to regain his match fitness.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=12 June 2021|title=Ho Wai Loon leaves Lion City Sailors to complete Balestier loan|url=https://www.lioncitysailorsfc.sg/ho-wai-loon-leaves-lion-city-sailors-to-complete-balestier-loan/|access-date=18 July 2021|website=Lion City Sailors FC|language=en-US}}</ref>
=== Second stint at Balestier Khalsa === Ho later moved to Balestier Khalsa on 12 June 2021 where he was named the team's captain in the [[2022 Singapore Premier League|2022]] season.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=David |date=2022-03-16 |title=S'pore Premier League to implement video assistant referee in 'near future' |url=https://www.tnp.sg/sports/singapore-football/spore-premier-league-implement-video-assistant-referee-near-future |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=The New Paper |language=en}}</ref>
=== Albirex Niigata (S) === On 11 January 2024, Ho signed for [[Albirex Niigata Singapore F.C.|Albirex Niigata (S)]] where he was named as the club captain ahead of the [[2024–25 Singapore Premier League|2024–25]] season.
===Geylang International=== Ho signed for [[Geylang International FC|Geylang International]] on 17 July 2025. However, he made the announcement on 9 August 2025 that he was forced to retire from professional football due to knee issues before the start of the [[2025–26 Singapore Premier League|2025–26 season]].
==International career== ===Youth=== Ho played at the [[football at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games|2015 Southeast Asian Games football tournament]], although he was [[sent off]] for his second yellow card offence in Singapore's must win game against [[Indonesia national under-23 football team|Indonesia U23]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tan |first=Carissa |title=SEA Games Football: Ho Wai Loon sent off as Singapore fail to qualify for semis after losing 0–1 to Indonesia |url=https://www.redsports.sg/2015/06/11/sea-games-football-singapore-indonesia-2/ |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=RED SPORTS |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Kelvin Leong|url=http://www.espnfcasia.com/blog/football-asia/153/post/2486686/singapore-out-of-sea-games-after-shock-defeat-to-indonesia|title=Hosts Singapore out of SEA Games after shock 1-0 defeat to Indonesia|date=11 June 2015|access-date=22 July 2015|work=[[ESPN]]FC.com}}</ref>
===Senior=== Ho was first called up to the [[Singapore national football team|senior side]] in 2017, as a standby player for the friendly against [[Afghanistan national football team|Afghanistan]] and the 2019 Asian Cup Qualifiers against [[Bahrain national football team|Bahrain]] on 23 and 28 March 2017 respectively.<ref>{{cite web|title=Call up for national team|url=http://www.fas.org.sg/news/national-team-face-afghanistan-afc-asian-cup-qualifier-against-bahrain|access-date=14 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315085100/http://www.fas.org.sg/news/national-team-face-afghanistan-afc-asian-cup-qualifier-against-bahrain|archive-date=15 March 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
After being included in the national set-up for a year, Ho finally won his first cap for Singapore in a friendly against [[Fiji national football team|Fiji]] on 11 September 2018, coming on as a substitute in the 62nd minute.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/features/singapore-put-two-past-fiji-record-first-win-under-fandi-ahmad|title=Singapore put two past Fiji to record first win under Fandi Ahmad|date=11 September 2018|work=FourFourTwo|access-date=11 September 2018|language=en-SG|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911150233/https://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/features/singapore-put-two-past-fiji-record-first-win-under-fandi-ahmad|archive-date=11 September 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/features/sg-ratings-baihakki-hariss-and-mahler-seal-victory-fandi-ahmad?page=0,3|title=SG Ratings: Baihakki, Hariss and Mahler seal victory for Fandi Ahmad|date=12 September 2018|work=FourFourTwo|access-date=12 September 2018|language=en-SG}}</ref> Ho made his first start and second appearance for the national team against [[Cambodia national football team|Cambodia]] on 16 October. However, he scored an own-goal and was eventually substituted early in the 46th minute.
Ho was called up in September 2022 by head coach [[Takayuki Nishigaya]] for international friendlies against Vietnam and India on 21 and 24 September.<ref>{{Cite web |title=WEEKLY ROUND-UP: Sports happenings in Singapore (12-18 Sept) |url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/weekly-round-up-sports-happenings-in-singapore-12-18-sept-233002553.html |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=sg.news.yahoo.com |language=en-SG}}</ref>
==Others== ===Singapore Selection Squad=== He was selected as part of the Singapore Selection squad for The Sultan of Selangor's Cup to be held on 6 May 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fas.org.sg/newsroom/press-release/singapore-selection-squad-sultan-selangor%E2%80%99s-cup-revealed |title=SINGAPORE SELECTION SQUAD FOR THE SULTAN OF SELANGor's CUP REVEALED | the Football Association of Singapore |access-date=2 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628215629/http://fas.org.sg/newsroom/press-release/singapore-selection-squad-sultan-selangor%E2%80%99s-cup-revealed |archive-date=28 June 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|match played 13 March 2023.}}<ref>{{Soccerway|ho-wai-loon/177132|accessdate=13 March 2023}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="2"|[[Singapore Premier League|Singapore<br>Premier League]] !colspan="2"|[[Singapore Cup]] !colspan="2"|[[Singapore League Cup|Singapore<br>League Cup]] !colspan="2"|[[Asian Football Confederation|Asia]] !colspan="2"|Total |- !Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="6"|[[Balestier Khalsa FC|Balestier Khalsa]] |[[2011 S.League|2011]] |0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan='2'|—||0||0 |- |[[2012 S.League|2012]] |0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan='2'|—||0||0 |- |[[2014 S.League|2014]] |5||0||2||0||0||0||colspan='2'|—||7||0 |- |[[2015 S.League|2015]] |9||0||0||0||4||0||5||0|||18||0 |- |[[2016 S.League|2016]] |7||0||3||0||4||0||0||0|||14||0 |- !Total !21!!0!!5!!0!!8!!0!!5!!0!!39!!0 |- |rowspan="3"|[[Warriors FC|Warriors]] |[[2017 S.League|2017]] |18||0||0||0||5||1||colspan='2'|—||23||1 |- |[[2018 S.League|2018]] |19||2||2||0||0||0||colspan='2'|—||21||2 |- !Total !37!!2!!2!!0!!5!!1!!0!!0!!44!!3 |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="2"|[[Singapore Premier League|Singapore<br>Premier League]] !colspan="2"|[[Singapore Cup]] !colspan="2"|Community Shield !colspan="2"|[[Asian Football Confederation|Asia]] !colspan="2"|Total |- !Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="4"|[[Lion City Sailors F.C.|Lion City Sailors]] |[[2019 Singapore Premier League|2019]] |19||0||0||0||0||0||6||0|||25||0 |- |[[2020 Singapore Premier League|2020]] |1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|||1||0 |- |[[2021 Singapore Premier League|2021]] |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- !Total !20!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!6!!0!!26!!0 |- |rowspan="1"|[[Balestier Khalsa FC|Balestier Khalsa]] (on loan) |[[2021 Singapore Premier League|2021]] |8||0||0||0||0||0||colspan='2'|—||8||0 |- |rowspan="3"|[[Balestier Khalsa FC|Balestier Khalsa]] |[[2022 Singapore Premier League|2022]] |24||0||6||0||0||0||colspan='2'|—||30||0 |- |[[2023 Singapore Premier League|2023]] |23||4||1||0||0||0||colspan='2'|—||24||4 |- !Total !55!!4!!7!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!62!!4 |- | rowspan="2" |[[Albirex Niigata (S)]] |[[2024–25 Singapore Premier League|2024–25]] |14||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||15||0 |- !Total !14!!0!!0!!0!!1!!0!!0!!0!!15!!0 |- !colspan="2"|Career Total !147!!6!!14!!0!!14!!0!!11!!0!!186!!7 |- |}
===International statistics===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !colspan=4|[[Singapore national football team|Singapore national team]] |- !Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |2018||2||0 |- |2022||1||0 |- |2023||1||0 |- !Total||4||0 |}
==== International caps ==== {| class="wikitable" ! No !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Result !! Competition |- | align=center|1 || 11 September 2018 || [[Bishan Stadium]], [[Bishan, Singapore|Bishan]], Singapore || {{fb|Fiji}} || align=center|2-0 (won)|| [[Exhibition game|Friendly]] |- | align=center|2 || 16 October 2018 || [[Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium]], [[Phnom Penh]], Cambodia|| {{fb|CAM}} || align=center|2-1 (won) || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]] |- |align=center|3|| |21 September 2022 ||[[Thống Nhất Stadium]], [[Ho Chi Minh City]], Vietnam|| {{fb|VIE}} || align=center|0-4 (lost) || 2022 VFF Tri-Nations Series |- | align=center|4 || 23 March 2023 || [[Mong Kok Stadium]], Hong Kong || {{fb|HKG}} || align=center|1–1 (Draw) || Friendly |- | align=center|5 || 26 March 2023 || [[Estádio Campo Desportivo|Macau Olympic Complex Stadium]], Macau || {{fb|MAC}} || align=center|1–0 || Friendly |}
==== U19 International caps ==== {| class="wikitable" ! No !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Result !! Competition |- | align=center|1 || 8 November 2011 || [[Petaling Jaya Stadium]], [[Selangor]], Malaysia|| {{fbu|19|IDN}} || align=center|0-3 (lost)|| [[2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification]] |}
==Honours== '''Balestier Khalsa''' * [[Singapore Cup]]: [[2014 Singapore Cup|2014]] * [[Singapore League Cup|League Cup]]: [[2013 Singapore League Cup|2013]]
'''Home United''' * [[Singapore Community Shield]]: 2019
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{soccerway|ho-wai-loon/177132}}
{{Balestier Khalsa FC squad}}
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