{{Short description|Singaporean footballer and coach (1961–2020)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Salim Moin | image = Salim Moin.JPG | image_size = 200 | caption = Salim Moin with [[Woodlands Wellington]] in [[2012 Woodlands Wellington Season|2012]]. | fullname = Salim Bin Moin | birth_date = 26 September 1961 | birth_place = Singapore | death_date = 6 November 2020 (aged 59) | death_place = Singapore | position = [[midfield (association football)|Midfielder]] | years1 = 1979–1993 | clubs1 = [[Singapore FA]] | caps1 = 176 | goals1 = 63 | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = [[Singapore national football team|Singapore]] | manageryears1 = 2006–2007 | managerclubs1 = [[Gombak United]] | manageryears2 = 2009–2010 | managerclubs2 = [[National Football Academy (Singapore)|National Football Academy]] (coach) | manageryears3 = 2011 | managerclubs3 = [[Balestier Khalsa]] | manageryears4 = 2012–2013 | managerclubs4 = [[Woodlands Wellington]] | manageryears5 = 2014 | managerclubs5 = [[Tampines Rovers]] | managerclubs6 = [[Woodlands Wellington]] | manageryears6 = 2014 | managerclubs7 = [[Hougang United]] | manageryears7 = 2015 | manageryears8 = 2019 |managerclubs8 = [[Hougang United]] (assistant manager) | club-update = 25 March 2015 }}
'''Salim bin Moin''' (26 September 1961 – 6 November 2020) was a Singaporean footballer who played for the [[Singapore national football team]] and managed [[S.League]] side [[Hougang United]].
He played for the [[Singapore Lions|Lions]] in the [[Malaysia Cup]] during the 1980s alongside stars such as [[David Lee (Singaporean footballer)|David Lee]], [[Terry Pathmanathan]], [[S. Anthonysamy]], [[Malek Awab]] and [[Borhan Abu Samah]]. During his playing career, Salim was handed a six-year ban from 1984 for assaulting referee M. Kunalan in a [[Singapore Cup#President's Cup|President's Cup]] match between Jubilee and Farrer Park United in September 1983; the ban was lifted at the end of 1986 following a successful third appeal.<ref name=":1">{{cite news| title=Still out in the cold| newspaper=The Straits Times| page=37| date=31 December 1986}}</ref>
== Club career == In 1983, Salim and five other players from Jubilee Sports Association assaulted referee M. Kunalan in a [[Singapore Cup#President's Cup|President's Cup]] match between Jubilee and Farrer Park United in September 1983.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=22 October 1983 |title=Salim and 5 others banned for 6 years |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19831022-1.2.69.4.1 |access-date=27 March 2026 |work=[[The Straits Times]] |page=17 |via=[[NewspaperSG]]}}</ref> The six players were banned for six years from football matches.<ref name=":2" /> Five of them, including Salim, were also fined $200.<ref name=":2" /> Salim's ban was lifted at the end of 1986 following a successful third appeal.<ref name=":1" />
==Coaching career==
After retiring, Salim started his coaching career with NFL side [[Tampines SC]] at the end of the 1996.
Salim spent two seasons with Gombak United as their [[Prime League]] and senior team coach before he joined [[National Football Academy (Singapore)|National Football Academy]] for two years in 2009-2010.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|last1=Laura|first1=Chia|title=Obituary: Former Lions star Salim Moin dies at 59|publisher=Laura Chia|agency=Straits Times|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/obituary-former-lions-star-salim-moin-dies-at-59|accessdate=7 November 2020}}</ref> At the end of his NFA contract, he joined [[Balestier Khalsa Football Club]], first as an assistant coach to Nasaruddin Jalil for the 2010 season, and as head coach for their 2011 season. In 2012, he replaced R. Balasubramaniam as the head coach of [[Woodlands Wellington FC]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dilenjit Singh |date=14 January 2012 |title=A man of his word |work=[[The New Paper]] |page=47}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=2012 S-League Preview |url=http://www.espnstar.com/football/asian-football/news/detail/item749018/S-League-2012-Preview/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730170102/http://www.espnstar.com/football/asian-football/news/detail/item749018/S-League-2012-Preview/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=30 July 2012 }}</ref> who were seeking to rejuvenate their squad after two disappointing seasons as recipients of consecutive [[Wooden spoon (award)|wooden spoons]].
Several players from [[Balestier Khalsa Football Club|Balestier]] also followed Salim after his switch to [[Woodlands Wellington FC|Woodlands]], including young midfielders [[Armanizam Dolah]], [[Shamsurin Abdul Rahman]] and [[K Sathiaraj|K. Sathiaraj]], as well as custodian [[Ahmadulhaq Che Omar]], who was back with a second stint at the northern club.
Although the [[Woodlands Wellington|Rams]] finished last with their third successive [[wooden spoon (award)|wooden spoon]] in as many seasons during their first season under Salim, he was working with players who were chosen under former Woodlands coach, R. Balasubramaniam. After a major clearout of the team following the end of the [[2012 Woodlands Wellington Season|2012 season]], he was given a chance to transfer in some of his preferred players for the [[2013 Woodlands Wellington Season|2013 season]]. He has also targeted a top six finish for the club during a pre-season interview in December 2012,<ref>{{cite news |title=Salim: Expect A More Attack-Oriented Woodlands in 2013 |url=http://woodlandswellingtonfc.blogspot.sg/2012/12/salim-expect-more-attack-oriented_2140.html/ |publisher=Woodlands Wellington Football Club }}</ref> which is a higher target than the top eight finish set by the club a month earlier.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tay assures supporters of Rams' participation in 2013 S.League, targets top 8 finish |url=http://woodlandswellingtonfc.blogspot.sg/2012/11/tay-assures-supporters-of-rams.html/ |publisher=Woodlands Wellington Football Club}}</ref>
Appointed as Tampines Rovers head coach at the start of the [[2014 S.League|2014 season]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.asiaone.com/news/sports/salim-moin-coach-tampines-rovers/|title=Salim Moin to coach Tampines Rovers|access-date=12 January 2014|archive-date=12 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112133745/http://news.asiaone.com/news/sports/salim-moin-coach-tampines-rovers|url-status=dead}}</ref> Salim only lasts until 27 April 2014, when he resigned as Tampines coach following the club's exit from the [[2014 AFC Cup]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Dan|first=Guen Chin|title=Rafi Ali to lead Tampines Rovers|url=http://www.todayonline.com/sports/rafi-ali-lead-tampines-rovers|newspaper=[[Today (Singapore newspaper)|Today]]|date=28 April 2014}}</ref>
Salim made his return to Woodlands Wellington as head coach in June 2014, replacing sacked [[Darren Stewart (footballer)|Darren Stewart]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=18 June 2014|title=S.League: Stewart out, Salim back with Rams|url=https://www.asiaone.com/sleague-stewart-out-salim-back-rams|access-date=23 February 2022|website=AsiaOne|language=en}}</ref> After the merger of Woodlands Wellington with [[Hougang United]] in 2015, Salim was announced as the new head coach of Hougang United.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sleague.com/news-features/news/2015/february/hougang-united-to-retain-name-after-merger/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225044149/http://www.sleague.com/news-features/news/2015/february/hougang-united-to-retain-name-after-merger/ | url-status=usurped | archive-date=25 February 2015 | title=S League }}</ref> Towards the end of that season, Salim was replaced by [[Satyasagara|K. Balagumaran]], as Hougang would eventually [[2015 S.League|finished last in the table]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tnp.straitstimes.com/sports/singapore-football/new-hougang-coach-balagumaran-targets-revival-2016|title=New Hougang coach Balagumaran targets revival in 2016|first=David|last=Lee|date=5 November 2015|website=The New Paper}}</ref>
==International goals== {| class="wikitable" |- ! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || rowspan=4| 1 June 1983 || rowspan=5| [[Kallang]], [[Singapore]] || rowspan=4| {{fb|PHI}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || rowspan=4 align=center| 5–0 || rowspan=5| [[Football at the 1983 SEA Games|1983 SEA Games]] |- | 2. || align=center|'''3'''–0 |- | 3. || align=center|'''4'''–0 |- | 4. || align=center|'''5'''–0 |- | 5. || 4 June 1983 || {{fb|BRU}} || align=center|'''4'''–0 || align=center| 4–0 |}
== Death == Salim died on 6 November 2020 at age 59 due to a heart attack.<ref name=":0" />
==Coaching career statistics==
===League career statistics===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- !scope="col"| Club !scope="col"| Season !scope="col"| P !scope="col"| W !scope="col"| D !scope="col"| L !scope="col"| Win % |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Balestier Khalsa]] |[[2011 S.League|2011]] {{WDL|decimals=2|24|7|5|12}} |- ! rowspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Woodlands Wellington]] |[[2012 Woodlands Wellington Season|2012]] {{WDL|decimals=2|24|3|5|16}} |- |[[2013 Woodlands Wellington Season|2013]] {{WDL|decimals=2|14|4|5|5}} |- |} ''Key: P–games played, W–games won, D–games drawn; L–games lost, %–win percentage''<br /> {{small|Updated on 7 June 2013. Only data for matches played in the [[S.League]] are tabulated.}}
===Cup competition statistics=== *[[2012 Singapore Cup]] – First Round *[[2012 Singapore League Cup]] – [[2012 Singapore League Cup#Plate Semi-finals|Plate Competition]] Semi-Finalists
==Honours== Singapore FA *[[Malaysia Cup]]: 1980 *[[Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Cup]]: 1989
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Balestier Khalsa FC managers}} {{Tampines Rovers F.C. managers}} {{Woodlands Wellington F.C. managers}} {{Hougang United FC managers}}
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