Ruventhiran Vengadesan

Ruventhiran a/l Vengadesan (born 24 August 2001), simply known as V. Ruventhiran, is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as a left-back or a winger for Malaysia Super League club Melaka and the Malaysia national team.

Club career Early career Born in Klang, Selangor, Ruventhiran began playing football at the age of 5 at a small academy. He then moved to CIMB-MBSA, CIMB-YFA, and finally he went to Bayern Munich to represent CIMB by participating in Alliance League. Ruventhiran continued his journey by joining MISC-MIFA for a year and later played for Belia Selangor before joining the Petaling Jaya City under-19 and progressing to the under-21.

Petaling Jaya City

At the end of 2020, he signed his first professional contract with the club. Ruventhiran was assigned the number 19 shirt and simultaneously made his professional and club debut on 7 March 2021 in a league match against Perak. He scored his first goal for the club in a 1–1 draw against Penang on 18 April 2021.

In two years along with the main team, he made 41 appearances and recorded two goals and three assists.

Selangor

On 18 December 2022, Ruventhiran rejoin his former club Selangor, following departure of PJ City from a part in professional football.

Aguilas-UMAK On 12 August 2025, Ruventhiran announced that he had joined Aguilas–UMak of the Philippines Football League, marking his first stint outside Malaysia.

Melaka In February 2026, Ruventhiran returned to Malaysia by joining Melaka, citing his wish to play football at a more competitive level and to reunite with his former under-23 national team manager E. Elavarasan.

International career

Senior

On 20 May 2022, Ruventhiran was called up to join the Malaysia national team for the first time, ahead of two friendly matches against Brunei on 27 May 2022 and Hong Kong on 1 June 2022. He made his international debut for the senior team against Brunei, where he was substituted in the 62nd minute of a 4–0 win.

He was a part of the squad during the 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifying matches, eventually helping them to qualify for the final tournament in Qatar. On 23 November 2022, he was named in Malaysia's preliminary 41-man squad for the 2022 AFF Championship, being included in the final 23-man squad for the tournament.

On 11 July 2026, Ruventhiran was called up by Malaysia interim manager Tan Cheng Hoe for the 25-man final squad list for the 2026 ASEAN Championship.

Career statistics

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International

Honours

Selangor Malaysia Super League runner-up: 2023 MFL Challenge Cup: 2024-25

Malaysia U22 Merlion Cup: 2023

Malaysia U23 ASEAN U-23 Championship 4th Place: 2023