Marc Ryan Tan
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marc Ryan Tan Wei Ming | ||
| Date of birth | 18 January 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Singapore | ||
| Position(s) | Forward, right wing | ||
| Youth career | |||
| National Football Academy | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | Young Lions | 10 | (0) |
| 2021–2024 | Tampines Rovers | 21 | (4) |
| 2023–2024 | Young Lions (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 31 | (4) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Singapore U16 | 6 | (6) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 May 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23 February 2020 | |||
Marc Ryan Tan Wei Ming (born 18 January 2002)[1] is a Singaporean former professional footballer who played as a left-winger, right-winger or right-midfielder.[2] He is the son of former Singapore International footballer, Steven Tan.
Early career
Marc, together with 4 other boys, impressed West Ham's academy coaches, who conducted a training camp for about 25 youth footballers in Singapore in November 2015.[3] They later went on trials and trainings with English clubs such as Wolverhampton Wanderers, Stoke City, Charlton Athletic FC and West Ham academy teams in 2016.[4][5] The attacker models his game on Chile international Alexis Sánchez and England star Raheem Sterling.[6]
Young Lions
Marc signed with the Young Lions in 2019. However, he did not make his debut in the 2019 season. Marc made his professional debut on March 11, 2020 in a 3-0 lost against Geylang International. He was named in Goal Singapore's 2020 NxGn list as one of the country's biggest talents shortly after.[7]
Personal life
Tan was born on 18 January 2002 in Singapore and is the son of Singaporean footballing legend Steven Tan. He attended Maris Stella High School and Singapore Sports School before studying in Temasek Polytechnic.[8] His father is currently the head coach of the Temasek Polytechnic's football team.
