Goh Swee Swee
Goh Swee Swee (simplified Chinese: 吴瑞瑞; traditional Chinese: 吳瑞瑞; pinyin: Wú Ruì Ruì; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ngôo Suī-suī; born 1 June 1986) is a Singaporean footballer who plays for Hougang United in the S-League.
 Goh Swee Swee in action for Woodlands Wellington in a S.League match against Geylang United at Bedok Stadium on 21 June 2012. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Goh Swee Swee, Damien | ||
| Date of birth | 2 June 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Singapore | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Eunos Crescent | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2006 | Gombak United | 1 | (0) |
| 2007 | Home United | 10 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | Young Lions | 37 | (2) |
| 2010 | Balestier Khalsa | 12 | (0) |
| 2011–2014 | Woodlands Wellington | 93 | (10) |
| 2015 | Hougang United | 4 | (0) |
| 2017 | Eunos Crescent | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007 | Singapore | 0 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 March 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 October 2008 | |||
Club career
Goh started his S-league career with Gombak United but only played 1 game for the Bulls before joining Home United in 2007. At that time, the Protectors offered him a S.League contract while he was still on a Prime League contract with Gombak. He immediately repaid the favour to the Protectors by scoring a 90th-minute winner against Liaoning Guangyuan in his debut on 16 March 2007.[1]
However, Goh found it hard to start upfront with Home United having the likes of Peres de Oliveira, Indra Sahdan and Ludovick Takam in their ranks. As a result, he was often deployed as a rightback or right midfielder.
Goh was then transferred to the Courts Young Lions in 2008 and he played mostly as a midfielder for the Young Lions in the S.League.
Following his stint with the Young Lions, Goh had a brief spell at Balestier Khalsa in 2010 before switching over to his current club, Woodlands Wellington with fellow tiger, midfielder Han Yiguang in the 2011 pre-season. Goh is the second top scorer for Woodlands for the past 2 seasons, netting 5 goals after 31 appearances in 2011 and 4 goals in 23 appearances in 2012.
Goh achieved a personal milestone when he led Woodlands Wellington out during their match against Home United at Bishan Stadium as the team captain in the first time in his career on 5 March 2013.[2]
Goh signed for 2016 Singapore National Football League champions Eunos Crescent for the 2017 NFL season.
Career statistics
- As of 16 July 2013
| Club Performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singapore | S.League | Singapore Cup | League Cup | |||||||||
| Club | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |  |
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Apps | Goals |
| Young Lions | 2009 | 8 (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 (2) | 1 |
| Balestier Khalsa | 2010 | 4 (8) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 (9) | 0 |
| Woodlands Wellington | 2011 | 21 (9) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 22 (9) | 5 |
| 2012 | 20 (3) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 23 (3) | 4 | |
| 2013 | 4 (9) | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 (13) | 1 | |
| 2016 | 4 (10) | 10 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 (13) | 1 | |
- All numbers encased in brackets signify substitute appearances.
International career
Goh was called up to the national team on a couple of occasions but he has yet to appear for the Lions in an international match.