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Brendan Gan Seng Ling (simplified Chinese: 颜兴龙; traditional Chinese: 顏興龍; pinyin: Yán Xìng Lóng; born 3 June 1988) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder and captain for Malaysia Super League club Selangor and also as captain for the Malaysia national team.

Brendan Gan

Gan with Sydney FC in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Brendan Gan Seng Ling
Date of birth	(1988-06-03) 3 June 1988 (age 34)
Place of birth	Sutherland, Australia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Central Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Selangor
Number	88
Youth career
0000–1999	Marton Hammers
2000–2007	Sutherland Sharks
2008–2009	Sydney FC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008	Sutherland Sharks	23	(9)
2008–2011	Sydney FC	31	(5)
2011–2012	Bonnyrigg White Eagles	0	(0)
2012–2013	Sabah	9	(2)
2013–2014	Rockdale City Suns	0	(0)
2014–2016	Kelantan	17	(0)
2018–2019	Perak	28	(5)
2020–	Selangor	21	(4)
National team‡
2014	Malaysia U23	5	(0)
2016–	Malaysia	18	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 November 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 June 2021

Club career

Brendan 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.[1] 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.[2]

Sydney FC

He was signed by Sydney FC for their inaugural National Youth League squad ahead of competition from rival A-League clubs.[3][4]

On 28 November 2008, Gan made his debut for Sydney FC against Queensland Roar with a 5-minute cameo where he caught the eye. [5][6]

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.[7]

Gan was given his full senior debut on 13 December against Central Coast Mariners.[8] He scored his second senior goal against Melbourne Victory with a long range strike from outside the penalty area.[9]

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.[10]

Bonnyrigg White Eagles

Gan signed for Bonnyrigg White Eagles in the NSW Premier League,[11] and made his debut in the Round 15 game against Sydney United.[12]

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.[13]

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.[14]

Kelantan FA

In 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.[15][16][17][18]

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.[19] 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.[20]

Selangor

On 1 December 2019, Brendan has official joined Malaysia Super League club Selangor.

Career statistics

Club statistics

As of match played 9 May 2021[21]

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Australia			League		Cup		Other		Asia		Total
2008–09	Sydney FC	A-League	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
2009–10			19	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	22	1
2010–11			10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	2
2011–12			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			31	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	34	5
2011	Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC	NSW Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malaysia			League		FA Cup		Malaysia Cup		Asia		Total
2012	Sabah	Malaysia Super League	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	2
Total			9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	2
Australia			League		Cup		Other		Asia		Total
2013	Rockdale City Suns FC	National Premier Leagues	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malaysia			League		FA Cup		Malaysia Cup		Asia		Total
2014	Kelantan	Malaysia Super League	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	6	0
2015			1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	1	0
2016			17	0	1	0	4	0	-	-	22	0
Total			18	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	29	0
2018	Perak	Malaysia Super League	13	1	1	0	10	1	0	0	24	2
2019			16	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	21	5
Total			29	5	6	1	10	1	0	0	45	7
2020	Selangor	Malaysia Super League	10	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	4
2021			11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
Total			21	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	22	4
Career total

International career

Gan debuted for Malaysia on 24 March 2016 in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Saudi Arabia.[22]

International

As of match played 15 June 2021[23]

Malaysia national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2016	7	0
2019	8	1
2021	3	0
Total	18	1

International goals

As of match played 14 November 2019. Malaysia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Brendan goal.

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	14 November 2019	Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Malaysia	14	Thailand	1–1	2–1	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Kelantan

• Malaysia Cup runner-up: 2013

Perak

• Malaysia Cup: 2018

Malaysia

• King's Cup runner-up: 2022[24]

References

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