Amos Boon

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Amos Boon
Personal information
Full name Amos-Leonard Boon Hock Chye
Date of birth (1972-07-12) 12 July 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth Singapore
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Woodlands Wellington
Number 1
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1996–1998 Tanjong Pagar United 3 (?)
1999–2003 Marine Castle United 143 (0)
2005–2006 Home United 3 (0)
2006–2007 Sengkang Punggol 45 (0)
2008 Geylang United 23 (0)
2009–2010 Sengkang Punggol 18 (0)
2011 Woodlands Wellington 8 (0)
Managerial career
2016-2022 Singapore Cricket Club (Men's & Women's)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 4, 2008

Amos Leonard Boon Hock Chye (born 12 July 1972) is a former goalkeeper who last played for Woodlands Wellington in the 2011 S-League season. He was retired professionally at the end of the season.

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Boon is a former Singapore youth international and Combined Schools player. He has also represented Singapore in the Tiger 5 Futsal tournament playing against the likes of Brazil.

Football career

Boon started his S.League career with Tanjong Pagar United in 1996, which he stayed for three years. He then moved to Marine Castle United for five years.

He had a brief stint at Home United for two years where he played against the likes of Selangor (Malaysia), Valencia FC (Maldives) and Happy Valley (Hong Kong) in the AFC Cup, before returning to Sengkang Punggol. He played for 7.5 years with Sengkang Punggol before joining Geylang United for the 2008 season. Many fans were shocked at the move as it was speculated that he would stay at Sengkang and end his career at the Hougang Stadium.[ citation needed ]. He returned to Hougang United for another two years before ending his career at Woodlands Wellington in 2011. [1]

In 2016, Amos joined the management team as a coach at Singapore Cricket Club (SCC). [2]

In 2019, Amos was nominated for NFL Division Two Coach of the Year [3] after bringing SCC to a 4th position in the league. SCC was knocked out on the third round of the FA Cup.

In 2022, he led the SCC Men's team back to 2023 Singapore Football League (SFL) 1 by finishing 2nd, and also winning honours for SCC Women's team in the SCC7's and SportCares Y10 League. [4]

On 30 November 2022, Amos tendered his resignation for both the Women's and the Men's teams. [4]


Wakeboard career

During recovery from an injury in 1999, Boon started wakeboarding. In 2002, Boon became a member of the national wakeboarding team. [1]

In 2003, Boon became the president of the Wakeboard Association (Singapore). [1]

In 2004, Boon participated in the Asian X Games in wakeboarding and reached the semi-finals. [1]

Boon also co-founded a wakeboarding school, Launch Wakeboard School. [1]

Professional career

In 2006, Boon started Launch Group, an events management agency, initially organising wakeboarding events. [1] The company eventually change to manage artists, product launches, local and overseas conferences.[ citation needed ]

Boon filed for bankruptcy in October 2022. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Lui, John (31 December 2012). "Riding waves of success". The Straits Times . pp. C4.
  2. ↑ "SCC's Facebook Post (1 April 2016)". 1 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Faris Ramli named SPL Player of the Year as FAS Nite 2019 recognises season's best". FAS. 31 October 2019.
  4. 1 2 "SCC's Facebook Post (30 Nov 2022)". 30 November 2022.
  5. ↑ cue (18 October 2022). "Police report made against former S.League goalkeeper Amos Boon for forgery | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 27 December 2022.


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