Aide Iskandar

International career Aide made his international debut against New Zealand on 21 February 1995. He scored his first international goal against traditional rivals Malaysia on 3 June 2006. He was inducted into the FIFA Century Club in June 2007.

On 9 November 2007, just hours before the kick off of the World Cup 2010 qualifiers against Tajikistan, he sensationally retired from international football. Indra Sahdan Daud took over as the new national team captain.

Coaching career

In April 2008, it was announced that Aide would become the Technical Director of a proposed A.C. Milan Junior School which would begin operations in Singapore late 2008 where Aide is a fan of the Italian Serie A club, AC Milan.

Sengkang Punggol Aide joined Sengkang Punggol for the 2009 S.League season as a player–assistant coach, in a similar position as Mirko Grabovac the previous season where head coach Jörg Steinebrunner was sacked by the club and Aide was appointed as caretaker coach.

Courts Young Lions Aide was appointed head coach of Courts Young Lions in January 2013. The Young Lions recorded their first league victory only in August, finishing wooden spoonist in his maiden season.

Singapore U-23 With the resignation of V. Sundramoorthy, Aide took over the reins of the Singapore national under-23 football team in October 2013. He guided them to third place at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games. Following Singapore's 1-0 loss to Indonesia at the 2015 SEA Games, Singapore failed to advance into the semi-finals. Aide consequently resigned as coach of the national under-23 football team.

Geylang International Aide was appointed the technical director of Geylang International in 2016.

Personal life

Aide married Ezreen Taib Zohri on 7 May 2000. They have three children – sons Andre (born 2001) and Adiel (born 2004), and daughter Estee (born 2007). He is the older brother of Kuching City F.C. head coach, Aidil Sharin Sahak.

Honours

Player

Home United S.League: 1999, 2003 Singapore Cup: 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005

Tampines Rovers Singapore Cup: 2006

Singapore AFF Championship: 1998, 2004, 2007 Southeast Asian Games: Bronze medal – 1995

Manager Singapore U-23 Southeast Asian Games: Bronze medal – 2013