Mohd Noor Ali

Mohd Noor Ali is a Singaporean former footballer and current head coach.

Mohd Noor Ali
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-05-16) 16 May 1975
Place of birth Singapore
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder, Forward
Club information
Current team
 Geylang International FC (Head Coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999 Tampines Rovers 0 (0)
2000–2004 Geylang United 98 (42)
2005–2007 Singapore Armed Forces 83 (20)
2008–2009 Geylang United 63 (10)
2010–2011 Woodlands Wellington
2011 Hougang United
2012 Admiralty
2013 Geylang International
National team‡
1998 – 2004 Singapore 36 (6)
Teams managed
2017 Geylang International
2018 Matsumoto Yamaga U18 B Team
2019– Geylang International FC
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 July 2012
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 October 2009

Club career

Throughout his career, he played as a midfielder or winger for Tampines Rovers, Geylang United, SAFFC, Woodlands Wellington and Hougang United in the S.League, as well as Admiralty FC in the NFL Division 2 before hanging up his boots. He returned to club action for Geylang International in the 2013 season during an injury crisis at the 2nd half of the season.[1][2]

He helped mastermind one of the greatest shock in Singapore football when he aided Geylang United to the 2001 S.League title. However, the season ended in disaster when they were thrashed 8-0 by Home United in the Singapore Cup final, a match in which Noor Ali was sent off.[3] During this time he started a partnership with Aleksandar Duric when they played together for Geylang United and SAFFC.

Noor Ali was charged by FAS in 2003 with placing bets on S-League games, thus breaching the S-League Players' Code of Conduct, and banned for the season.

He captained SAFFC to their 5th league title in 2006, despite losing the last match of the season to former club Geylang United.[4][5]

He won the Singapore Cup in 2009 while playing for Geylang United.[6]

International career

Mohd Noor Ali made his international debut for Singapore in 1998 and has not been selected since 2004. In total, he made 36 appearances for the Lions.[7]

National team career statistics

Goals (partial) for Senior National Team
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.December 20, 2004SingaporeLaos2-1Won2002 Tiger Cup
2.December 22, 2004SingaporeThailand1-1Draw2002 Tiger Cup

Coaching career

He became the assistant coach for Geylang International FC for the 2017 S.League season.

He became the permanent head coach for The Eagles on 20 June 2017.

He guided Geylang International FC for a fourth-place finish in the 2017 S.League season. It was the first time since 14 years that they finished in the top 4 place.

In January 2018, he left Geylang International FC after he was sent to Matsumoto Yamaga FC for 10-month training stint to have a better experience in coaching. He was replaced by Hirotaka Usui. Noor Ali's stint in Japan proved to be a fruitful one as he guided the Matsumoto Yamaga U-18 ‘B’ team to the Takamado Cup JFA U-18 Football League 2018 Nagano Prefecture title. His side won 11 matches and lost only 3 while scoring 37 goals and only conceding 11 en route to the title.[8] He returned to his position at Geylang after his Yamaga's stint.

Personal life

His brother, Jamil Ali, is also a former professional footballer.

Honours

Club

As Player

SAFFC

Geylang United

As Coach
  • Takamado Cup JFA U-18 Football League Nagano Prefecture: 2018

International

Singapore

  • ASEAN Football Championship: 1998

References
  1. "Noor back at Geylang as coach". The New Paper. Archived from the original on 2013-04-18.
  2. "A chat with Prime League coach Noor Ali". Geylang United Football Club. Archived from the original on 2013-04-18.
  3. Duric, Aleksander (2016). Beyond Borders. Singapore: Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd. ISBN 9814751456.
  4. "SAF Warriors bag S-League title". https://www.mindef.gov.sg:80/content/imindef/resourcelibrary/cyberpioneer/topics/articles/news/2006/November/09nov06_news.html. Retrieved 2018-09-18. External link in |website= (help)
  5. "Armed Forces take title | The World Game". The World Game. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  6. "Football Association of Singapore". fas.org.sg. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  7. "Noor Ali: I feel old being called a "veteran"!". FourFourTwo. 2016-05-07. Archived from the original on 2018-09-18. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  8. "Singapore's Noor Ali guides Yamaga U-18 'B' team to league title in Japan". FourFourTwo. 2018-09-17. Archived from the original on 2018-10-07. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
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