R. Sasikumar

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R. Sasikumar
Personal information
Full name Ramu Sasikumar
Place of birth Singapore
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1994 Gibraltar Crescent
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995 Singapore FA
1996 Singapore Armed Forces
1996-1997 Geylang United
1998-2001 Home United
2002 Jurong Town
2003 Tampines Rovers
2004 Home United
International career
1995–2000 Singapore 16 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ramu Sasikumar, or R. Sasikumar for short, is a retired Singaporean footballer. He is known for scoring the winning and solitary goal for Singapore in the 1998 AFF Championship Final which secures Singapore first ever continental title. He currently manages the Red Card Group, a sports marketing firm. [1]

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Playing career

Sasikumar became famous after the final of the 1998 AFF Championship, when Singapore played against hosts Vietnam. In the 70th minute, he scored a goal with his shoulder, which was dubbed the "Shoulder of God", [2] which won the Lions their first ever international title and breaking Vietnamese hearts. [3]

In 2000, Sasikumar retired from international football after Singapore exited the 2000 AFF Championship from the group stage. [2]

International goals

NoDateVenueOpponentResultCompetition
15 September 1998 Hanoi Stadium, Hanoi, VietnamFlag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 0–1 1998 AFF Championship

After football

After retiring from football, Sasikumar founded the Red Card Group, a sports marketing firm. [4]

In 2017, Sasikumar expressed interest in contesting the elections for the Football Association of Singapore council [4] but was not named as a candidate. [5]

Sasikumar also bought Admiralty in the 2nd division of the Singapore National Football League where his first signing was Senegalese-born Kampung Rawa player who was also named R.Sasikumar. [6]

Honours

Geylang United

Home United

Singapore

References

  1. ↑ Sundaresan, Keeshaanan (19 November 2014). "Exclusive: One on One with R. Sasikumar". FourthOfficial.com. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  2. 1 2 "'Kadir and I nearly came to blows!' - R.Sasikumar, the scorer of the winning goal at 1998 Tiger Cup | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "On the Record: R Sasikumar, former Lion, football critic, entrepreneur" . Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  4. 1 2 "R Sasikumar throws hat into FAS elections". TODAY. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  5. ↑ Auto, Hermes (29 April 2017). "Football: Team LKT wins FAS election, Lim Kia Tong is new chief of Singapore football | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "R. Sasikumar, Red Card Global". MONEY FM 89.3. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  7. ↑ Singh, Santokh (10 November 1996). "Geylang it is as Iranian Estili nets winning goal". The Straits Times. p. 44.
  8. ↑ "Football: Insiders reveal how the Lions won each of their 4 AFF Championships". The Straits Times. 2 December 2021.


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