| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Philippe Aw Thiam Hor | ||
| Date of birth | (1970-01-01)1 January 1970 (age 55) | ||
| Place of birth | Singapore | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998 | Balestier Khalsa | ||
| 1999–2002 | Home United | ||
| 2002–2006 | Police FC | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2013–2014 | Home United (Prime League) | ||
| 2014–2016 | Home United | ||
| 2017–2018 | Hougang United | ||
| 2019 | Singapore U15 | ||
| 2021 | Young Lions | ||
| 2022 | Singapore (Technical Director) | ||
| 2023 | Young Lions | ||
| 2023 | Singapore U22 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 July 2023 | |||
Philippe Aw Thiam Hor (born 1 January 1970) is a Singaporeanfootball coach and former professional player who was most recently the head coach of theSingapore U23 team.[1]
Aw mostly played as awinger and spent the majority of his professional career withHome United in the S.League.[2]
Aw started off in his youth experimenting with many different sports, initially focusing onbadminton, before switching to football. He went to Toh Tuck Secondary School where he played football, before moving to join the school team of Chestnut Drive Secondary School after the former institute closed down. Aw subsequently joined and captained the school football team ofNgee Ann Polytechnic in his third year of tertiary education, leading them to the title of Inter-Varsity Polytechnic (IVP) champions that year. Under the recommendation of his teammate Lim Soon Seng, who at that time played for Tiong Bahru in theSingapore National Football League Division One, Aw joined the amateur league side for training and represented the team competitively.[2]
In 1998, after coaches P. N. Sivaji and Arasu, who managed Aw at Tiong Bahru, moved to joinBalestier Khalsa, they brought him along and signed him on professional terms to play for the club. Aw made his debut the same year. The following year, after Aw had graduated fromNgee Ann Polytechnic, he joinedHome United while serving in theSingapore Police Force for hismandatory national service. After staying with the club for fourS.League seasons, Aw left to pursue his career as a full-time police officer, while playing for Police SA (now known asLion City Sailors) in theSingapore National Football League, until he retired from football by the end of 2006.[2]
In 2007, at the offer ofHome United'sPrime League coach Bernard Lim following his resignation from his job as a police officer, Aw rejoined Home United in a youth coaching role at the club's Centre of Excellence, where he focused on growing the talent pool of young footballers. He served in that capacity for six years spanning from 2007 till the end of 2012. The following year, Aw served as the club's Prime League coach, guiding them to be crowned as the2014 Prime League champions. Towards the end of 2014, Aw was offered the managerial role after his predecessor, South Korean managerLee Lim-saeng had left.[2]
Following Aw's induction as the manager of Home United, he set out to introduce an attractive brand of football, as well as promoting young players from the club's reserves to play for the senior team. In the2015 S.League season, Aw promoted several youngsters from the club's youth academy to the first team, such as R. Aaravin, Shahrin Saberin and Sufianto Salleh.[3]
On 8 April 2016, Aw was named by theFootball Association of Singapore to lead theSingapore Selection side that would participate in the 2016 Sultan of Selangor Cup.[4] Home United players such asAbdil Qaiyyim Mutalib andAzhar Sairudin were selected in the 18-men Singapore side, which also featured foreign S.League players includingKen Ilsø andStipe Plazibat.[5] The cup fixture eventually ended in a 1–1 (3–4 on penalties) win for the Singapore Selection side, despite Singapore defender Shahrin Saberin being sent off for a second yellow card in the 54th minute.[6]
Head coach Philippe Aw has been relieved of his duties with immediate effect and Assistant coachClement Teo has been installed as caretaker coach as reported byFOX Sports Asia in anarticle.
| Team | From | To | Record | Ref | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Home United | 5 December 2014 | 30 July 2016 | 55 | 21 | 14 | 20 | 038.2 | [7] |
| Hougang United | 1 January 2017 | 10 June 2018 | 43 | 12 | 10 | 21 | 027.9 | |
| Singapore U-16 | 17 January 2019 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 020.0 | ||
| Young Lions FC | 1 January 2021 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 015.8 | ||
| Total | 121 | 36 | 29 | 56 | 029.8 | — | ||
| Team | Season | Competition | Record | Ref | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Home United | 2015 | S.League | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 033.3 | |
| Singapore Cup | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 060.0 | |||
| Singapore League Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 050.0 | |||
| 2016 | S.League | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 037.5 | ||
| Singapore Cup | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 033.3 | |||
| Singapore League Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 050.0 | |||
| Total | 55 | 21 | 14 | 20 | 038.2 | — | ||