Khairin Nadim

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Khairin Nadim
Personal information
Full name Khairin Nadim bin Rahim
Date of birth (2004-05-08) 8 May 2004 (age 21)
Place of birth Singapore
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Right winger, forward
Team information
Current team
 Vizela
Number 67
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2023 Young Lions 49 (7)
2023–2025 Lion City Sailors 0 (0)
2023–2024 → Young Lions (loan) 16 (1)
2025– Vizela 0 (0)
International career‡
2019–2021 Singapore U16 2 (2)
2022–2023 Singapore U19 4 (1)
2021– Singapore U23 6 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 May 2022

Khairin Nadim bin Rahim (born 8 May 2004) is a Singaporean professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Liga Portugal 2 club Vizela. 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 second-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] [5] 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]

Lion City Sailors

In early January 2023, Khairin was signed by Lion City Sailors where he was part of the club under-21 and academy squad. [6]

Loan to Young Lions

Midway through the year, he enlisted into the Singapore Armed Forces for his compulsory national service. Thus, he rejoined his former club Young Lions on loan in April 2024.

Vizela

On 5 February 2025, Khairin signed for Liga Portugal 2 club Vizela on a one-and-a-half year deal. [7] He will feature primarily for Vizela's U23 squad that competes in the Liga Revelação.

International career

Youth

Khairin represent Singapore U16 at the 2020 AFC U-16 Championship qualification in 2019. [8]

Personal life

Khairin is a childhood Liverpool fan and cited Brazilian star, Neymar as his footballing idol growing up. [9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 14 June 2025 [10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Young Lions 2020 Singapore Premier League 1230000——123
2021 Singapore Premier League1930000——193
2022 Singapore Premier League1811000——191
Total49710000000507
Lion City Sailors 2023 Singapore Premier League000000——00
Young Lions (loan) 2024–25 Singapore Premier League1610000——161
Vizela 2024–25 Liga Portugal 2 000000——00
2025–26 Liga Portugal 2000000——00
Total000000000000
Career total65810000000668

    International

    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
    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  Timor-Leste 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

    References

    1. ↑ "From Ilhan Fandi to Farhan Zulkifli - Meet the future of Singapore". Goal.
    2. ↑ "Tampines Rovers goalkeeper Syazwan Buhari plays starring role in win". The New Paper. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
    3. ↑ "Khairin Nadim, 15, becomes youngest ever SPL debutant". Singapore Premier League. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
    4. 1 2 3 "Young Lions' Khairin Nadim, 17, out to prove age is just a number". youthopia.sg. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
    5. ↑ "Lion City Sailors forward Khairin Nadim seals move to Portuguese side FC Vizela". Channel News Asia. 5 February 2025. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
    6. ↑ "Khairin Nadim earns move to Portuguese second-tier side FC Vizela". Lion City Sailors. 5 February 2025. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
    7. ↑ "Another Singaporean footballer in Portugal as Khairin Nadim joins second-tier club Vizela". The Straits Times. 6 February 2025. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
    8. ↑ "2020 AFC U16 Championship Qualifiers: Singapore suffer 2-1 defeat to Hong Kong; DPR Korea record 16-0 win!". FOX Sports Philippines. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
    9. ↑ "Neymar admirer, record breaker & schoolboy - Meet Young Lions sensation Khairin Nadim". Goal.
    10. ↑ Khairin Nadim at Soccerway . Retrieved 1 March 2020.
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