Marc Ryan Tan

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Marc Ryan Tan
Personal information
Full name Marc Ryan Tan Wei Ming
Date of birth (2002-01-18) 18 January 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth Singapore
Position(s) Forward, right wing
Team information
Current team
Tampines Rovers
Number 14
Youth career
National Football Academy
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2020 Young Lions 10 (0)
2021– Tampines Rovers 21 (4)
International career
2017 Singapore U16 6 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 May 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 February 2020

Marc Ryan Tan Wei Ming (born 18 January 2002) [1] is a Singaporean professional footballer who plays as a left-winger, right-winger or right-midfielder for Singapore Premier League club Tampines Rovers. [2] He is the son of former Singapore International footballer, Steven Tan.

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Club career

Early career

Marc, together with 4 other boys, impressed West Ham's academy coaches, who conducted a training camp for about 25 youth footballers in Singapore in November 2015. [3] They later went on trials and trainings with English clubs such as Wolverhampton Wanderers, Stoke City, Charlton Athletic FC and West Ham academy teams in 2016. [4] [5] The attacker models his game on Chile international Alexis Sánchez and England star Raheem Sterling. [6]

Young Lions

Marc signed with the Young Lions in 2019. However, he did not make his debut in the 2019 season. Marc made his professional debut on March 11, 2020 in a 3-0 lost against Geylang International. He was named in Goal Singapore's 2020 NxGn list as one of the country's biggest talents shortly after. [7]

Personal life

Tan was born on 18 January 2002 in Singapore and is the son of Singaporean footballing legend Steven Tan. He attended Maris Stella High School and Singapore Sports School before studying in Temasek Polytechnic. [8] His father is currently the head coach of the Temasek Polytechnic's football team.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 16 March 2022. Caps and goals may not be correct.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupAsiaTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Young Lions 2019 Singapore Premier League 10000010
2020 Singapore Premier League90000090
Total100000000100
Tampines Rovers 2021 Singapore Premier League143000050193
2022 Singapore Premier League7100000071
Total214000050264
Career total314000050364

International

U16 International caps

NoDateVenueOpponentResultCompetition
117 March 2017 Po Kong Village Road Park, Hong KongFlag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 0-6 (lost) 2017 Jockey Cup
218 March 2017 Po Kong Village Road Park, Hong KongFlag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1-5 (lost) 2017 Jockey Cup
319 March 2017 Po Kong Village Road Park, Hong KongFlag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 3-0 (won) 2017 Jockey Cup
420 September 2017 Wibawa Mukti Stadium, IndonesiaFlag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 1-6 (lost) 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification
522 September 2017 Wibawa Mukti Stadium, IndonesiaFlag of Japan.svg  Japan 0-11 (lost) 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification
624 September 2017 Wibawa Mukti Stadium, IndonesiaFlag of Guam.svg  Guam 9-1 (won) 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification

U16 International goals

NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
119 March 2017 Po Kong Village Road Park, Hong KongFlag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 2-03-0 (won) 2017 Jockey Cup
220 September 2017 Wibawa Mukti Stadium, IndonesiaFlag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 1-31-6 (lost) 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification
324 September 2017 Wibawa Mukti Stadium, IndonesiaFlag of Guam.svg  Guam 1-09-1 (won) 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification
424 September 2017 Wibawa Mukti Stadium, IndonesiaFlag of Guam.svg  Guam 2-09-1 (won) 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification
524 September 2017 Wibawa Mukti Stadium, IndonesiaFlag of Guam.svg  Guam 3-09-1 (won) 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification
624 September 2017 Wibawa Mukti Stadium, IndonesiaFlag of Guam.svg  Guam 4-09-1 (won) 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification

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