Ever since Benjamin Kheng made his debut in the music scene in 2012 as part of Singaporean indie pop band The Sam Willows (alongside sister Narelle, Sandra Riley Tang and Jonathan Chua), his career has been on an upward trajectory. The band has amassed millions of streams and headlined concerts and music festivals, with two albums and one extended play.
Instead, it s Lion City Sailors star Saifullah Akbar making it clear that he will not let his stature get in the way of fulfilling his lofty ambitions.
Standing just 1.65m tall, the gifted midfielder may be smaller than the average player, but with a fiery determination and unrelenting attitude, one wouldn’t bet against him realising his dream of representing juggernauts of European football in the coming years.
Courtesy of his father Akbar Nawas’ relationship with the game, the 22-year-old has been in love with football ever since he was a child.
“I started playing football when I was five. I remember my dad brought me to a street soccer court to play with the older boys,” Saifullah said in an exclusive interview with
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