Anumanthan Kumar

Anumanthan Mohan Kumar (born 14 July 1994), also known as Anu, is a Singaporean professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Kedah and the Singapore national team.

Anumanthan

Personal information
Full name	Anumanthan Mohan Kumar[1]
Date of birth	14 July 1994
Place of birth	Singapore
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 ^1⁄2 in)[2]
Position(s)	Central midfielder
Club information
Current team	Hougang United
Number	6
Youth career
	National Football Academy
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2015	Young Lions	63	(5)
2016–2017	Hougang United	27	(2)
2017–2018	Home United	43	(5)
2019–2020	Hougang United	14	(1)
2021–	Kedah Darul Aman
National team^‡
2013–	Singapore	19	(0)
Honours Men's football Representing  Singapore Sea Games Sea Games 2013 Football
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:36, 9 April 2017 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 June 2019

Club career

Young Lions

Anumanthan began his professional football career with Young Lions in 2012. With the team short on numbers, the National Football Academy trainee was called up to the squad. He played his first game in a 1–1 draw against Balestier Khalsa on 1 April 2012.[3]

Anumanthan was one of five youth players shortlisted for the inaugural Dollah Kassim Award in 2010, which was eventually won by future Young Lions teammate Ammirul Emmran Mazlan.[4][5]

Anumanthan ended his Young Lions career on a high receiving offers from almost every club in the S.League vouching for his signature.

Hougang United

Anumanthan later went on to sign for Hougang United for the 2016 S.League campaign. During the annual S.League award night later that year, Anumanthan won the Young Player of the Year award and become the first Singaporean to win this award in 6 years after Hariss Harun won it in 2010. He was a vital member in the 2016 squad which almost made history by qualifying for their first ever AFC cup championship, after a solid campaign for the club that year.

Home United

Anumanthan signed for Home United in mid 2017 due to National Service commitments and featured his first game for the protectors against his former club Hougang United in October later that year. He went on to score his first goal for the club against rivals Warriors FC in a 2-1 loss. He ended the year by clinching 3rd placing in both the S.league and the RHB Singapore Cup in 2017.

In 2018, he went on to lead Home United to their first ever AFC Asian Cup Asean Zonal Championship title. He played a vital role in their successful campaign finishing 2nd in the Singapore Premier League.

Kedah

Anumanthan signed for Kedah FC in 2021.

International career

Anumanthan was part of the Singapore national under-23 team that won the bronze medal at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games.

Anumanthan was called up to the senior team in July 2013.[6] He made his senior debut for Singapore in a 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualifying match against Oman on 14 August 2013, coming on for striker Indra Shahdan Daud in the 70th minute.[7] He followed it up with his first start in a friendly match against China on 6 September 2013.[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 5 Dec 2020.[9] Caps and goals may not be correct.

Club	Season	S.League		Singapore Cup		Singapore League Cup		Asia		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Young Lions	2012	4	0	—		—[lower-alpha 1]		-	-	4	0
	2013	16	0	1	0	4	0	—		21	0
	2014	23	1	0	0	0	0	—		23	1
	2015	20	1	0	0	0	0	—		20	1
	Total	63	2	1	0	4	0	0	0	69	2
Hougang United	2016	22	0	1	0	0	0	—		23	0
	2017	5	0	0	0	0	0	—		5	0
	Total	27	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	28	0
Home United	2017	6	1	1	0	0	0	—		7	1
	2018	19	1	4	0	0	0	11	2	34	3
	Total	25	2	5	0	0	0	11	2	41	4
Hougang United	2019	11	1	0	0	0	0	—		11	1
	2020	7	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	9	1
	Total	18	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	20	2
Career total		122	4	7	0	4	0	13	2	147	9

1. Young Lions withdrew from the 2012 Singapore Cup due to participation in the 2013 AFC U-22 Championship qualifiers.

• Young Lions are ineligible for qualification to AFC competitions.

International statistics

U19 International caps

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition
1	31 October 2011	Petaling Jaya Stadium, Selangor, Malaysia	Macau	0-0 (draw)	2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification
2	2 November 2011	Petaling Jaya Stadium, Selangor, Malaysia	Australia	0-1 (lost)	2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification
3	4 November 2011	Petaling Jaya Stadium, Selangor, Malaysia	China PR	0-11 (lost)	2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification
4	8 November 2011	Petaling Jaya Stadium, Selangor, Malaysia	Indonesia	0-3 (lost)	2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification

As of December 2016[10]

Singapore national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2013	3	0
2014	3	0
2016	6	0
Total	12	0

Honours

International

Singapore

• Southeast Asian Games: bronze medal 2013

Individual

• S.League Young Player of the Year: 2016[11]

References

1. "Courts Young Lions reveals squad for 2014 S.League season and renewal of sponsorship from Courts for fourth year". Football Association of Singapore. Archived from the original on 11 March 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
2. "Courts Young Lions – players' profile". Retrieved 26 November 2014. on Facebook
3. "Baslestier frustrated as late goals cancel out". S.League. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
4. "Five talented youngsters to vie for inaugural Dollah Kassim Award". Singapore Press Holdings. 20 November 2010.
5. "Singapore Pools passport to excellence presented to the winner of the inaugural Dollah Kassim Award". Singapore Pools. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
6. "Football: Birthday surprise for Anumanthan". The New Paper. 16 July 2013. Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
7. "Singapore 0-2 Oman - match stats". ESPN FC. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
8. "China put six past hapless Lions". Goal. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
9. Anumanthan Kumar at Soccerway
10. Anumanthan Kumar at National-Football-Teams.com
11. "Anu is the first local since Hariss to win S.League YPOTY award". fourfourtwo. 1 November 2016. Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.