Rames Lai Ban Huat

In this Indian name, the name Lai Ban Huat is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Ramesh.
In this Chinese name, the family name is Lai.

Ramesh Lai
Personal information
Full name Ramesh a/l Lai Ban Huat[1]
Date of birth (1980-04-08) 8 April 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Perak, Malaysia
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Machan F.C.
Youth career
2000 Perak
2001 Melaka
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2006 Telekom Melaka ? (1)
2007–2010 KL PLUS ? (0)
2011 FELDA United 17 (0)
2012–2018 Sarawak 135 (0)
2019–2024 Kuching City 81 (1)
2024– Machan F.C. 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ramesh a/l Lai Ban Huat (Tamil: ரமேஷ் லாய் பான் ஹுவாத், romanized: Ramēṣ lāy pāṉ huvāt; simplified Chinese: 拉梅什·莱班发; traditional Chinese: 拉梅什·萊班發; born 8 April 1980 in Perak) is a Malaysian footballer who last plays for Kuching City.[2] He is a Chindian descent.

Career

Rames started his career with Telekom Melaka in 2002. He played under the guidance of Irfan Bakti Abu Salim where they finish as the runners up of 2005 Malaysia Premier League, finish second in the 2005-06 Malaysia Super League and reach the 2006 Malaysia Cup semi final.[3]

After the disbandment of Telekom Melaka, he moved to KL PLUS in 2007 and spent 3 seasons helping the club promoted to 2009 Malaysia Super League. After the disbandment of KL PLUS, Rajes signed with FELDA United for one year and played 17 league matches.

In 2012, Rajes moved to Sarawak. He spent the season as a regular playing 32 matches in all competitions but could not prevented Sarawak from relegation. In 2013 he played 33 matches in all competition for Sarawak. Sarawak went on to win the Malaysia Premier League undefeated and reach the Malaysia Cup semi final.[4]

In 2023 Malaysian league season, Rames created a record as the oldest player and the oldest goal scorer in the Malaysia League at the age of 43.[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of 17 December 2023[6]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Others Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Telekom Melaka 2002 1 0 1 – 2
2003 0 0 0 – 0
2004 0 0 0 1[a] 0 0
2005 0 0 0 – 0
2006 0 0 0 – 0
Total 1 0 1 1 0 2
KL PLUS 2007 0 0 0 – 0
2008 0 0 0 – 0
2009 0 0 0 – 0
2010 0 0 0 – 0
Total 0 0 0 – 0
FELDA United 2011 17 0 3 0 7 0 – 27 0
Total 17 0 3 0 7 0 – 27 0
Sarawak 2012 25 0 1 0 5 0 1[b] 0 32 0
2013 21 0 2 0 10 0 – 33 0
2014 18 0 4 0 4 0 – 26 0
2015 16 0 1 0 8 0 – 25 0
2016 18 0 1 0 3 0 – 22 0
2017 15 0 4 0 4 0 – 23 0
2018 22 0 1 0 – 3[c] 0 26 0
Total 135 0 14 0 34 0 4 0 187 0
Kuching City 2019 14 0 2 0 – – 16 0
2020 9 0 – – – 9 0
2021 19 0 – 5 0 – 24 0
2022 18 1 3 0 4 0 – 25 1
2023 21 0 1 0 2 1 3[d] 0 27 1
Total 81 1 6 0 11 1 3 0 101 2
Career total
  1. ^ Appearances at the 2004 Malaysia Premier League Final
  2. ^ Appearances at the 2012 Malaysia Super League Play-offs
  3. ^ Appearances at the 2018 Malaysia Challenge Cup
  4. ^ Appearances at the 2023 MFL Challenge Cup

Honours

Sarawak

References

  1. ^ "Ramesh Lai Ban Huat". Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Top-flight test for young Crocs side". Theborneopost.com. 8 December 2011.
  3. ^ Temu Bual Eksklusif bersama Ramesh Lai | Kuching City FC - Malaysian Football League (Official Youtube channel), 29 November 2023.
  4. ^ S’wak kebal, benam Sabah pada perlawanan terakhir - The Borneo Post, 6 July 2013.
  5. ^ Rames Lai Cipta Rekod Baharu Piala Malaysia - MakanBola, 20 August 2023.
  6. ^ RAMES LAI BAN HUAT - Malaysia Football League


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