Salim Moin

Salim Moin

Salim Moin with Woodlands Wellington in 2012.
Personal information
Full name	Salim Bin Moin
Date of birth	26 September 1961
Place of birth	Singapore
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979-1993	Singapore FA	176	(63)
National team
	Singapore
Teams managed
2009–2010	Gombak United Prime League team
2011	Balestier Khalsa
2012–2013	Woodlands Wellington
2014	Tampines Rovers
2014	Woodlands Wellington
2015	Hougang United
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 March 2015.

Salim Moin is a former Singapore national footballer and also formerly the head coach of S.League club Hougang United in the S.League.

He was an ex-Singaporean international football player who played for the Lions in the Malaysia Cup during the 1980s alongside stars such as David Lee, Terry Pathmanathan, S. Anthonysamy, Malek Awab and Borhan Abu Samah. During his playing career, Salim served a six-year ban from 1984 for assaulting referee M. Kunalan in a President's Cup match between Jubilee and Farrer Park United in September 1983; The ban was lifted at the end of 1986 following a successful third appeal.^[1]

Coaching career

Salim Moin spent two seasons with Gombak United as their Prime League coach before he joined Balestier Khalsa Football Club for their 2011 S-League season. In 2012, he replaced R. Balasubramaniam as the head coach of Woodlands Wellington FC,^[2] who were seeking to rejuvenate their squad after two disappointing seasons as back to back wooden spoonists.

Several players from Balestier also followed Salim after his switch to Woodlands, including young midfielders Armanizam Dolah, Shamsurin Abdul Rahman and K. Sathiaraj, as well as custodian Ahmadulhaq Che Omar, who was back with a second stint at the northern club.

Although the Rams finished last with their third successive wooden spoon in as many seasons during their first season under Salim, he was working with players who were chosen under former Woodlands coach, R. Balasubramaniam. After a major clearout of the team following the end of the 2012 season, he was given a chance to transfer in some of his preferred players for the 2013 season. He has also targeted a top six finish for the club during a pre-season interview in December 2012,^[3] which is a higher target than the top eight finish set by the club a month earlier.^[4]

Appointed as Tampines Rovers head coach at the start of the 2014 season,^[5] Salim only lasts until 27 April 2014, when he resigned as Tampines coach following the club's exit from the 2014 AFC Cup.^[6]

Salim made his return to Woodlands Wellington as head coach in June 2014, replacing sacked Darren Stewart.^[7] After the merger of Woodlands Wellington with Hougang United in 2015, Salim was announced as the new head coach of Hougang United.^[8]

Coaching career statistics

League career statistics

Club	Season	P	W	D	L	Win %
Balestier Khalsa	2011	24	7	5	12	29.17
Woodlands Wellington	2012	24	3	5	16	12.50
Woodlands Wellington	2013	14	4	5	5	28.57

Key: P–games played, W–games won, D–games drawn; L–games lost, %–win percentage
Updated on 7 June 2013. Only data for matches played in the S.League are tabulated.

Cup competition statistics

• 2012 Singapore Cup - First Round
• 2012 Singapore League Cup - Plate Competition Semi-Finalists

Honours

Singapore FA

• Malaysia Cup: 1980
• Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Cup: 1989

References

1. "Still out in the cold". The Straits Times. 31 December 1986. p. 37.
2. "2012 S-League Preview".
3. "Salim: Expect A More Attack-Oriented Woodlands in 2013". Woodlands Wellington Football Club.
4. "Tay assures supporters of Rams' participation in 2013 S.League, targets top 8 finish". Woodlands Wellington Football Club.
5. "Salim Moin to coach Tampines Rovers".
6. Dan, Guen Chin (28 April 2014). "Rafi Ali to lead Tampines Rovers". Today.
7. https://sg.sports.yahoo.com/news/salim-moin-back-charge-woodlands-084500843.html
8. http://www.sleague.com/news-features/news/2015/february/hougang-united-to-retain-name-after-merger/