Muhammad Hami Syahin bin Said (born 16 December 1998) is a Singaporean professional footballer who plays as a central-midfielder or defensive-midfielder for Singapore Premier League club Lion City Sailors and the Singapore national team.
 Hami playing for Lion City Sailors in 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Muhammad Hami Syahin bin Said | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 December 1998 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Singapore | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Lion City Sailors | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
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| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Young Lions | 64 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Home United | 21 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Young Lions | 18 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Lion City Sailors | 37 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Singapore U19 | 13 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2020 | Singapore U22 | 21 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016– | Singapore | 26 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 November 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 December 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
Beginnings and breakthrough
editYouth career
editOn 13 March 2015, He was selected for a 10-day training stint in France with Ben Davies and Muhelmy Suhaimi and played in two friendly matches for FC Metz, against RC Strasbourg on their second day there, and FC Sarrebourg, a day before they were scheduled to return home.
Club career
editYoung Lions
editHami began his club career with S.League club Young Lions in November 2015. However, he made zero appearance for the club. In the 2016 season, Hami earned his first appearances and played almost all matches throughout the 2016 S.League season. He scored his first goal against Warriors.[1]
Home United
editOn 3 February 2019, Hami joined Home United from Young Lions ahead of the 2019 Singapore Premier League season.[2]
During Home United's 2019 AFC Cup Group H opening match, Hami scored a long range volley to equalise against Indonesian side PSM Makassar to secure a point with a 1-1 draw.[2]
Hami scored the decisive penalty for Home United in the 2019 Singapore Community Shield.[3] Due to a combination of injuries to Izzdin Shafiq as well as the constant coaching changes, Hami was mainly deployed in the defensive midfield position.
Return to Young Lions
editOn 4 November 2020, Hami re-joined his former club, Young Lions as he is serving his compulsory two years National services.
Lion City Sailors
editIn January 2022, Hami joined Lion City Sailors after he completed his National services commitments. On 9 December 2023, he lifted his first ever cup win which is the 2023 Singapore Cup. On 18 June 2024, Hami make his 50th appearance for the club.
International career
editYouth
editHami was initially selected in the 40 players provisional squad by head coach V. Sundramoorthy for the 2016 AFF Championship.[4] However, he was not included in the final 23 man squad to take part in the competition.[5]
Hami was called up in June 2017 for a closed door friendly against Myanmar on 6 June 2017, 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification match against Chinese Taipei on 10 June 2017 and a friendly against Argentina on 13 June 2017.[6]
Hami was also called up for 2017 Southeast Asian Games.[7]
Senior
editHami made his official debut for Singapore on 5 September 2019, against Yemen in an eventual 2-2 draw.
In 2022, Hami was included in the team for the 2022 FAS Tri-Nations Series and 2022 AFF Championship.[8][9]
On 18 November 2024, Hami captained Singapore during a friendly match against Chinese Taipei.
Others
editSingapore Selection Squad
editHe was selected as part of the Singapore Selection squad for The Sultan of Selangor's Cup to be held on 6 May 2017.[10]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 24 June 2024.. Caps and goals may not be correct.
| Club | Season | S.League | Singapore Cup | League Cup Charity Shield |
Asia | Total | |||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Young Lions | 2015 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | — | 23 | 2 | ||
| 2017 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 22 | 3 | ||
| Total | 63 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 5 | |
| Home United | 2019 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 5 | 1 | 26 | 3 |
| Total | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 3 | |
| Young Lions | 2020 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2021 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | |
| Total | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | |
| Lion City Sailors | 2022 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 2023 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 2 | |
| 2024–25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 38 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 50 | 3 | |
| Career total | 137 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 158 | 15 | |
- Young Lions are ineligible for qualification to AFC competitions in their respective leagues.
International
editInternational caps
edit| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Competition |
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| 15 | 23 March 2023 | Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong |  Hong Kong |
1–1 (draw) | Friendly |
| 16 | 26 March 2023 | Macau Olympic Complex Stadium, Macau |  Macau |
1–0 (won) | Friendly |
| 17 | 12 Sept 2023 | Bishan Stadium, Singapore |  Chinese Taipei |
3-1 (win) | Friendly |
Honours
editClub
editLion City Sailors
edit- Singapore Cup: 2023
- Singapore Community Shield: 2022, 2024
International
editSingapore U22
Individual
editSingapore Premier League Young Player of the Year: 2019
References
edit- ^ "Club career".
- ^ a b Auto, Hermes (27 February 2019). "Football: Impressive Hami Syahin rescues a point for Home United in AFC Cup opener | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ "Football: Home United claim Community Shield in 5-4 shoot-out win over Albirex Niigata". 23 February 2019.
- ^ "2016 AFF Championship rules" (PDF).
- ^ "Call up for national team" (PDF).
- ^ "Call up for against Myanmar, Chinese Taipei and Argentina". Archived from the original on 9 July 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- ^ "Hami Syahin aims to make most of 'shock' Lions call-up". TODAY. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ Auto, Hermes (17 March 2022). "Football: Four uncapped players called up for Singapore's March friendlies | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ Tan, Amanda (20 December 2022). "Five players in Singapore squad to take part in AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup 2022 for the first time". youthopia.sg. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ "SINGAPORE SELECTION SQUAD FOR THE SULTAN OF SELANGor's CUP REVEALED | the Football Association of Singapore". Archived from the original on 28 June 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017.