| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rajandran Aaravin | ||
| Date of birth | 24 February 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Singapore | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2012 | Singapore Sports School | ||
| 2015 | Home United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | Home United | 17 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Young Lions | 12 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | Warriors FC | 15 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Balestier Khalsa | 8 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2015 | Singapore U22 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 December 2016 | |||
Rajandran Aaravin (born 24 February 1996), known as R Aaravin, is a Singaporean former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
In 2012, he won Dollah Kassim Award and the Peter Lim Scholarship where he underwent a 10 days training stint at FC Metz in France in 2014.[1]
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Club career
Home United
Aaravin was promoted by Philippe Aw to the Home United first team squad in 2016. He started playing in the first team when he is playing in the prime league team.[citation needed]
He was released by the NFA U18 team after enlisting in NS. There, he signed for Home United prime league squad and was trusted by the coach then, Philippe Aw. His first game was against the Young Lions (Home won 2–0).
Young Lions
In 2017, Aaravin joined Young Lions.
Warriors FC
In 2019, Aaravin joined ninth times Singapore Premier League champions, Warriors FC.
Balestier Khalsa
In 2020, Aaravin joined Balestier Khalsa however on 26 February 2021, he decided to retired from football at the age of 25.
Controversy
Aaravin has spoken out against the current under-23 regulations in the Singapore Premier League which makes it mandatory for clubs to sign and field players who are under the age of 23 as the under-23 rule has actually shortchanged a lot of players. He decided to call it quits when he was offered just $1200 a month to play.
Personal life
From 2013 to 2016, Aaravin studied at Nanyang Polytechnic in Sports and Wellness after graduating from the Singapore Sports School in 2012. After his diploma, he served his two years compulsory National Service with the Singapore Police Force from 2016 to 2018. Aaravin holds a degree of Bachelor of Arts from the Singapore Institute of Management.
Career statistics
| Club | Season | S.League | Singapore Cup | Singapore League Cup | Asia | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Home United | 2015 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Honours
Individual
- Dollah Kassim Award recipients : 2012
- Peter Lim Scholarship: 2012
References
- ^ "Six of the best for Dollah Kassim Award 2016, Latest Singapore Football News - The New Paper". tnp.sg. 12 November 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
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