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Full name | Ruventhiran a/l Vengadesan [1] | |||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 24 August 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Klang, Selangor, Malaysia | |||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Left-back | |||||||||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Selangor | |||||||||||||||||||
Number | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2011 | CIMB-MBSA | |||||||||||||||||||
2012–2016 | CIMB-YFA Bintang Muda | |||||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | MISC-MIFA | |||||||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Selangor III & IV | |||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Petaling Jaya City | 38 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||
2023– | Selangor | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
2022– | Malaysia U23 | 4 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
2022– | Malaysia | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of January 10, 2023 |
Ruventhiran a/l Vengadesan (born 24 August 2001), simply known as V. Ruventhiran, is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as a left-back or a winger for Malaysia Super League side Selangor and the Malaysia national team.
Born in Klang, Selangor, Ruventhiran began playing football at the age of 5 at a small academy. He then moved to CIMB-MBSA, CIMB-YFA, and finally he went to Bayern Munich to represent CIMB by participating in Alliance League. [2] Ruventhiran continued his journey by joining MISC-MIFA for a year and later played for Belia Selangor before joining the Petaling Jaya City under-19 and progressing to the under-21.
At the end of 2020, he signed his first professional contract with the club. Ruventhiran was assigned the number 19 shirt and simultaneously made his professional and club debut on 7 March 2021 in a league match against Perak. [3] He scored his first goal for the club in a 1–1 draw against Penang on 18 April 2021. [4] [5]
In two years along with the main team, he made 41 appearances and recorded two goals and three assists. [6]
On 18 December 2022, Ruventhiran rejoin his former club Selangor, following departure of PJ City from a part in professional football. [7] [8]
On 20 May 2022, Ruventhiran was called up to join the Malaysia national team for the first time, ahead of two friendly matches against Brunei on 27 May 2022 and Hong Kong on 1 June 2022. [9] [10] He made his international debut for the senior team against Brunei, where he was substituted in the 62nd minute of a 4–0 win. [11]
He was a part of the squad to represent for 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifying matches, which helping guide senior team to the final tournament. [12] On 23 November 2022, he was named in Malaysia's preliminary 41-man squad for the 2022 AFF Championship, [13] being included in the final 23-man squad for the tournament. [14] [15]
He is the one of few players to play AFF tournament two times in a year.
Club | Season | League | Cup [lower-alpha 1] | League Cup [lower-alpha 2] | Continental [lower-alpha 3] | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Petaling Jaya City | 2021 | Malaysia Super League | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 21 | 3 | |
2022 | Malaysia Super League | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 25 | 1 | ||
Total | 38 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 4 | ||
Selangor | 2023 | Malaysia Super League | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |
2024–25 | Malaysia Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
Career total | 48 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 4 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Malaysia | 2022 | 6 | 0 |
2023 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 9 | 0 |
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