Ahmad Paijan Explained

Ahmad Paijan is a former Singaporean football midfielder who played for Tiong Bahru and Terengganu.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Career

He had successful career with Singaporean sided, Tiong Bahru went he won 5 titles with them. After joined Malaysian sided, Terengganu, he helped the team won Malaysia Division 2 league in 1990. In the 1992 season, he carried the team to recorded their highest ever finish in the Division 1 league when they finished as runner-up to Pahang.

In late 1995, he became the second Malaysian naturalised player after Razali Alias when he received his Malaysian citizenship after 13 years of playing for Terengganu.^[4] Thus, Terengganu registered him as a local player in 1996 but he couldn't represent Malaysia because he had played for Singapore national team.

Honours

Club

Tiong Bahru

• National Football League Division One: 1983, 1987
• President's Cup

1982, 1985, 1987

Terengganu

• Malaysia Division 2

1990

Notes and References

1. Web site: Terengganu renew interest in Sundram . Today . 23 November 2021.
2. Web site: Kembali Ke Padang Demi Lagenda Terengganu. ms. Penyusukan. 9 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200818171118/http://penyusukan.com/v1/kembali-ke-padang-demi-lagenda-terengganu/. 18 August 2020. dead.
3. https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Search?ST=1&AT=search&k=Ahmad%20Paijan National Library of Singapore.
4. Web site: Young and daring . New Straits Times . 9 March 1996 . 23 February 2023 .