Isa Halim
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| Isa Halim | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mohd Isa Bin Mohd Halim | |
| Date of birth | May 15, 1986 | |
| Place of birth | Singapore | |
| Height | 175 cm | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Young Lions | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2001-2005 2005-Present |
Woodlands Wellington Young Lions |
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| National team2 | ||
| 2005-present | Singapore | 18 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Isa Halim is a Singaporean defensive midfielder for S-League side, Young Lions and also the Singapore national football team.
He was part of the team that won the 2007 ASEAN Football Championship. He was also part of the Singapore Under-23 team that took part in the 2005 Southeast Asian Games in Philippines and also won a bronze medal for the 2007 edition in Korat, Thailand.
According to an interview done in November 2007, Isa Halim only got interested in football after watching a match Singapore and Malaysia with his grandfather. Isa started playing football competitively when he was 13 years old, back in his secondary school days, playing for Greenridge Secondary School. But it was only when 2 years later when he got selected for Woodlands Wellington's and Singapore Under-16 teams did he take football seriously. [1]
He is currently playing for S-League side Young Lions as a defensive midfielder. Interestingly, he started out playing football playing as a center forward in his youth.
Isa Halim also fronts the football side of things for German-sportswear company, adidas in Singapore along with other team mates in the national team like Lionel Lewis. In February 2008, he with a dozen other world renowned footballers like Lionel Messi, Arjen Robben and David Villa graced the adidas worldwide launch of the F50 TUNiT football boot at the Centre Convencions Internacional in Barcelona, Spain.
