Illyas Lee

Illyas Lee

Personal information
Full name	Illyas Lee Si Qin
Date of birth	(1995-12-01) 1 December 1995 (age 27)
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	Timor-Leste	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 2017-06-29. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
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.
6. "Young Lions skipper Illyas rolls with the punches". 15 September 2017.