V. Saravanan

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In this Indian name, the name Vellu is a patronymic, 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 (age 44)
Place of birth Perak, Malaysia
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
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
1999–2004 Malaysia 19 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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

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 19 times from 1999 to 2004.[1] His only international goals was against Thailand in a 2004 friendly match. 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[]

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 18 August 2004 Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand  Thailand 1–2 Won Friendly

References[]

  1. ^ Malaysia - Record International Players – RSSSF.
  2. ^ FIFA.com
  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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