Mohd Noor Ali

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Mohd Noor Ali
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-05-16) 16 May 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Singapore
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, Forward
Team information
Current team
 Geylang International FC (head coach)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999 Tampines Rovers 0 (0)
2000–2004 Geylang United 98 (42)
2005–2007 Singapore Armed Forces 83 (20)
2008–2009 Geylang United 63 (10)
2010–2011 Woodlands Wellington
2011 Hougang United
2012 Admiralty
2013 Geylang International
2014 Yishun Sentek Mariners 0 (0)
International career
1998–2004 Singapore 45 (7)
Managerial career
2017 Geylang International
2018 Matsumoto Yamaga U18
2019– Geylang International
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mohd Noor Ali is a Singapore former footballer where he used to represents the Singapore national team. He is currently the head coach of Singapore Premier League club Geylang International.

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Playing career

Throughout his career, Noor Ali played as a midfielder or winger for Tampines Rovers, Geylang United, SAFFC, Woodlands Wellington and Hougang United in the S.League, as well as Admiralty in the NFL Division 2 before hanging up his boots. He returned to club action for Geylang International in the 2013 season during an injury crisis in the 2nd half of the season at the age of 38. [1] [2]


Noor Ali helped mastermind one of the greatest shock in Singapore league history when he aided Geylang United to the 2001 S.League title. However, the season ended in disaster when they were thrashed 8–0 by Home United in the 2001 Singapore Cup final, a match in which Noor Ali was sent off. [3] During this time he started a partnership with Aleksandar Đurić when they played together for Geylang United and SAFFC.

Noor Ali captained SAFFC to their 5th and 6th league title in 2006 and 2007, despite losing the last match of the season to former club Geylang United. [4] [5]

Noor Ali won the Singapore Cup in 2009 while playing for Geylang United. [6]

International career

Noor Ali made his international debut for Singapore on 28 March 1998 where he scored on his debut in a 3–0 win over Cambodia during the 1998 AFF Championship qualification. He was part of the Singapore squad that won the 1998 AFF Championship.

In total, he made 36 appearances for the Lions. [7]

Coaching career

Geylang International

Noor Ali became the assistant coach for Geylang International for the 2017 S.League season under Hasrin Jailani however on 20 June 2017, Hasrin resigned and Noor Ali became the head coach for club until the end of the season. He guided Geylang International for a fourth-place finish in the 2017 S.League season. It was the first time since 14 years that they finished in the top 4 place.

Matsumoto Yamaga U18

In January 2018, Noor Alileft Geylang International after he was sent to Matsumoto Yamaga for 10-month training stint to have a better experience in coaching. He was replaced by Hirotaka Usui. Noor Ali's stint in Japan proved to be a fruitful one as he guided the Matsumoto Yamaga U-18 ‘B’ team to the Takamado Cup JFA U-18 Football League 2018 Nagano Prefecture title. His side won 11 matches and lost only 3 while scoring 37 goals and only conceding 11 en route to the title. [8]

Return to Geylang International

Noor Ali returned to his position at Geylang on 21 December 2018 after his Yamaga's stint. [9]

Personal life

Noor Ali's older brother, Jamil Ali, is also a former professional footballer. He has four children, with both of his son, Ilhan Noor and Raiyan Noor also a footballer playing for Geylang International which Noor Ali coached. [10]

In September 2022, Noor Ali was hospitalised for heart palpitations and discovered complications in his heart. [11]

Controversial

Noor Ali was charged by FAS in 2003 with placing bets on S.League matches, thus breaching the S-League Players' Code of Conduct, and banned for the season.

International statistics

International goals

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
128 March 1998 Jurong Stadium, Jurong, SingaporeFlag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 3–03–0 1998 AFF Championship qualification
231 July 1999 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaFlag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 2–12–1 1999 SEA Games
39 October 1997 Centro Desportivo Olímpico - Estádio, Taipa, MacauFlag of Brunei.svg  Brunei 1–01–0 2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
49 February 2001 Singapore National Stadium, Kallang, SingaporeFlag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 1–21–2 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
59 April 2002 Bishan Stadium, Bishan, SingaporeFlag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 2–02–0 Friendly
620 December 2002 Singapore National Stadium, Kallang, SingaporeFlag of Laos.svg  Laos 2–12–1 2002 AFF Championship
722 December 2002 Singapore National Stadium, Kallang, SingaporeFlag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1–12–1

Honours

As Player

Club

SAFFC

Geylang United

International

Singapore

As Manager

Matsumoto Yamaga U18

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  2. ↑ "A chat with Prime League coach Noor Ali". Geylang United Football Club. Archived from the original on 2013-04-18.
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  4. ↑ "SAF Warriors bag S-League title". mindef.gov.sg. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  5. ↑ "Armed Forces take title | The World Game". The World Game. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  6. ↑ "Football Association of Singapore". fas.org.sg. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  7. ↑ "Noor Ali: I feel old being called a "veteran"!". FourFourTwo. 2016-05-07. Archived from the original on 2018-09-18. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
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