Aide Iskandar

Football player infobox
playername = Aide Iskandar


fullname = Aide Iskandar
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1975|5|28
cityofbirth = |Singapore
countryofbirth = Singapore
position = Defender
currentclub = Geylang United FC
clubnumber = 5
height = 182 cm
weight = 72kg
youthclubs =
youthyears =
years = 1996-2005
2005-2007
2006
2007-present
clubs = Home United
Johor FA
→Tampines Rovers(loan)
Geylang United
caps(goals) = 135 (16)
23 (2)
18 (1)
43 (0)
nationalyears = 1995-2007
nationalteam = Singapore
nationalcaps(goals) = 120 (0)
pcupdate =November 10,2007
ntupdate =November 10,2007

Aide Iskandar (born May 28 1975, in Singapore) is a professional soccer player who played for the Singapore national football team. Aide was the captain of the team which won the Tiger Cup regional soccer championship in 2005 and 2007. He was also a member of the Singapore team which won the Tiger Cup in 1998.

Football career

He spent 10 years with Home United FC in the S-league before opting to join Johor FA in the Malaysian League in November 2005. He then went on loan at Tampines Rovers FC for the 2006 season in Singapore. For the 2007–08 season, he moved to Geylang United FC.

In September 2007, he was banned for five games and was fined SGD$2500 for insulting the referee after his team, Geylang United lost controversially to Home United by conceding two goals in the final five minutes. It was reported in the papers that he said, "How much did you bet on the game, ref?".Fact|date=May 2008

Because of that incident, he was dropped from the national team for the game against UAE and missed the World Cup qualifier against Palestine. However, he was recalled up on Tuesday following the notice that Aide's five-match S.League ban has been suspended pending the player's appeal. [http://www.sleague.com/new0101.asp?ID=2263]

On November 9 2007, just hours before the kick off of the World Cup 2010 qualifiers against Tajikistan, he sensationally retired from international football, and by doing so, he handed the skipper's armband to Indra Sahdan Daud. [ [http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/printfriendly/0,4139,149551,00.html No turning back for Aide - DEC 3, 2007 ] ]

In April 2008, it was announced that Aide would become the Technical Director of a proposed A.C. Milan Junior School which would begin operations in Singapore late 2008. [ [http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/341613/1/.html Channelnewsasia.com ] ] Aide is also a fan of the Italian Serie A club.

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