Mukundan Maran
Mukundan Maran (born 23 April 1998), also known as just Mukun, is a Singaporean professional footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Singapore Premier League club Balestier Khalsa and the Singapore national team.[1][2][3][4]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mukundan Maran | ||
| Date of birth | 23 April 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Singapore | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Balestier Khalsa | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2017 | Warriors FC Prime League | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2021 | Warriors FC | 21 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Hougang United | 20 | (0) |
| 2023– | Balestier Khalsa | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022– | Singapore | 0 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 Feb 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 Feb 2021 | |||
Club
In 2017, he signed for Warriors FC.[5] A year later, he was promoted to the first team and made 21 appearances in the 2018 season.
He left the Warriors in 2021 to join Hougang United.
Hougang United
Mukundan played in all three of the club's 2022 AFC Cup match fixtures at the Thống Nhất Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. He pulled a couple of heroic saves against Laos club, Young Elephants which Hougang won the game 3-1. He went on to become the club's first choice keeper throughout the first half of the season.
On 10 June 2022, Maran started against Johor Darul Ta'zim in an eventual 8-0 friendly loss and was substituted at half time for Aizil Yazid.[6]
On 19 November 2022, he won the 2022 Singapore Cup, the club's first ever piece of silverware.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 21 April 2021.[7]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Warriors FC | 2017 | S.League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | Singapore Premier League | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Hougang United | 2021 | Singapore Premier League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | Singapore Premier League | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Balestier Khalsa | 2023 | Singapore Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
- Notes
Honours
References
- "The Path Less Taken : Mukundan Maran's Journey To The Singapore National Team". soccerkakis.org. 28 September 2022.
- "Back from NS, goalkeeper Mukundan Maran ready to prove his worth again". youthopia.sg. 16 April 2021.
- "Goalkeepers shine before late drama at Hougang". tnp.sg. 14 May 2022.
- "Isn't it time for the FAS to have a published selection policy for its national teams?". themonitor.sg. 16 June 2021.
- Aziz, Sazali Abdul (2 November 2017). "Warriors' teen trio tipped for the S.League". The New Paper.
- Noor, Rizar Mohd (10 June 2022). "JDT belasah Hougang United 8-0". BH Online.
- Mukundan Maran at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 February 2021.