Amos Leonard Boon Hock Chye (born 12 July 1972) is a former

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who last played for

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in the 2011

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season. He was retired professionally at the end of the season. Boon is a former Singapore youth international and Combined Schools player. He has also represented Singapore in the Tiger 5 Futsal tournament playing against the likes of Brazil. Boon is currently the head coach of Eastern Thunder FC.

Football career

Boon started his S.League career with

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in 1996, which he stayed for three years. He then moved to

Marine Castle United Hougang United Football Club is a professional football club based in Hougang, Singapore. The club competes in the Singapore Premier League, the top tier of Singaporean football. Founded in 1998 as Marine Castle United, the club changed its na ...

for five years. He had a brief stint at

Home United Lion City Sailors Football Club, commonly referred to as the Sailors or LCS, is a Singaporean professional football club based in Bishan. It competes in the Singapore Premier League, the top tier of the Singapore football league system. Founded ...

for two years where he played against the likes of Selangor (Malaysia), Valencia FC (Maldives) and Happy Valley (Hong Kong) in the AFC Cup, before returning to Sengkang Punggol. He played for 7.5 years with Sengkang Punggol before joining

Geylang United Geylang International Football Club is a professional football club based in Bedok, Singapore, that competes in Singapore Premier League, the top division of football in Singapore. The club was founded in 1973 and played their first season in 1 ...

for the 2008 season. Many fans were shocked at the move as it was speculated that he would stay at Sengkang and end his career at the

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.. He returned to Hougang United for another two years before ending his career at Woodlands Wellington in 2011. In 2016, Amos joined the management team as a coach at

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(SCC). In 2019, Amos was nominated for NFL Division Two Coach of the Year after bringing SCC to a 4th position in the league. SCC was knocked out on the third round of the

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. In 2022, he led the SCC Men's team back to 2023 Singapore Football League (SFL) 1 by finishing 2nd, and also winning honours for SCC Women's team in the SCC7's and SportCares Y10 League. On 30 November 2022, Amos tendered his resignation for both the Women's and the Men's teams. In 2023, the former

goalkeeper was approached to join

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as part of its rebranding. Admiralty (Women's team), formed by Eastern Thunder, participated in Women's National League. They will be participating in the 2024 season under Eastern Thunder FC. In 2024, Boon lead Eastern Thunder to the 4th placing during the league phase of the Women's National League, qualifying for the knockout phase. Eastern Thunder eventually claimed 2nd place after losing to Mattar Sailors 2-1 in the Final. Boon went on to win the Coach of the Year during the Amateur Leagues Awards Night 2024.

Wakeboard career

During recovery from an injury in 1999, Boon started wakeboarding. In 2002, Boon became a member of the national wakeboarding team. In 2003, Boon became the president of the Wakeboard Association (Singapore). In 2004, Boon participated in the Asian X Games in wakeboarding and reached the semi-finals. Boon also co-founded a wakeboarding school, Launch Wakeboard School.

Professional career

In 2006, Boon started Launch Group, an events management agency, initially organising wakeboarding events. The company eventually change to manage artists, product launches, local and overseas conferences. Boon filed for bankruptcy in October 2022.

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* 1972 births Living people Singaporean men's footballers Singapore Premier League players Singaporean sportspeople of Chinese descent Men's association football goalkeepers Tanjong Pagar United FC players Hougang United FC players Lion City Sailors FC players Geylang International FC players Woodlands Wellington FC players {{Singapore-footy-bio-stub