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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mohammad Isa bin Abdul Halim | ||
| Date of birth | (1986-05-15)15 May 1986 (age 38) | ||
| Place of birth | Singapore | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive-midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2004 | National Football Academy | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005 | Woodlands Wellington | 25 | (0) |
| 2005–2009 | Young Lions | 69 | (3) |
| 2009–2011 | Home United | 50 | (0) |
| 2012–2015 | LionsXII | 77 | (6) |
| 2015 | Tampines Rovers | 29 | (5) |
| 2016–2017 | Geylang International | 35 | (5) |
| Total | 285 | (19) | |
| International career | |||
| 2005–2013 | Singapore | 63 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2017–2024 | Singapore Sports School | ||
| 2024– | Tokyo Verdy (Training coach) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mohammad Isa bin Abdul Halim (born 15 May 1986) is aSingaporean formerfootballer who last played as adefensive-midfielder forSingapore Premier League clubGeylang International and theSingapore national team. He started out playing football as acentre-forward in his youth.
Isa holds a AFC ‘A’ Diploma Coaching license.
Isa started his professional career at the age of 19 playing forWoodlands Wellington in the2005 S.League season. In his first season, he was part of the club starting line up in the 2005 Singapore Cup final where Woodlands Wellington lost 3–2 toHome United.
In 2006, Isa moved to Young Lions while he was serving his compulsoryNational Service. On 22 May 2006, he scored his first professional career goal in a 3–0 win overAlbirex Niigata (S).
In the2008 S.League season, Isa was named the club captain for the campaign.
On 23 April 2009, Isa moved toHome United after 4 seasons at Young Lions. He make his club debut on 25 April in a 4–0 lost againstSuper Reds.
On 19 November 2011, Isa won his first major trophy after helping Home United to win the2011 Singapore Cup in a 1–0 win over Albirex Niigata (S).
On 9 December 2011, Isa was announced as a player for the newly created club,LionsXII which will compete in the2012 Malaysia Super League. In the club debut season, they ended up as the runner-ups in the league. After Hariss Harun left the club, Isa was made the club captain in the 2015 season.
Isa was part of the club player that help to win the2013 Malaysia Super League and the2015 Malaysia FA Cup.[1]
On 27 June 2015, after the dissolvement ofLionsXII, Isa joinedTampines Rovers, in the process teaming up with his former coachV. Sundramoorthy.[2] He make his debut on 1 July in the2015 Singapore League Cup match againstWarriors.
In January 2016, Isa moved to rivals,Geylang International for the2016 season where he was named as the club captain for the campaign. He make his debut on 25 February coming on as a late substitution in a 2–0 win over Young Lions.
In January 2018, Isa announced his retirement from football.
Isa was also part of theSingapore U23 team that took part in the2005 Southeast Asian Games in Philippines and also won a bronze medal for the 2007 edition inKorat, Thailand.
Isa made his debut for theSingapore on 11 October 2005 againstCambodia.[3]
Isa was part of the team that won the2007 AFF Championship and the2012 AFF Championship.
On 29 February 2012, he scored his first international goal in a 7–1 lost againstIraq during the2014 FIFA World Cup qualification at theGrand Hamad Stadium.
After hanging up his playing boots in 2017, Isa made the switch to coaching where he became theSingapore Sports School football head coach. In 2023, he guided them to win the 'B' Division boys’ League One championship final where it was the school's first national title since 2018.
As part of the ‘Coaches Overseas Attachment’ pilot programme by 'Unleash The Roar' football project, Isa alongsideNoh Alam Shah embarked on an overseas coaching attachment with Japanese top-flight clubTokyo Verdy of theJ1 League. Both Isa and Alam Shah are the first batch of coaches under the programme where they will be immersed in the day-to-day running of the club. The duo hold an Asian Football Confederation ‘A’ Diploma Coaching license, and will be support coaches for the Japanese team. They have started their overseas coaching attachment with Tokyo Verdy since 24 May 2024 and will be with the club until 10 December 2024.
According to an interview done in November 2007, Isa only got interested in football after watching a match Singapore andMalaysia with his grandfather. Isa started playing football competitively when he was 13 years old, back in his secondary school days, playing forGreenridge Secondary School. But it was only two years later when he got selected forWoodlands Wellington's and Singapore Under-16 teams did he take football seriously.[4]
Isa used to front the football side of things for German-sportswear company,Adidas in Singapore along with other teammates in the national team likeLionel Lewis. In February 2008, he with a dozen other world-renowned footballers likeLionel Messi,Arjen Robben andDavid Villa graced the Adidas worldwide launch of the F50 TUNiT football boot at the Centre Convencions Internacional in Barcelona, Spain.
In 2015, Isa became theNKF Ambassador where he promote healthy living and prevent kidney disease.
In 2020, He has switched over toPuma along with other Singaporean footballers such asShi Jiayi,Juma'at Jantan,Lionel Lewis and Erwan Gunawan.
International goals
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 February 2012 | Grand Hamad Stadium,Doha, Qatar |  Iraq | 3–1 | 7–1 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |