Ho Wai Loon

Ho Wai Loon (born 20 August 1993) is a Singaporean professional footballer who plays as a defender for S.League club Home United and the Singapore national team.[1]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Ho.
Ho Wai Loon
Personal information
Full name Ho Wai Loon
Date of birth (1993-08-20) 20 August 1993
Place of birth Singapore
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Left back
Club information
Current team
 Home United
Number 22
Youth career
2011–2012 Balestier Khalsa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Balestier Khalsa 21 (0)
2017–2018 Warriors 37 (2)
2019– Home United 10 (0)
National team
2019– Singapore U23 3 (0)
2017– Singapore 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 February 2019

Club career

Balestier Khalsa

Ho started his footballing career in 2011, playing for Balestier Khalsa. Ho was released in 2013 but signed for Balestier again in 2014 for the 2014 S.League season.

Warriors

He then signed for Warriors FC ahead of the 2017 S.League season. That was where he gained his first national team call up.

Home United

In January 2019, Ho joined fellow S.League club Home United.[2]

International career

Youth

Ho played at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games football tournament, although he was sent off in Singapore's must win game against Indonesia U23.[3]

Senior

Ho was first called up to the senior side in 2017, as a standby player for the friendly against Afghanistan and the 2019 Asian Cup Qualifiers against Bahrain on 23 March and 28 March 2017 respectively.[4]

After being included in the national set-up for a year, Ho finally won his first cap for Singapore in a friendly against Fiji on 11 September 2018, coming on as a substitute in the 62nd minute.[5][6]

Ho made his first start and second appearance for the national team against Cambodia on 16 October. However, he scored an own-goal and was eventually substituted early in the 46th minute.

Others

Singapore Selection Squad

He was selected as part of the Singapore Selection squad for The Sultan of Selangor's Cup to be held on 6 May 2017.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As at 25 July 2019

Club Season S.League Singapore Cup Singapore
League Cup		 Asia Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Balestier Khalsa 2011 000000—00
2012 000000—00
2014 502000—70
2015 90004050180
2016 70304000140
Total 210508050320
Warriors 2017 1800051—231
2018 1922000—212
Total 372205100443
Home United 2019 130000060190
Total 130000060190
Lion City Sailors 2020 1000000010
2021 0000000000
Total 0000000000
Career Total 230508050340

International Statistics

International caps
NoDateVenueOpponentResultCompetition
111 September 2018Bishan Stadium, Bishan, Singapore Fiji2-0 (won)Friendly
216 October 2018Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Cambodia2-1 (won)Friendly

U19 International caps
NoDateVenueOpponentResultCompetition
18 November 2011Petaling Jaya Stadium, Selangor, Malaysia Indonesia0-3 (lost)2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification
Singapore national team
YearAppsGoals
201820
201920
Total40

Statistics accurate as of match played 12 October 2018

Singapore national team
YearAppsGoals
201820
Total20

Honours

Balestier Khalsa

References
  1. Kenneth Tan (21 July 2015). "S.League: Balestier's Ho Wai Loon ready for Albirex rematch". ESPNFC. Retrieved 2015-07-22.
  2. "Home United unveil Singapore left-back Ho Wai Loon as latest signing". Fox Sports. 2 January 2019.
  3. Kelvin Leong (11 June 2015). "Hosts Singapore out of SEA Games after shock 1-0 defeat to Indonesia". ESPNFC.com. Retrieved 2015-07-22.
  4. "Call up for national team". Archived from the original on 2017-03-15. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
  5. "Singapore put two past Fiji to record first win under Fandi Ahmad". FourFourTwo. 2018-09-11. Archived from the original on 2018-09-11. Retrieved 2018-09-11.
  6. "SG Ratings: Baihakki, Hariss and Mahler seal victory for Fandi Ahmad". FourFourTwo. 2018-09-12. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-06-28. Retrieved 2017-05-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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