Philippe Aw Thiam Hor (born 1 January 1970) is a Singaporean football coach and former professional player who was most recently the head coach of the Singapore U23 team.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Philippe Aw Thiam Hor | ||
| Date of birth | 1 January 1970 | ||
| 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 | |||
Aw mostly played as a winger and spent the majority of his professional career with Home United in the S.League.[2]
Early life
editAw started off in his youth experimenting with many different sports, initially focusing on badminton, 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 of Ngee 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 the Singapore National Football League Division One, Aw joined the amateur league side for training and represented the team competitively.[2]
Club career
editIn 1998, after coaches P. N. Sivaji and Arasu, who managed Aw at Tiong Bahru, moved to join Balestier 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 from Ngee Ann Polytechnic, he joined Home United while serving in the Singapore Police Force for his mandatory national service. After staying with the club for four S.League seasons, Aw left to pursue his career as a full-time police officer, while playing for Police SA (now known as Lion City Sailors) in the Singapore National Football League, until he retired from football by the end of 2006.[2]
Coaching career
editIn 2007, at the offer of Home United's Prime 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 the 2014 Prime League champions. Towards the end of 2014, Aw was offered the managerial role after his predecessor, South Korean manager Lee 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 the 2015 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 the Football Association of Singapore to lead the Singapore Selection side that would participate in the 2016 Sultan of Selangor Cup.[4] Home United players such as Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib and Azhar Sairudin were selected in the 18-men Singapore side, which also featured foreign S.League players including Ken Ilsø and Stipe 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 coach Clement Teo has been installed as caretaker coach as reported by FOX Sports Asia in an article.
Career statistics
editManagerial
edit- As of 01:57, 18 Sept 2021 (UTC)
| Team | From | To | Record | Ref | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Home United | 5 December 2014 | 30 July 2016 | 55 | 21 | 14 | 20 | 38.2 | [7] |
| Hougang United | 1 January 2017 | 10 June 2018 | 43 | 12 | 10 | 21 | 27.9 | |
| Singapore U-16 | 17 January 2019 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 20.0 | ||
| Young Lions FC | 1 January 2021 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15.8 | ||
| Total | 121 | 36 | 29 | 56 | 29.8 | — | ||
| Team | Season | Competition | Record | Ref | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Home United | 2015 | S.League | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 33.3 | |
| Singapore Cup | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 60.0 | |||
| Singapore League Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.0 | |||
| 2016 | S.League | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 37.5 | ||
| Singapore Cup | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33.3 | |||
| Singapore League Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.0 | |||
| Total | 55 | 21 | 14 | 20 | 38.2 | — | ||
Honours
editPlayer
editClub
editHome United
edit- S.League
- Winner: 1999
- Singapore Cup
- Winner: 2000, 2001
Manager
editClub
editHome United
edit- Singapore Cup
- Runner-up: 2015
- Prime League
- Winner: 2014
International
edit- Sultan of Selangor Cup
- Winner: 2016[6]
References
edit- ^ "Technical Staff". Home United Football Club. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- ^ a b c d Leong, Kelvin (8 October 2015). "Aw always wanted to come Home to S.League". ESPN FC. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- ^ Tan, Kenneth (2 February 2016). "Coach Profile - Philippe Aw, Home United". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- ^ "Philippe Aw to coach Singapore in Sultan of Selangor Cup". FourFourTwo. 8 April 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
- ^ "THE SULTAN OF SELANGOR'S CUP 2016 SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENT". The Football Association of Singapore. 5 May 2016. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
- ^ a b Lim, Ryan (8 May 2016). "Sultan of Selangor Cup news: Philippe Aw: 10-Men Singapore Selection were fantastic". Goal.com. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- ^ Osman, Shamir (11 December 2014). "South Korean Lee resigns as coach of Home United". The New Paper. Singapore Press Holdings. Archived from the original on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
External links
edit- Philippe Aw at Soccerway