Ronaldo has just become the joint-highest men s international goalscorer in history, whilst Ridhuan, who was on the brink of retirement in 2016, has agreed to play another season for Tanjong Pagar United in the Singapore Premier League. And the 37-year-old’s love of football began at an early age.
“It all started at the age of seven. During those days in Singapore football, the Malaysian Cup was one of the things that hyped me up. Both my parents – my dad and my late mum, were really supportive from the very start. My dad would always bring me to matches at the old National Stadium without fail. Looking at some of our legends like Fandi Ahmad, Abbas Saad, Malek Awab and Kadir Yahaya playing spiked my interest in football and I knew that I wanted to be a footballer since then,” Ridhuan said in an exclusive interview with
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Instead, it s Lion City Sailors star Saifullah Akbar making it clear that he will not let his stature get in the way of fulfilling his lofty ambitions.
Standing just 1.65m tall, the gifted midfielder may be smaller than the average player, but with a fiery determination and unrelenting attitude, one wouldn’t bet against him realising his dream of representing juggernauts of European football in the coming years.
Courtesy of his father Akbar Nawas’ relationship with the game, the 22-year-old has been in love with football ever since he was a child.
“I started playing football when I was five. I remember my dad brought me to a street soccer court to play with the older boys,” Saifullah said in an exclusive interview with