S. Suria Prakash (born 23 December 1993) is a Singapore international

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who plays as a winger for S.League club

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Youth career

Suria joined the National Football Academy U18 in 2011 before moving to

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Centre of Excellence the following year.

Club career

Balestier Khalsa

He made his professional debut for the Tigers in the

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Warriors FC

Suria signed for

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in 2014. He was handed his first league start in a 1–0 home win over

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on 22 May. His performances in the 2014 season earned him a nomination for the S.League Young Player of the Year award. He also finished as second top-scorer in the 2014 Prime League, scoring 16 goals for the reserve side.

Young Lions

After impressing during the

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S.League season, Suria was drafted into the Young Lions team for the

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season, in preparation for the 2015 SEA Games. On his Young Lions debut, he laid on an assist to help the Young Lions garner a point in the opening game of the season.

Back to the Warriors

He scored his first league goal of the

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season on his first league start, helping his side to a 2-1 win over

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. It was announced in end-December 2017 that Suria will stay with the Warriors for the

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season.

International career

He made his international debut for Singapore in 2014, playing in a friendly against Papua New Guinea. He gained his second cap 3 days later against Hong Kong. He was called up by Singapore Under-23 coach

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for the 2015 SEA Games.

Career statistics

International

Honours

Warriors * S.League: 2014

References

1993 births Living people Singaporean men's footballers Singapore men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Balestier Khalsa FC players Warriors FC players Young Lions FC players Singapore Premier League players Singaporean people of Tamil descent Singaporean sportspeople of Indian descent Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Singapore {{Singapore-footy-bio-stub