Mohammad Azhar bin Sairudin (born 30 September 1986) is a Singapore professional

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who currently plays as an

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for S.League club

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and the

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International career

On 28 May 2016, Azhar was called up to represent the

for the

2016 AYA Bank Cup The 2016 AYA Bank Cup was a four-nation football tournament hosted in Yangon, Myanmar from 3–6 June 2016. The tournament followed a straight knockout format with Vietnam and Hong Kong facing in the first semi-final and the first match of the ...

. It was Azhar's first call-up to the national team, after former Singapore national team coach

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was replaced by his assistant V. Sundramoorthy. On 3 June 2016, Azhar made his senior international debut against Myanmar in the 2016 AYA Bank Cup, playing 60 minutes before being substituted for

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. The international cup fixture eventually ended in a 1–0 win for Singapore.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

* Singapore League Cup ** Winner:

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

** Runner-up:

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

Singapore Cup The Singapore Cup is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic Singaporean football. Established in 1998, it is the foremost prestigious cup competition in the country. It is open to clubs in the Singapore Premier League. Since ...

** Runner-up:

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

* S.League Player of the Month (1) ** August 2015

Personal life

Azhar is the eldest child in his family, with a total of seven other siblings. In 2015, Azhar's younger sibling, Aqil Sairudin, died in a motorcycle accident on the

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in Singapore. Another sibling of Azhar, Azreen Sairudin, suffered multiple injuries from the accident as well, but subsequently recovered.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Azhar Sairudin 1986 births Living people Singaporean men's footballers Singapore men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Lion City Sailors FC players Hougang United FC players Singapore Premier League players Singaporean people of Malay descent