Quah Kim Song

In this Chinese name, the family name is Quah.

Quah Kim Song
Personal information
Full name Quah Kim Song
Date of birth February 1952 (age 72)[1]
Place of birth Singapore
Position(s) Forward
International career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1969–1979 Singapore 153 (53)

Quah Kim Song (Chinese: 柯金松; pinyin: Kē Jīnsōng, born February 1952) is a former Singapore international footballer who played as a striker.

Quah's swift agility earned him the nicknames "Mercurial", "Quicksilver" and "Speed Demon" by fans and media.[2] Among his most memorable matches was the 1977 Malaysia Cup Final at Merdeka Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he scored two goals in a 3–2 win for Singapore against Penang.

He is the FAS-S.League's Director of Competitions. He was also part of the Singapore national football team, and has played at Burnley United and Tampines Rovers.

He and four of his brothers Kim Beng, Kim Siak, Kim Lye and Kim Swee played for Singapore, while another brother Kim Tiong was a triple jumper.[3]

Quah received his secondary education at Naval Base Secondary School and pre-university education at Raffles Institution.

Personal life

Quah has 10 siblings.[4]

Quah was married to Shirley Wang, a bank manager at OCBC. She was a member of the Honeydrops, a music group that participated in Talentime, a talent competition organised by Radio Television Singapore. They had two children. Wang died of cancer in 2007.[2]

Quah is currently the partner of Workers' Party politician Sylvia Lim,[5] and would be married in January 2025.[6]

Honours

International

Singapore

Filmography

Television dramas

Year Network Title Notes
2014 MediaCorp Channel 8 World at Your Feet Prize presenter for the 2012 Dragon King Cup
Special appearance in episode 1

References

  1. ^ Suresh Nair (22 January 1983). "Kim Song rejects League offer". Singapore Monitor. p. 26.
  2. ^ a b Jacintha Stephens, & Quah, K. (2014). Pass Kim Song the %#@* Ball!! The Quah Kim Song Story. Singapore, Singapore, Singapore: Straits Times Press.
  3. ^ "Kim Siak dies, aged 72". The New Paper. 1 January 2014.
  4. ^ Meng, Wang Meng (19 July 2015). "Football: Former Singapore striker Quah Kim Swee, part of famous Quah family, dead at 76". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  5. ^ Goh, Melissa (25 June 2020). "You tick my box: How Singapore politicians found love". AsiaOne. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Workers' Party chair Sylvia Lim to marry long-time partner Quah Kim Song in January". CNA. Retrieved 22 October 2024.


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