{{Short description|Malaysian footballer}} {{Indian patronymic|Chanthuru|Suppiah}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox football biography | name = S. Chanthuru | image = | caption = | fullname = Chanthuru a/l Suppiah<ref name="S. Chanthuru">{{cite web|url=http://footballmalaysia.com/portal/player_details.php?userid=791|title=Chanthuru Suppiah profile|publisher=Football Malaysia|accessdate=29 July 2018}}{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1987|12|14}} | birth_place = Kulim, Malaysia<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bharian.com.my/sukan/bola/2017/11/354453/hajat-chanturu-tak-kesampaian|title=Hajat Chanturu tak kesampaian|date=23 November 2017|publisher=Berita Harian}}</ref> | height = {{height|meter=1.68}}<ref name="S. Chanthuru"/> | position = Winger | currentclub = Harini FT | clubnumber = 21 | youthyears1 = 2007 | youthclubs1 = Telekom Malaysia | youthyears2 = 2008 | youthclubs2 = Kuala Lumpur | years1 = 2009 | clubs1 = Penang | caps1 = 6 | goals1 = 1 | years2 = 2010–2012 | clubs2 = Kelantan | caps2 = 46 | goals2 = 10 | years3 = 2013 | clubs3 = Perak | caps3 = 3 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2013–2014 | clubs4 = Sarawak | caps4 = 21 | goals4 = 6 | years5 = 2015–2018 | clubs5 = Johor Darul Ta'zim | caps5 = 31 | goals5 = 3 | years6 = 2018 | clubs6 = → Melaka United (loan) | caps6 = 15 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2019 | clubs7 = Felda united | caps7 = 19 | goals7 = 2 | years8 = 2020–2022 | clubs8 = Sarawak United | caps8 = 34 | goals8 = 1 | years9 = 2023– | clubs9 = Harini FT | caps9 = 0 | goals9 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2010 | nationalteam1 = Malaysia U-23 | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 2 | nationalyears2 = 2010–2016 | nationalteam2 = Malaysia | nationalcaps2 = 13<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/malay-recintlp.html Malaysia - Record International Players - RSSSF ]</ref> | nationalgoals2 = 1 | club-update = 26 March 2023 | nationalteam-update = 17 November 2016 }}
'''Chanturu a/l Suppiah''' (born 14 December 1987) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for second division Malaysia M3 League club Harini FT.
==Club career== ===Early career=== Chanturu was born in Kulim, Kedah but he never played for his hometown team Kedah as a professional footballer. He started his career in football with Telekom Malaysia President Cup at the age of 19 in 2007. In 2008, he joined Kuala Lumpur President's Cup team.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Harian |first1=Wartawan Sinar |url=http://www.sinarharian.com.my/chanturu-sinonim-kelantan-ekspres-1.53082|title=Chanturu sinonim 'Kelantan Ekspres'|date=3 June 2012|publisher=Sinar Harian}}</ref>
===Kelantan=== Chanturu signed a contract with Penang in 2009. His performance during a league match against Kelantan has attracted Kelantan's coach that time, B. Sathianathan. For 2010 season, he officially signed a contract with Kelantan. He has won the 2010 Malaysia Cup, the 2011 Malaysia Super League title, the 2012 Malaysia Super League title, the 2012 Malaysia FA Cup and the 2012 Malaysia Cup while playing for Kelantan. During his stay with Kelantan, he was also affectionately nicknamed the "Kelantan Express" or "Turbo Chan" by Kelantan's fans for his superb speed on the field.
===Perak=== In 2013, Chanturu signed a contract with Perak.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mstar.com.my/sukan/bola-sepak/2013/01/11/senarai-nama-pegawai--pemain-liga-super-2013|title=Senarai Nama Pegawai & Pemain Liga Super 2013|date=11 January 2013|publisher=Star Media}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.astroawani.com/berita-sukan/yob-tenang-bertemu-selangor-di-lumut-4691|title=Yob tenang bertemu Selangor di Lumut|publisher=Astro Awani|date=22 January 2013}}</ref>
===Sarawak=== Not long after joining Perak, he joined Sarawak FA in the same year.
===Johor Darul Ta'zim=== In 2015 he joined JDT FC.
===Melaka United ''(loan)''=== On 21 November 2017, Chanturu agreed to join Melaka United on a season-long loan move from JDT FC.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Zulkifli |first1=Nursuraya |url=http://www.utusan.com.my/berita/wilayah/melaka/gopinathan-chanturu-ikat-kontrak-setahun-bersama-melaka-united-1.557671|title=Gopinathan, Chanturu ikat kontrak setahun bersama Melaka United|work=Utusan Online |date=21 November 2017|publisher=Utusan Melayu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://inikanbola.my/2018/06/26/melaka-tak-lengkap-bertemu-jdt|title=Melaka "Tak Lengkap" Bertemu Johor Darul Ta'zim|date=26 June 2018|publisher=Inikan Bola}}</ref> He made his debut for Melaka United in a 2–1 win over Kelantan on 3 February 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2018/02/03/malaysia/super-league/melaka-fc/kelantan-fc/2712959|title=Melaka United vs. Kelantan|date=3 February 2018|publisher=Soccerway.com}}</ref>
===Felda United=== After 4 years with JDT FC, he signed for Felda United in 2019.
===Sarawak United=== In 2020 he return to Sarawak by signing Sarawak United, a rebrand of Sarawak FA.
===Harini FT=== In 2023 he joined semi-pro club Harini FT.
==International career== ===Malaysia Under-23=== Chanturu was the member of Malaysia U-23 since 2010. He has made several appearances and scored goal for the team.
===Malaysia=== In year 2010, Chanturu made his debut for Malaysia national team. In June 2012, he was called up by Malaysia coach, Datuk K. Rajagobal for friendly matches against Philippines<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.ours.my/index.php/blog-sukan/26899-5-pemain-kelantan-kembali-ke-kem-kebangsaan |title=5 Pemain Kelantan Kembali Ke Kem Kebangsaan - Melaporkan Berita Tanpa Had |accessdate=2012-06-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210038/http://news.ours.my/index.php/blog-sukan/26899-5-pemain-kelantan-kembali-ke-kem-kebangsaan |archivedate=3 March 2016 |df=dmy }}</ref> and Singapore.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bharian.com.my/bharian/articles/KekalsemangatPialaAFF_Rajagobal/Article/index_html |title=Berita Harian Online | Kekal semangat Piala AFF: Rajagobal |access-date=17 June 2012 |archive-date=8 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110208030814/http://www.bharian.com.my/bharian/articles/KekalsemangatPialaAFF_Rajagobal/Article/index_html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://suarasukan1mas.blogspot.com/2011/07/shakir-chanturu-tersisih-gagal-yakinkan.html|title=Suara Sukan Anda: Shakir, Chanturu Tersisih, Gagal Yakinkan Rajagobal|date=20 July 2011}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|match played 27 August 2021}}<ref name="Socs">{{cite news |url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/-suppiah/164015/ |title=Chanturu Suppiah |website= Soccerway.com |accessdate=22 December 2017 }}</ref> {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan=2|Club !rowspan=2|Season !colspan=3|League !colspan=2|Cup !colspan=2|League Cup !colspan=2|Continental !colspan=2|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan=2|Penang |2009 |Malaysia Super League | || || | || || || ||–||–|| || |- !colspan="2"|Total||0||0||0||0||0||0||–||–||0||0 |- |rowspan="4"|Kelantan |2010 |Malaysia Super League |10||1|| || | || || ||–||–|| || |- |2011 |Malaysia Super League |20||6|| | || || || ||–||–|| || |- |2012 |Malaysia Super League |16||3||16|6||0||0||0||6||0||28||3 |- !colspan="2"|Total||46||10||0||0||0||0||6||0||0||0 |- |rowspan="2"|Perak |2013 |Malaysia Super League |3||0|| || || || ||–||–|| || |- !colspan="2"|Total||3||0||0||0||0||0||–||–||0||0 |- |rowspan="2"|Sarawak |2014 |Malaysia Super League |21||6||6||2|| || ||–||–||27||8 |- !colspan="2"|Total||21||6||0||0||0||0||–||–||0||0 |- |rowspan="4"|Johor Darul Ta'zim |2015 |Malaysia Super League |16||1||1||0||8||2||8||2||31||5 |- |2016 |Malaysia Super League |13||2||0||0||0||0||6||0||0||0 |- |2017 |Malaysia Super League |2||0||0||0||2||0||6||0||10||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total||31||3||0||0||0||0||20||2||0||0 |- |rowspan="2"|Melaka United (loan) |2018 |Malaysia Super League |15||0||3||0||0||0||–||–||18||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total||15||0||3||0||0||0||–||–||18||0 |- |rowspan="2"|Felda United |2019 |Malaysia Super League |19||2||6||2||2||1||–||–||27||5 |- !colspan="2"|Total||19||2||6||2||2||1||–||–||27||5 |- |rowspan="3"|Sarawak United |2020 |Malaysia Premier League |11||0||0||0||0||0||–||–||11||0 |- |2021 |Malaysia Premier League |12||1||0||0||0||0||–||–||12||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total||23||1||0||0||0||0||–||–||23||1 |- !colspan="3"|Career Total||0||0||0||0||0||0||26||2||0||0 |}
===International=== {{updated|5 July 2018}}<ref>{{NFT player |id=43452 |name=Suppiah, Chanturu |accessdate=8 September 2017}}</ref>
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" |+ Appearances and goals by national team and year |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan=6|Malaysia |2010||1||0 |- |2011||3||0 |- |2012||2||0 |- |2014||1||0 |- |2015||1||0 |- |2016||5||1 |- !colspan=2|Total!!13!!1 |}
====International goals==== :''As of match played 6 June 2016. Malaysia score listed first, score column indicates score after each S.Chanturu goal.''<ref name="Socs"/>
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+ International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition |- !scope=col|No. !scope=col data-sort-type=date|Date !scope=col|Venue !scope=col|Opponent !scope=col|Score !scope=col|Result !scope=col|Competition |- !scope=row|1 |rowspan=1|6 June 2016||rowspan=1|Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium, Larkin, Malaysia||rowspan=1|{{fb|East Timor}}||3–0||rowspan=1|3–0||rowspan=1|2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification |- |}
==Honours== ===Club=== '''Kelantan''' * Malaysia Cup: 2010, 2012 * Malaysia Super League: 2011, 2012 * Malaysia Charity Shield: 2011 * Malaysia FA Cup: 2012
'''Johor Darul Ta'zim''' * Malaysia Super League: 2015, 2016, 2017 * Malaysia Charity Shield: 2015, 2016 * Malaysia FA Cup: 2016 * Malaysia Cup: 2017 * AFC Cup: 2015
==References== {{Reflist|refs= }}
==External links== * {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819085842/http://kelate.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=3186 |date=19 August 2011 |title=Player Summary S. Chanturu (kelate.net) }} * {{soccerway|-suppiah/164015}}
Category:1987 births Category:Living people Category:Malaysian men's footballers Category:Malaysia men's international footballers Category:Perak F.C. players Category:Kelantan F.C. players Category:Penang F.C. players Category:Sarawak United FC players Category:Footballers from Kedah Category:Malaysian people of Tamil descent Category:Malaysian people of Indian descent Category:Sportspeople of Indian descent Category:Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. players Category:Harini F.T. players Category:Malaysia Super League players Category:21st-century Malaysian sportsmen Category:Men's association football wingers Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games Category:Asian Games footballers for Malaysia Category:Malaysia men's youth international footballers