Tajeli Salamat

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Salamat is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Tajeli.
Tajeli Salamat
Personal information
Full name Tajeli bin Salamat
Date of birth (1994-02-07) 7 February 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Singapore
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) left-back, centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Balestier Khalsa
Number 3
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Young Lions 20 (0)
2014 Balestier Khalsa 18 (1)
2015 Home United 20 (5)
2016 Young Lions 4 (0)
2017 Balestier Khalsa 20 (1)
2019 Warriors 40 (0)
2020–2022 Lion City Sailors 36 (2)
2022 → Geylang International (loan) 19 (3)
2023–2024 Tanjong Pagar United 20 (1)
2024– Balestier Khalsa 0 (0)
International career‡
2019 Singapore SEA Games 4 (0)
2021– Singapore 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 January 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 December 2021

Tajeli bin Salamat (born February 7, 1994) is a Singaporean professional footballer who is currently playing as a left-back or centre-back for Singapore Premier League club Balestier Khalsa and the Singapore national team.

Club career

Lions City Sailors

During the Sailors' 2022 AFC Champions League campaign in Buriram, Thailand, Tajeli and midfielder Anumanthan Kumar were expelled from the squad and sent back to Singapore for breaking the team's curfew.[1]

International career

Tajeli was called up to the Singapore U22 at age 25 for the 2019 Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in Manila as an overaged player.[2] He made his SEA Games debut in a 0-0 draw against Laos under-23. During the SEA Games, Tajeli and eight footballers broke curfew. He, along with the other eight players, was subsequently punished with a fine by the Singapore National Olympic Council.[1]

On 11 November 2021, Tajeli made his international debut for Singapore National Team in an International 'A' Friendly match against Kyrgyzstan.[3]

Career statistics

Update 26 May 2022
Club Season S.League Singapore Cup League Cup
Charity Shield 		Asia Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Young Lions FC 2016 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Total 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Balestier Khalsa 2017 20 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 24 1
Total 20 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 24 1
Tiong Bahru FC 2018 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Warriors FC 2018 19 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
2019 21 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 27 1
Total 40 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 48 1
Lion City Sailors 2020 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 2
2021 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
2022 6 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 9 0
Total 33 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 36 2
Geylang International 2022 16 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 19 3
Total 16 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 19 3
Tanjong Pagar United 2023 20 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 22 1
Total 20 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 22 1
Balestier Khalsa 2024–25 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Total 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Career Total 144 7 14 1 3 0 2 0 162 8

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Singapore 2021 2 0
Total 2 0

Honours

Lion City Sailors

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b "Two Sailors sent home". The Straits Times. 22 April 2022. pp. B18.
  2. ^ "Football: Faris and Ikhsan lead strike force at the SEA Games". The Straits Times. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Lions fall to narrow friendly defeat against Kyrgyz Republic - Football Association of Singapore".