Baihakki Khaizan

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Khaizan is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Baihakki.
Baihakki Khaizan
Baihakki Khaizan playing against Home United in a friendly match on 11 January 2014.
Personal information
Full name Baihakki bin Khaizan
Date of birth (1984-01-31) 31 January 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Singapore
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Football Association of Singapore (Head of planning)
Youth career
2000–2002 National Football Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003 Geylang United 20 (1)
2004–2007 Young Lions 98 (7)
2008–2009 Geylang United 46 (4)
2009–2010 Persija Jakarta 30 (0)
2010–2011 Persib Bandung 9 (0)
2011–2012 Medan Chiefs 20 (1)
2012–2013 LionsXII 31 (4)
2014 Johor Darul Ta'zim 10 (1)
2014 → LionsXII (loan) 2 (0)
2015–2016 Johor Darul Ta'zim II 52 (3)
2017 Warriors 15 (0)
2018 Muangthong United 0 (0)
2018 → Udon Thani (loan) 23 (1)
2019 Trat 26 (2)
2020 PT Prachuap 2 (0)
2020–2021 Tampines Rovers 28 (1)
Total 409 (25)
International career
2003–2021 Singapore 142[1] (5)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Singapore
Sea Games
Bronze medal – third place Nakhon Ratchasima 2007 Football
Asean Football Championship
Winner Tiger Cup 2004 2004
Winner AFF Championship 2007 2007
Winner AFF Suzuki Cup 2012 2012
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Baihakki bin Khaizan (born 31 January 1984[2]) is a Singaporean retired footballer who last played as a centre-back for Singapore Premier League club Tampines Rovers and the Singapore national team. Baihakki is known to be one of the best defenders in the Southeast Asia region during his time as a footballer. He had piled his career playing in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.

Along with Khairul Amri, Shahril Ishak and Hassan Sunny, Baihakki was in the pioneer batch of the National Football Academy in 2000.[3]

Baihakki is the first and only foreigner to win the FAM Football Awards 'Best Defender Award' in 2013 in which he won the 2013 Malaysia Super League with LionsXII. He has also won 3 AFF Championship with the Singapore national team and was included in the AFF Championship All-time XI in history.

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  2. ^ Auto, Hermes (5 February 2022). "Football: Baihakki Khaizan takes up admin role with FAS after retiring | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Interview With Baihakki Khaizan". FAS. Archived from the original on 3 September 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2014.