1988 - A skinny 15 year old kid used to ride his bicycle every evening to the DBKL field in Brickfields to watch his heroes train. The KL FA team put together by the Datuk Bandar at the time Tan Sri Elyas Omar. Rashid Hassan, Razip Ismail, Serbegeth Singh, Lim Teong Kim, Mat Zan Mat Aris, K Kannan, the unforgettable high-pitch screeching of Malek Awab down the wing. All legends of the game in their own right. But one footballer stood head and shoulders above the rest…Fandi Ahmad. Fandi used to drive to training in his Honda CRX. One of the most humble guys you could meet. Always took the time to say hi and a little word of encouragement to that scrawny little kid, despite already being a superstar in the region and one of the most famous strikers in Asia at the time. Every time KL played Selangor, that little kid went up to him the evening before the game and begged him to score. He didn’t disappoint! A hero to that little kid. 34 years ago. I was that little kid.

I love listening to him. Excellent story-teller without the arrogance despite his iconic status. I think we should be proud of him

The younger generations of footballers have so much to learn from this Lagendary FANDI AHMAD, his professionalism, his patriotism, and his HUMILITY.

Fandi is too humble.He has scored against Zenga,Jennings,Rodrigez,Jongbled.A true Singaporean icon.

Fandi Ahmad legacy for Kuala Lumpur FC. He will always be remembered with Malek Awab and K.Kanan... The trio that make KL team glory...

Fandi is a Singapore Legends player. Best Sg player by far.

Fandi Ahmad - national hero & awesome human being. We shd honour him by naming some landmark after him!

Fandi,You are the BEST.You’ve done Singapore proud

Power goal scorer yet humble man, great to hear his heart to heart talk, so sincere. All the best to you Mr Fandi

You not only touch the heart of Singaporean but also whole South East Asian. You are our pride.

Glad I was able to witness Malaysia Cup and watched Fandi played with other best players in Singapore. Miss the good old days of Kallang roar

Excellent Fandi. When I was young I used to watch you play and you were one of my favourite player. And I am Malaysian 😊

Well said Fandi! Truly a legend of Asian and Singapore football. Humble and hardworking.

It's always nice to be humble and i don't think you will stumble. wise word from Fandi.

Greetings from singapore🇸🇬🙋🏻‍♂️my hometown hero lucky number 7. I was born in july 15 1975

Fandi is larger than life. His moment is yet to come.

He is so calm and so focused Zero red card or fights all his playing days

The best Singapore has seen not only did he bring glory and success to Singapore football he ensured that the Fandi family will continue to contribute to Singapore with his sons as professional footballers to carry on with the duty of bringing glory to Singapore football.The man deserve a lot more support from the Singapore FA

Yes agree, he has brought singaporean of different races and religion together as one at that time.

Fandi is a legend. I am proud to be a die-hard fan supporting him.

Im a big fan of Fandi from KL.. Since i was in school..only when im at 42 yrs old got opportunity to shake hand and took photo with him at the airport ..he was very sporting and allowed me and friends took photo with him..

Dreaming about the day Singaporeans can come as 1 again to watch a spectacular match supporting team Singapore 🇸🇬💫🤍

Thank U Mr Fandi and your Teammates for Bringing Singapore Close Together regardless of race at your era. Hope we can have that One Singapore atmosphere, regardless of race and religion again Suporting our beloved Country Singapore soon. 😘

I am about the same age as Fandi. I grew up with Malaysia Cup at the National Stadium. He is a LEGEND indeed. It’s sad Singapore doesn’t have quality players like him after his retirement

Those days were different. The paper chase hasnt begun. Only 1 English University and 1 Polythenic at that time. The fields at Farrer Park were open 24/7. Football culture was at home. That era has passed. How we camped overnight for tickets. How a fan died and many injured from stampede at the ticket booths. How we climbed the National Stadium walls because tickets were sold out. Football will never be the same again in Singapore. Our heartfelt thanks to Fandi and all his generation of footballers for giving us those fond memories. The Kallang Roar is now extinct, dead and buried.

I am super lucky to be from that era and was able to watch live from the National Stadium for a few matches! The feeling was truly truly unforgettable! Singaporean by the THOUSANDS!!!! Cheering OUR VERY OWN TEAM!!! And they were playing an ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL GAME! Can you imagine WE, BEING PROUD OF OUR OWN TEAM? If only the new generation are able to experience these.... so sad... Thank you, to all these SUPER HEROES for all the sweet memories! Just to add... I remembered, after the game, walking out of the stadium to take the ride home, the thousands of people, continuously repeating the play by play of the match! Everyone absolutely everyone were flustered with pride of OUR SINGAPORE SOCCER TEAM! Too many memories of the good old days!

RESPECT to Fandi!!! He gave his all for his country .... I remember those days of the electric Kallang roar... thank you for the memories 👍👍👍

i remember the years of attending every home game and experiencing the kallang wave, the best of times, also managed to shake hands with Fandi at the launch of his book

Yupp . Bro . U are humble & Great guy . Tqvvm . GOAT . 🇸🇬 . Legend .

Fandi, my hero. He emphasised the importance of holding the ball up as a striker, and I remeber him doing it brilliantly too, winning free kicks etc. Sign of an intelligent player. Fandi was the best Singaporean footballer ever, hands down. The only Sg player I saw who reminded me of Fandi was former skipper Shahril Ishak (whom also idolises Fandi btw). Nobody now for me, sadly.

His advice is true. We love his skills during Malaysian cup days. Hopefully his 3 sons can bring Spore football team soar high to the next level.

He is our legend, and yet this legend calls another fellow teammate (Ashard Khamis) a legend. He really epitomises the words “humble” and “humility” to the max! So modest in his words and body language throughout the interview! Fandi Ahmad is really the pride and a role model of our country!

I still remember his debut in causeway derby, he played defense mostly kacau our striker la, super mokh and friends. Fandi always been scold by capt samad as a junior biasa la tu. Interesting fact about fandi in his early days, he indeed scored spectacular goals, surely he knows how to be calm and composed, he once played in defensive midfielder....now we know this living legend don't talk nonsense, 3 of his kids played simultaneously on national team. You don't see it regularly, world greatest football player also doesn't have that privilege....but Fandi did it to Singapore..

He is the best in singapore football history and yet so humble, salute you Fandi. you forever my fav football player.

Fandi Ahmad - Always in our hearts and in our football minds. We love you !!

The singapore legends fandi... next hariss.. -JDT fans

Best player ever, Fandi's miss was not to take up the 3 year Ajax offer. Fandi and the rest of the players back in the 60s right up to the mid 90s, they gave Singapore quality football. During away games, I will sit beside the radio to listen to the live commentary, those were good times.

That last Question and Answer was touching…… Thank you Fandi

I m Malaysian, fandi football legand, during his peak he one of the best in asia.

We are talking about the top 5 footballer of all time, Johan Cryuff! (R I.P) If he still remembers and hugged Fandi after 25 years since they've last met and plus the fact that they met when Fandi was only on trial at Ajax for a few weeks/month or less, told us how good and talented Fandi, a young 20/21 years old was. Easily one of the best in the world at that time imo.

Up till today, he is still a very humble chap.

Fandi and the lions u have inspired us.. there will not be another Kallang roar experience again. I’m proud to be able to grow up in that generation and see u guys play.

HUMBLE indeed Thanks For Everything FANDI AHMAD my favourite alongside Hasnim Haron ,Bryan Robson, Archibald & Maradona

I’ll have my parents to thank for giving birth to me in 82. Lol. I enjoyed Singapore football and got to see what the 94 team did.

As a kid remember a game where the opponent equalized and right at the restart, Fandi dribbles past several players and straight away scored. That was brilliant

Really cool segment this. Fandi was Singapore's best, by a mile. He gave his all and more. And I do believe, his sons will be key players for the national team in years to come. Astonishing.

thank you abg fandi n all the malaysia cup era players n fans...its true u guys bring us as one...nothing can replace all tat memories..kallang stadium..the kallang roar...kallang wave...been there n will always cherish those moments till my last breath...thank you !!

He is the reason y i always wear jersey no.17.....LEGEND

You are my childhood greatest idol (I'm 43 now) and still you are today, thanx for the memory FANDI AHMAD🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍you always be my favorite number '21' and no one can deny that!! 87,88,89 was the year cannot be forgotten in Malaysia football calendar.....

Fandi will always be our Singapore legend. He can really bring fans of different race and age together. Good to see him bring in his kids for Singapore football. Singapore football owe a lot to him.

What more can I say .... We Love You Fandi .

my favourite local footballer since childhood.

He is a very humble and pleasant man , superb video

Singapore Legend.

The beloved son of Spore that brings us together to the stadium for Kallang roar despite our religions, races and culture..always my idol till now❤️

He's very humble greating from Indonesia

Seorang lagenda bolasepak... Sukar dicari ganti.sentiasa tenang. Bijak mengawal bola,penjaring yg hebat.rindu zaman kegemilangan bersama k.kanan dan Malek Awab. RINDU ZAMAN FANDI.

Fandi Ahmad is Singapore's legend.

Fandi Ahmad will always be a name to be remembered Uncle Choo's predictions were correct,when you were a kid u happened to kick the ball into a coffeeshop where Uncle & Tengku Abdul Rahman was having coffee,Uncle gave back the ball to u & a pair of boots,well that shocked the Tengku,when Uncle was asked by Tengku,he simply said thats the next future footballing star & his name is Fandi Ahmad

Full of humility... Traits that legend are made of... 🇸🇬🇸🇬

Fandi ahmad 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻.. fans malaysia

Our Legend Fandi Ahmad

One of singapore most favorite son

Listen and learn from the expert. Fandi is very humble and friendly, met him couple of time. He trained very hard to be what he is now.

My school gangs ourselves we from kaki Bukit primary and secondary went to Kallang stadium and watched fandi brilliant performanced in the Lion City Cup in his haydays! Fandi was brilliant and the Singapore 🇸🇬 team whacked the Malaysian states by at least 5 zeros. We really enjoyed watching those games immensely. Very fond memories. I remember Razali. He was our schoolmates in our primary school. He was very good brilliant footballer. U can ask Fandi and I’m sure he would vouched for him.

Fandi is the Legend.

Honestly if we want to bring back the Kallang Roar, then perhaps Singapore should seriously consider joining Malaysia Super-League again。 Singapore and Malaysia, being small countries, should join hand in developing soccer together for mutual benefit. Let the Fandi Ahmad, Qua KIm Song and all other legacies of Malaysian soccer be alive again.

Best Singapore footballer ever…

fandi inspired the whole asean

Lagend!! Fandi Ahmad💪

Had a picture with him while representing KL

Great interview and lessons..I thnk the SE Asian players must listen to this legend and learn to be world class

Ok that is truely words from the legend himself mark this words " practice correctly makes perfect " , not practice makes perfect

Am M'sian was a young kid at the time Fandi was playing overseas, can remember many Malaysians looked up to Fandi. Legend in these parts. It's a pity we don't hear of such talents these days.

I adore Fandi Ahmad since I was in primary school. Now I am already in early 40s.

very good interview

👍👍 A LEGEND

Fandi scored against Rodríguez [Boca J].Jennings [Arsenal],Crossley [Nottm For],Zenga [Inter],Jongblog [GA Eagles]

Fandi ahmad kau hebat bro

I am 46years old. Used to go to the Iconic Kallang Stadium to see Fandi Ahmad during the Malaysia Cup with my father, brother, uncle, cousins. Last match been to is the 1994 Malaysia Cup final against Pahang which Singapore battered Pahang 4-0. That's was legendary. Kallang Stadium, Merdeka Stadium, Shah Alam Stadium are Legendary Stadiums. Been there.

Nice sharing !!

Very nice video and very informative

Absolute Legend

Great player...

Legendary

Uncle Toby ! Probably one of the most well loved Singaporean without the doubt.

FAM open doors to Singapore once again please. I rather have Lions win the league title than having JDT swiping everything again.

Fandi ahmad 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Sorry to say Today Singapore football no one like Fandi Ahmad anymore. . .

New subs from Malaysia! Ya yeett 😊

Lovely 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 fandi

Remember those days ☺️

Legendary forever ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Not rocket science, he had to be in the national team setup.. His experience and charismatic is beneficial to the national team.

The best young players during that time were Fandi ( Singapore) Puyapong (Thailand) and Zainal Abidin ( Malaysia)

Watching the interview make me sad, sad that the good old times are gone. Totally gone after the 90s!! Indra Shadan is not the next Fandi. Nor Alam Shah is also not the next Fandi. No more Fandi, no more Sundram. The football is totally unwatchable nowadays.

Not only yu can play but yu can talk too...

Asalam Fandi Ahmad u the best

Spoke better than East Coast Plan

a very good interview......please do Sundram next....