Tajeli Salamat
{{short description|Singaporean footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{BLP sources|date=December 2022}}
{{Malay name|Tajeli|Salamat}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Tajeli Salamat
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Tajeli bin Salamat
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|2|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = Singapore
| height = {{convert|1.75|m|0|abbr=on}}
| position = Full-back / Centre-back
| currentclub = Hougang United
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = –2012
| youthclubs1 = NFA
| years1 = 2012–2013
| clubs1 = Young Lions
| caps1 = 20
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2014
| clubs2 = Balestier Khalsa
| caps2 = 18
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2015
| clubs3 = Home United
| caps3 = 20
| goals3 = 5
| years4 = 2016
| clubs4 = Young Lions
| caps4 = 4
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2017
| clubs5 = Balestier Khalsa
| caps5 = 20
| goals5 = 1
| years6 = 2018–2019
| clubs6 = Warriors
| caps6 = 40
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2020–2022
| clubs7 = Lion City Sailors
| caps7 = 36
| goals7 = 2
| years8 = 2022
| clubs8 = → Geylang International (loan)
| caps8 = 19
| goals8 = 3
| years9 = 2023–2024
| clubs9 = Tanjong Pagar United
| caps9 = 20
| goals9 = 1
| years10 = 2024
| clubs10 = Balestier Khalsa
| caps10 = 14
| goals10 = 0
| years11 = 2025–
| clubs11 = Hougang United
| caps11 = 2
| goals11 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2019
| nationalteam1 = Singapore U23
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2021–
| nationalteam2 = Singapore
| nationalcaps2 = 2
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| club-update = 5 January 2023
| nationalteam-update = 25 December 2021
}}
Tajeli bin Salamat (born February 7, 1994) is a Singaporean professional footballer who plays as a full-back or centre-back for Singapore Premier League club Hougang United and the Singapore national team.
Club career
= Young Lions =
Tajeli started his professional career with Young Lions after graduating with NFA in 2012. He make his debut on 17 February in a 3–0 lost to Hougang United.
= Balestier Khalsa =
In January 2014, Tajeli joined Balestier Khalsa. He make his debut in a 4–0 win over his former club Young Lions on 23 February. Tajeli scored his first career goal in a 3–0 win over Home United on 20 June.
= Lions City Sailors =
During the Sailors' 2022 AFC Champions League campaign in Buriram, Thailand, Tajeli and midfielder Anumanthan Kumar were expelled from the squad and sent back to Singapore for breaking the team's curfew.{{Cite news |date=22 April 2022 |title=Two Sailors sent home |pages=B18 |work=The Straits Times}}
International career
Tajeli was called up to the Singapore U23 as an overage player at the age of 25 for the 2019 SEA Games in Manila.{{cite web|url= https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football-faris-and-ikhsan-lead-strike-force-at-the-sea-games|title= Football: Faris and Ikhsan lead strike force at the SEA Games |work=The Straits Times|date=November 18, 2019|access-date=December 17, 2019|language=en}} He made his SEA Games debut in a 0–0 draw against Laos U23. During the SEA Games, Tajeli and eight footballers broke curfew. He, along with the other eight players, was subsequently punished with a fine by the Singapore National Olympic Council.
On 11 November 2021, Tajeli made his international debut for the Singapore national team in an International 'A' Friendly match against Kyrgyzstan at the Dolen Omurzakov Stadium.{{Cite web|title=Lions fall to narrow friendly defeat against Kyrgyz Republic - Football Association of Singapore|url=https://www.fas.org.sg/kyrgyz-republic-singapore-report|access-date=|language=en-US}}
Career statistics
: Update 26 May 2022
| style="text-align:center" class="wikitable" | |||||||||
| rowspan="2" |Club
! rowspan="2" |Season ! colspan="2" |S.League ! colspan="2" |Singapore Cup ! colspan="2" |League Cup ! colspan="2" |Asia ! colspan="2" |Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps
!Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals | |||||||||
| rowspan="2" |Young Lions
|2016 |4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Total
!4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| rowspan="2" |Balestier Khalsa
|2017 |20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| Total
!20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| rowspan="2" |Tiong Bahru
|2018 |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total
!0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| rowspan="3" |Warriors
|2018 |19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 2019
|21 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| Total
!40 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 1 |
| rowspan="4" |Lion City Sailors
|2020 |14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| 2021
|13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 2022
|6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Total
!33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 2 |
| rowspan="2" |Geylang International
|2022 |16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 |
| Total
!16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 |
| rowspan="2" |Tanjong Pagar United
|2023 |20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| Total
!20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| rowspan="2" |Balestier Khalsa
|9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Total
!9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| colspan=2 |Career Total
!144 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 162 | 8 |
=International=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singapore
|2021 | 2 | 0 | |
| colspan="2" |Total||2||0 |
Honours
= Lion City Sailors =
= Individual =
- Singapore Premier League Team of the Year: 2020
References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|tajeli-salamat/230306}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tajeli Salamat}}
Category:Singaporean men's footballers
Category:Balestier Khalsa FC players
Category:Young Lions FC players
Category:21st-century Singaporean sportsmen