Muhammad Sufian bin Anuar (born 26 August 1987) is a Singapore international former

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who played as a forward. Sufian spent most of his career times as the team backup striker role.

Club career

LionsXII

2012 season

In the 2012 season, Sufian joined

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. On 6 March, he scored his first goal of the season, scoring the Lions' second goal in a 3–1 win against FELDA United. On 20 March, he scored against

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at the

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, though the match ended in a 1–1 draw. On 12 May, he scored the Lions' second goal in a 3–3 draw against

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. On 16 June, he scored a header from Shaiful Esah free kick in a 9–0 defeat of

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. On 19 June, Sufian scored a late winner against

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away from home. However, the Lions finished league runners-up. Sufian was left out of V. Sundramoorthy 2013 squad as the Lions added the under-23 squad players to replace the current squad.

2014 season

During the 2014 season, Sufian rejoined the Lions XII squad after team

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Shahril Ishak, Hariss Harun and Baihakki Khaizan left the squad. However, he could not make the starting line-up as fellow LionsXII striker, Khairul Amri, was first choice under head coach

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. On 15 April, during the game against

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, Sufian replaced the injured Khairul Nizam, and in the dying minutes of the game, he became the second LionsXII player to score a hat-trick, (first was by Hariss Harun during the game against

) as the Lions won 4–1. He scored a total of 4 goals in 21 matches for the club.

2015 season

In January 2015, he rejoined

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. Despite spending most of his time on the bench, he still managed to score 4 goals in 23 appearances for the club.

2016 season

He joined

Tampines Rovers FC Tampines Rovers Football Club (currently known as BG Tampines Rovers due to sponsorship reasons) is a professional association football, football club based in Tampines, Singapore, that competes in the Singapore Premier League, the top tier of t ...

to serve as a backup striker for Fazrul Nawaz.

Honours

Singapore U17 *

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: 2004 LionsXII *

Malaysia Super League The Malaysia Super League (), known simply as the Super League (), is the men's top professional Football in Malaysia, football division of the Malaysian football league system. Administered by the Football Malaysia Limited Liability Partnersh ...

: 2013 * FA Cup Malaysia: 2015

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sufian Anuar 1987 births Living people Singapore men's international footballers Singaporean men's footballers Men's association football forwards Lion City Sailors FC players Warriors FC players LionsXII players Singapore Premier League players Malaysia Super League players Young Lions FC players 21st-century Singaporean sportsmen Singaporean people of Malay descent