Brendan Gan


Brendan Gan Seng Ling is a professional footballer who plays for Selangor and the Malaysia national team as a midfielder.

Club career

Gan began playing football for his local club, the Marton Hammers before he signed for the Sutherland Sharks in 2000 when he was twelve years old and came up through their youth grades to make his senior debut for the club in 2008. It was this debut season that shot Gan to prominence within the local media which brought with it a growing reputation to match. He did not disappoint with dazzling performances week in week out which eventually led him to being crowned the New South Wales Premier League player of the year, taking out the Gold Medal award for the competition.

Sydney FC

He was signed by Sydney FC for their inaugural National Youth League squad ahead of competition from rival A-League clubs.
On 28 November 2008, Gan made his debut for Sydney FC against Queensland Roar with a 5-minute cameo where he caught the eye.
On 7 December, he scored the winning goal in the 78th minute for Sydney FC against the Newcastle Jets to give them their first win in 7 games.
Gan was given his full senior debut on 13 December against Central Coast Mariners. He scored his second senior goal against Melbourne Victory with a long range strike from outside the penalty area.
Gan scored his third senior goal against Wellington Phoenix with a powerful header from a corner. This goal gave Sydney FC a 2–0 win over Wellington and placed them on the top of the table, leapfrogging Gold Coast United.
On 2 December 2010, in only his second start for the season, he scored the opening goal in a 3–1 win, once again over Wellington Phoenix.
He was released from Sydney, along with several other players at the end of Sydney's 2011 Asian Champions League campaign.

Bonnyrigg White Eagles

Gan signed for Bonnyrigg White Eagles in the NSW Premier League, and made his debut in the Round 15 game against Sydney United.

Sabah FA

On 17 November 2011, Brendan joined the Malaysian club, Sabah as one of the two foreign players allowed in the 2012 Malaysia Super League. Brendan, alongside his fellow countrymen, Michael Baird signed a one-year contract with Sabah.

Rockdale City Suns

Brendan signed with Rockdale City Suns FC NSW Premier League the next season since no contract extension was offered by Sabah. With this opportunity, he confirmed his intention to return to the A-League.

Kelantan FA

On November 2013, Brendan returned to Malaysia and signed three years contract with Kelantan. He was supposed to be registered as a local player for Kelantan but did not get the approval from FAM because according to FAM any player to be registered as local player required to have Malaysian identity card or passport. On 6 April, he officially obtained an identity card and registered by Kelantan as a local player on April transfer window.
He made his debut during the match between Kelantan against Terengganu which ended with both side had a draw 1–1. In the first game of the 2015 Malaysia Super League Gan suffered a serious torn ACL in his right knee that will keep him out for most of the 2015 season. In September 2016 Gan suffered another ACL injury, this time in his left knee which is expected to keep him out for 10 months, ruling him out for the 2016 AFF Championship.

Career statistics

Club statistics

International career

Gan debuted for Malaysia on 24 March 2016 in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Saudi Arabia.

International

International goals

No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
114 November 2019Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Malaysia141–12–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Kelantan
Perak