Illyas Lee

Illyas Lee
Personal information
Full name Illyas Lee Si Qin
Date of birth (1995-12-01) 1 December 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Singapore
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender, Defensive Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Balestier Khalsa FC
Number 26
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Warriors 2 (0)
2016–2017 Young Lions 13 (0)
2018 Hougang United 21 (2)
2019 Balestier Khalsa 15 (0)
2020 Warriors 0 (0)
2020 Tiong Bahru 0 (0)
International career‡
2017– Singapore U22 2 (0)
2017– Singapore U23 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 June 2017
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 August 2017

Illyas Lee (born 1 December 1995) is a Singaporean professional footballer who plays as a defender for Singaporean club Hougang United FC and the Singapore national under-22 football team.[1][2] He has been described as 'the next N'Golo Kante' due to his affinity on defence.

Club career

Lee started off his footballing career in 2015 when he signed for Warriors but made no appearances for the club.

He then signed for Young Lions in 2016 and did not make any appearances for the club too. He then made his debut in 2017.[3] He even captained the Young Lions against Balestier Khalsa on 22 June 2017.[4][5]

Career statistics

Update 1 March 2020

Club Season S.League Singapore Cup Singapore League Cup Asia Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Warriors FC 2015 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Young Lions FC 2016 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2017 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
Total 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
Hougang United 2018 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 2
Total 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 2
Balestier Khalsa 2019 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
Total 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
Warriors FC 2020 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tiong Bahru FC 2020 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 51 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 2

International career

Lee represented Singapore for the under-22s national team, and has been appointed as captain of the team on several occasions.[6]

International Statistics

U22/23 International caps

No Date Venue Opponent Result Competition
1 20 June 2018 Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore  Myanmar 0-2 (lost) Friendly

U19 International caps

No Date Venue Opponent Result Competition
1 9 September 2013 Gelora Delta Stadium, Sidoarjo, Indonesia  East Timor 1-1 (draw) 2013 AFF U-19 Youth Championship
2 13 September 2013 Gelora Delta Stadium, Sidoarjo, Indonesia  Laos 2-0 (won) 2013 AFF U-19 Youth Championship
3 17 September 2013 Petrokimia Stadium, Gresik, Indonesia  Cambodia 2-3 (lost) 2013 AFF U-19 Youth Championship

References

  1. ^ "S.League Transfer Round-Up: Warriors' waiting on approval, Young Lions pounce on Ikhsan Fandi". 3 March 2017. Archived from the original on 14 July 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  2. ^ "GARENA YOUNG LIONS UNVEILS SQUAD, NEW KIT AND PARTNERSHIP WITH SINGAPORE CANCER SOCIETY - The Football Association of Singapore". www.fas.org.sg. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Singapore - I. Lee - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". sg.soccerway.com.
  4. ^ "Young Lions vs. Balestier Khalsa - 22 June 2017 - Soccerway". sg.soccerway.com.
  5. ^ "S.League.com - Match Details". www.sleague.com. Archived from the original on 20 July 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ "Young Lions skipper Illyas rolls with the punches". 15 September 2017.