Khairin Nadim

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Khairin Nadim
Personal information
Full name Khairin Nadim bin Rahim
Date of birth (2004-05-12) 12 May 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth Singapore
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Young Lions (on loan from Lion City Sailors)
Number 19
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020– Young Lions 23 (6)
2023– Lion City Sailors U21 0 (0)
2024– → Young Lions (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
2019–2021 Singapore U16 2 (2)
2022– Singapore U19 4 (1)
2021– Singapore U23 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:04, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 May 2022

Khairin Nadim bin Rahim (born 12 May 2004) is a Singaporean professional footballer who plays as a striker or left-winger for Singapore Premier League club Young Lions, on loan from Lion City Sailors. He was part of Goal Singapore's NxGn 2020 list as one of the country's biggest talents. [1]

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At 16 years and 194 days, Khairin became the youngest Singapore Premier League goalscorer of all time with his opening goal against Tampines Rovers on 17 November 2020 where he also become the youngest player ever to score five goals in the history of the league at 16 years old. At 15 years and 298 days, Khairin Nadim is the third youngest Singapore Premier League debutant ever.

Club career

Young Lions

Khairin signed for Young Lions in 2020. He made his professional debut on 1 March 2020 in a 1–4 lost against Hougang United when he was substituted in the 75th minute. [2] At 15 years and 298 days old, he became the youngest ever debutant in Singapore Premier League history before the record was broken on 31 March 2023 by Lion City Sailors player Nathan Mao at 15 years and 5 days old. [3]

Khairin then became the third-youngest player to score in Singapore’s professional football league in the Young Lions’ 3–1 lost to Tampines in the same year, missing Singapore captain Hariss Harun’s record by just 20 days. [4] Khairin continued his fine progress and broke yet another record when he scored against Geylang International on 20 March 2021. At just 16 years and 316 days old, Khairin became the youngest player ever to score five goals in Singapore Premier League eclipsing the previous record of 17 years and 102 days set by Geylang’s Zikos Chua in 2019. [4] His performance at the start of the 2021 Singapore Premier League earned him the SPL 'Young Player of the Month' award in March 2021. [4]

In 2023, he enlisted into the Singapore Armed Forces for his 2-years national services

International career

Youth

Khairin represent Singapore U16 at the 2020 AFC U-16 Championship qualification in 2019. [5]

Personal life

Khairin is a childhood Liverpool fan and cited Brazilian star, Neymar as his footballing idol growing up. [6]

Career statistics

Club

As of December 2022 [7]
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Young Lions 2020 Singapore Premier League 1230000123
2021 Singapore Premier League 1930000193
2022 Singapore Premier League 1810000181
2024–25 Singapore Premier League 1110000111
Total5080000508
Career total5080000508
Notes

    International

    U23 International caps

    NoDateVenueOpponentResultCompetition
    125 October 2021 Jalan Besar Stadium, Jalan Besar, SingaporeFlag of East Timor.svg  East Timor 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
    37 May 2022 Thiên Trường Stadium, Nam Định, VietnamFlag of Laos.svg  Laos 2-2 (draw) 2021 SEA Games
    49 May 2022 Thiên Trường Stadium, Nam Định, VietnamFlag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 0–5 (lost) 2021 SEA Games
    511 May 2022 Thiên Trường Stadium, Nam Định, VietnamFlag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 1-0 (won) 2021 SEA Games
    614 May 2022 Thiên Trường Stadium, Nam Định, VietnamFlag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 2-2 (draw) 2021 SEA Games

    U19 International caps

    NoDateVenueOpponentResultCompetition
    13 July 2022 Madya Stadium, Jakarta, IndonesiaFlag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 0-1 (lost) 2022 AFF U-19 Youth Championship
    25 July 2022 Madya Stadium, Jakarta, IndonesiaFlag of East Timor.svg  East Timor 0-1 (lost) 2022 AFF U-19 Youth Championship
    37 July 2022 Madya Stadium, Jakarta, IndonesiaFlag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 0-0 (draw) 2022 AFF U-19 Youth Championship
    49 July 2022 Madya Stadium, Jakarta, IndonesiaFlag of Laos.svg  Laos 1-3 (lost) 2022 AFF U-19 Youth Championship

    U19 International goals

    NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
    19 July 2022 Madya Stadium, Jakarta, IndonesiaFlag of Laos.svg  Laos 1–31-3 (lost) 2022 AFF U-19 Youth Championship

    U17 International caps

    NoDateVenueOpponentResultCompetition
    117 September 2019 Jalan Besar Stadium, Jalan Besar, SingaporeFlag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 1-2 (lost) 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification
    219 September 2019 Jalan Besar Stadium, Jalan Besar, SingaporeFlag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 1–6 (lost) 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification

    U17 International goals

    NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
    117 September 2019 Jalan Besar Stadium, Jalan Besar, SingaporeFlag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 1–01-2 (lost) 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification
    219 September 2019 Jalan Besar Stadium, Jalan Besar, SingaporeFlag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 1–31–6 (lost) 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification

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