Kadir Yahaya
Personal information
Full name Abdul Kadir Yahaya
Date of birth (1968-02-15) 15 February 1968
Place of birth Singapore
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–2001 Geylang International
International career
1993–1999 Singapore 18+ (0+)
Managerial career
2000–2005 National Football Academy
2006–2009 Pelita Jaya (Assistant coach)
2010 National Football Academy
2012 LionsXII (Assistant coach)
2012–2022 St. Joseph's Institution
2013 Singapore U-23 (Assistant coach)
2019–2020 Tampines Rovers
2022– BG Pathum United (Head of youth)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kadir Yahaya (born in Singapore) is a Singaporean retired footballer.[1][2] He is currently the Head of youth at Thai League 1 club, BG Pathum United.

Kadir had spent most of his playing career playing for Geylang International and also spent his time into the development of future footballers as a coach.

Coaching career

National Football Academy

Kadir was the coach of the National Football Academy from 2000 to 2005.

Pelita Jaya

In 2007, Kadir joined FandI Ahmad as his assistant coach at Indonesian club, Pelita Jaya until 2009.

National Football Academy

In February 2010, Kadir became the coach of the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympics football team after former coach David Sivalingam died of a heart attack in November 2009.[3] The team went on to win 4–1 against Montenegro with goals from Hanafi Akbar and Ammirul Emmran to clinch the bronze medal in the Youth Olympics.[4]

LionsXII

In 2012, Kadir reunited with FandI Ahmad as his assistant coach at LionsXII for the 2012 Malaysia Super League season.

St. Joseph's Institution

After he left the team, Kadir joined St. Joseph's Institution as the head coach in 2012

Singapore U-23

Kadir joined Aide Iskandar as his assistant coach for Singapore U-23 in the 2015 SEA Games.

Tampines Rovers

In December 2018, Kadir was appointed as head coach and also served as an adviser to Gavin Lee of Tampines Rovers for the 2019 Season. In his first season, he guided the club to win the 2019 Singapore Cup.[5]


BG Pathum United

On 3 December 2022, Kadir signed a two-year contract as the head of youth football at Thai League 1 club, BG Pathum United.


Honours

Manager

Tampines Rovers

References

  1. ↑ Osman, Shamir (2016-11-18). "Money talks". The New Paper. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
  2. ↑ Osman, Shamir (2017-03-20). "Kadir: Next FAS chief must be a game changer". The New Paper. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
  3. ↑ "Stay, Kadir, Stay". www.asiaone.com. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
  4. ↑ "Bronze-winning Cubs' coach swamped with hate mail". www.asiaone.com. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
  5. ↑ Chia, Nicole (2019-04-18). "Stags coach Kadir urges better focus after last-gasp goals". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
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