Firdaus Kassim

Firdaus Bin Mohamed Kassim is a Singaporean football manager who currently is the head coach of Lion City Sailors under-21.

In 2015, Firdaus received his AFC ‘A’ Coaching License in Bangkok.

Managerial career

Firdaus Kassim

Personal information
Full name	Firdaus Bin Mohamed Kassim
Date of birth	(1987-07-07) 7 July 1987 (age 37)
Managerial career
Years	Team
2015	Hougang United U18
2016	Chainat Hornbill (assistant)
2016	Singapore (assistant)
2018	Muangthong United (assistant)
2018–2019	Laos (assistant)
2019	Chainat Hornbill (assistant)
2020–2022	Hougang United (assistant)
2022–2023	Hougang United
2023	Hougang United U18
2024–	Lion City Sailors U21

Early years

While still holding a AFC ‘B’ Coaching License, Firdaus was the head coach of Football Association of Singapore COE group from 2009 to 2013. In January 2013, Firdaus was offered the role of assistant coach at Woodlands Wellington U14 team. In 2014, FAS offered him an assistant coach contract with Singapore national team U14 team

After receiving his AFC ‘A’ Coaching License in 2015, Firdaus took up a role as assistant coach at Hougang United U18 team.

Chainat Hornbill

In 2016, Firdaus was appointed assistant manager of Thai League 1 side Chainat Hornbill where he has worked under head coach Worakorn Wichanarong, Koichi Sugiyama, Ithsara Sritaro and Dennis Amato at the club.[1][2]

Singapore

In November 2016, Firdaus was appointed the assistant coach of Singapore under Varadaraju Sundramoorthy for the friendly match against Qatar and the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Yemen.[3][4]

Muangthong United

On 5 January 2018, Firdaus was appointed by Thai League 1 club Muangthong United as their assistant manager.

Laos

In November 2018, Firdaus was appointed as the assistant coach of Laos reuniting with head coach Varadaraju Sundramoorthy.[5][6]

Chainat Hornbill

In 2019, Firdaus returned to his second stint as assistant manager at Chainat Hornbill where he worked under Dennis Amato again at the club.

Hougang United

In January 2020, Firdaus was appointed by Hougang United to be their assistant manager under manager Clement Teo.

On 22 October 2022, Firdaus got promoted to manager after Clement Teo left the club to joined Angkor Tiger in Cambodia in which Firdaus helped the club to win the 2022 Singapore Cup where it was Hougang United first major trophy.[7][8]

On 17 April 2023, Kassim was demoted to Hougang United youth team after failing to win any matches since they won the opening match in the 2023 Singapore Premier League season.[9] Marko Kraljević, the head of youth at Hougang United took over as interim head coach.[9]

Lion City Sailors

In January 2024, Firdaus was appointed as the head of development for Lion City Sailors academy.

On 9 July 2024, Firdaus was appointed as the manager of the U21 side with immediate effect.

Career statistics

Managerial

As of 01:57, 18 Sept 2021 (UTC)

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record					Ref
			P	W	D	L	Win %
Hougang United	27 October 2022	17 April 2023	14	5	2	7	035.7

References

1. "From Pasir Ris to Thailand: S'porean Firdaus joins Chainat FC as first-team coach". asiaone.com.
2. "Rise of the 'laptop coaches'". straitstimes.com.
3. "Rising coach Firdaus to assist Sundram with national team". todayonline.com.
4. "Firdaus' Pro-Diploma chance blocked". tnp.sg.
5. "Firdaus Kassim Persoal Gol Kedua Malaysia". football-tribe.com.
6. "Singaporean Influence in Lao Football". YouTube.
7. "FROM GAME TO MATCH DAY". Archived from the original on 2023-02-07 – via PressReader.
8. "THE DEPUTY: FIRDAUS KASSIM". YouTube.
9. Lee, David (2023-04-17). "SPL bottom team Hougang replace head coach Firdaus Kassim with Marko Kraljevic". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2023-04-20.