Joel Chew

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Joel Chew
Personal information
Full name Joel Chew Joon Herng
Date of birth (2000-02-09) 9 February 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth Singapore
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Tampines Rovers
Number 16
Youth career
National Football Academy
Young Lions
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019– Tampines Rovers 41 (2)
2021–2022 → Young Lions (loan) 40 (1)
International career‡
2015–2016 Singapore U16 10 (1)
2018 Singapore U19 5 (0)
2021–2022 Singapore U23 6 (0)
2023– Singapore 7 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 August 2022
‡ National team caps and goals as of 4 September 2025

Joel Chew Joon Herng (born 9 February 2000) is a Singaporean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Singapore Premier League club Tampines Rovers and the Singapore national team.

Contents

Early career

Joel beats seven other nominees Marc Ryan Tan and Zikos Chua (both NFA U-15), Khairul Ikhwan Karim and Aizal Murhamdani Ahmad (both NFA U-16), NFA U-17's Rezza Rezky and NFA U-18 duo Danial Syafiq Mustaffa and Nazhiim Harman to win the Dollah Salleh award in 2017. [1]

Club career

Tampines Rovers

Joel signed with Singapore Premier League club Tampines Rovers in 2019. Joel scored in the 2019 Singapore Cup Final where he would go on to lift the cup.

On 24 January 2022. Joel signed a 5-year contract extension with Tampines Rovers which will last until December 2027.

Joel returned to Tampines in 2023 after having completed his National Service (NS) duties.

Loan to Young Lions

Joel then signed a loan deal with the Young Lions in 2021 while serving his National Service.

International career

Youth

He was called up to the 2018 AFF U-19 Youth Championship squad. [2]

Senior

On 23 March 2023, Joel made his international debut against Hong Kong, coming on as a substitute in the last 10 minute of the game.[ citation needed ]

Style of play

Former Singapore U17 national team coach, Takuya Inoue has described Joel as someone who is "small in size, but with good endurance and agility." [3] Joel is known for his playmaking and set piece taking.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 13 March 2023. [4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupAsiaTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tampines Rovers 2019 Singapore Premier League 1116 [a] 10000172
2020 Singapore Premier League3000001040
2021 Singapore Premier League0000000000
Total141610010212
Young Lions (loan) 2021 Singapore Premier League191000000191
2022 Singapore Premier League210000000210
Total401000000401
Tampines Rovers 2022 Singapore Premier League3161000092
2023 Singapore Premier League240620010312
2024–25 Singapore Premier League 71000030101
Total3421230040505
Career total88418400501118
Notes
  1. ↑ Appearances in the Singapore Cup

International

International caps

NoDateVenueOpponentResultCompetition
123 March 2023 Mong Kok Stadium, Hong KongFlag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 1–1Friendly
226 March 2023 Macau Olympic Complex Stadium, MacauFlag of Macau.svg  Macau 1–0Friendly
318 June 2023Jalan Besar Stadium, SingaporeFlag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 1-1 (draw)Friendly
412 September 2023Bishan Stadium, SingaporeFlag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei 3-1 (win)Friendly

U23 International caps

NoDateVenueOpponentResultCompetition
125 October 2021 Jalan Besar Stadium, Jalan Besar, SingaporeFlag of East Timor.svg  Timor-Leste 2-2 (draw) 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification
228 October 2021 Jalan Besar Stadium, Jalan Besar, SingaporeFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 1-0 (won) 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification
331 October 2021 Jalan Besar Stadium, Jalan Besar, SingaporeFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1-5 (lost) 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification
47 May 2022 Thiên Trường Stadium, Nam Định, VietnamFlag of Laos.svg  Laos 2–2 (draw) 2021 Southeast Asian Games
59 May 2022 Thiên Trường Stadium, Nam Định, VietnamFlag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 0–5 (lost) 2021 Southeast Asian Games
614 May 2022 Thiên Trường Stadium, Nam Định, VietnamFlag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 2–2 (draw) 2021 Southeast Asian Games

U19 International caps

NoDateVenueOpponentResultCompetition
11 July 2018 Gelora Joko Samudro Stadium, Gresik, IndonesiaFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 1-2 (lost) 2018 AFF U-18 Youth Championship
23 July 2018 Gelora Joko Samudro Stadium, Gresik, IndonesiaFlag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 0-4 (lost) 2018 AFF U-18 Youth Championship
35 July 2018 Gelora Joko Samudro Stadium, Gresik, IndonesiaFlag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 0-6 (lost) 2018 AFF U-18 Youth Championship
47 July 2018 Gelora Joko Samudro Stadium, Gresik, IndonesiaFlag of Laos.svg  Laos 0-5 (lost) 2018 AFF U-18 Youth Championship
59 July 2018 Gelora Joko Samudro Stadium, Gresik, IndonesiaFlag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 2-2 (draw) 2018 AFF U-18 Youth Championship

U16 International caps

NoDateVenueOpponentResultCompetition
130 July 2015 Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, CambodiaFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 4-1 (won) 2015 AFF U-16 Youth Championship
23 August 2015 Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, CambodiaFlag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 0-0 (draw) 2015 AFF U-16 Youth Championship
32 September 2015 Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, SingaporeFlag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 0-5 (lost) 2016 AFC U-16 Championship qualification
44 September 2015 Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, SingaporeFlag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 0-3 (lost) 2016 AFC U-16 Championship qualification
56 September 2015 Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, SingaporeFlag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 3-1 (won) 2016 AFC U-16 Championship qualification
610 July 2016 Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, CambodiaFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 3-1 (win) 2016 AFF U-16 Youth Championship
712 July 2016 Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, CambodiaFlag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar 1-4 (lost) 2016 AFF U-16 Youth Championship
814 July 2016 Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, CambodiaFlag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 0-2 (lost) 2016 AFF U-16 Youth Championship
916 July 2016 Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, CambodiaFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2-6 (lost) 2016 AFF U-16 Youth Championship
1018 July 2016 Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, CambodiaFlag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 0-3 (lost) 2016 AFF U-16 Youth Championship

U16 International goals

Scores and results list Singapore's goal tally first.
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.10 July 2016 Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, CambodiaFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
3–0
3-1
 2016 AFF U-16 Youth Championship

Honours

Tampines Rovers

References

  1. ↑ "Dollah Kassim Award: Winner Joel Chew thanks supportive parents". 20 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Singapore start AFF Under-19 C'ship campaign against Philippines on Sunday". The Straits Times. 29 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Joel Chew learns to play smarter against bigger opponents". 13 November 2017.
  4. ↑ Joel Chew at Soccerway . Retrieved 15 April 2019.
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