V. Saravanan

V. Saravanan (born 11 January 1978) is a former Malaysian football player.

In this Indian name, the name Vellu is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Saravanan. The abbreviation "a/l" (anak lelaki) or "a/p" (anak perempuan), if used, means "son of" or "daughter of" in Malay respectively.

V. Saravanan
Personal information
Full name Saravanan a/l Vellu
Date of birth (1978-01-11) 11 January 1978
Place of birth Perak, Malaysia
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position(s) Striker
Youth career
1997–1998 Perak FA
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–1999 Perak FA
2000 Kuala Lumpur FA
2001–2004 Perak FA
2005–2008 UPB-MyTeam FC
2009 ATM FA
2011 PKNS FC
National team
1997–1998 Malaysia U-21
1999–2000 Malaysia U-23
2000–2004 Malaysia 38 (19)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Saravanan spent majority of his football career at Perak FA, winning Malaysia Cup, Premier One league title and Malaysia FA Cup. He also played for UPB-MyTeam FC, ATM FA and PKNS FC.

Saravanan also represents Malaysia 43times from 1999 to 2004, scoring 21.Last goal against Thailand in a 2004 friendly match.[1] Early in his career, he was in the Malaysia national under-21 football team that competes in the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, held in Malaysia.[2]

He retired from professional football at the end of 2011 to move with his girlfriend to Finland.[3]

Personal life

His girlfriend, Satu Johanna Ekholm is a physiotherapist from Finland, working with the National Sports Council of Malaysia. He is also the coach of a Helsinki based junior football team Gnistan[4]

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.18 August 2004Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Thailand1–2WonFriendly

References
  1. http://www.ganusoccer.net/v6/en/forum/6-bola-malaysia-umung-msia-soccer/6980-keratan-akhbar-bola-msia-umung.html
  2. https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=182252/index.html
  3. Vijhay Vick (21 December 2011). "Finland beckons for Saravanan". Malay Mail viaYahoo! Malaysia News. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  4. Jonathan Fernandez (16 February 2010). "Satu 'Florence Nightingale' for Saravanan". Malay Mail retrieved via Google Cache. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
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