Player Type: FORWARDS

Raeka

Nationality: Singaporean

DOB/Age: 16 September 2003 (23)

Previous Club: Mattar Sailors

A former competitive netballer, Raeka made the switch to football at 19 years old when she joined the Mattar Sailors.

She enjoyed an impressive debut season in the WNL, before being promoted to the Sailors’ WPL team in 2024. A hardworking striker who is clinical in front of goal, Raeka, who counts Wayne Rooney as her role model, can be relied upon to do it all — from defending and creating to scoring — for the team.

 

 

Lennart

Nationality: German

DOB/Age: 25 February 1992 (34)

Previous Clubs: Werder Bremen (2010-2012, 2016-2018), FC St. Pauli (2012-2016, loan – 2017), VVV-Venlo (loan – 2017-2018), BB Erzurumspor (2018), PEC Zwolle (2019-2020, 2022-2024), Sparta Rotterdam (2020-2022)

Renowned for his astute positioning and relentless pressing, Lennart enjoyed a brilliant first season with the Sailors in 2024/25 with 34 goals in 47 appearances.

With over 200 appearances in Dutch football, including 173 in the top-tier Eredivisie, he possesses genuine European pedigree.

His goal-scoring prowess is evident through his tally of 54 goals across three different clubs – PEC Zwolle, VVV-Venlo, and Sparta Rotterdam – from 2017 to 2024. Lennart, who has also represented Germany at the Under-20 level, previously played in the top two German divisions before making the move to the Netherlands in 2017.

His most storied and unique achievements was winning the 2018 FIFA Fair Play Award. He received the accolade after making a blood donation to facilitate a stem cell transplant for a leukaemia patient, missing a game for VVV-Venlo against PSV Eindhoven in the process. The selfless act garnered widespread praise, and prompted a surge in donors stepping forward to contribute in the Netherlands.

Shawal

Nationality: Singaporean

DOB/Age: 29 April 1991 (35)

Previous Clubs: Geylang International (2014-2019), Hougang United (2020-2022)

A rare talent who was nurtured in and plucked from Singapore’s amateur leagues, Shawal’s stock has risen in recent years – and sharply so.

The proverbial late bloomer, Shawal is now one of Singapore’s top forwards at the moment. In 2022 he combined flair with trickery and a keen eye for goal, scoring a career-high 11 Singapore Premier League goals to inspire Hougang United to their first-ever trophy last season – the Singapore Cup.

That earned him the big move to the Sailors in 2023 and he enjoyed a stunning 2024/25 campaign with the club. That season, he scored a career-high 27 goals – including eight strikes in the AFC Champions League Two which meant he finished the tournament’s second-highest goalscorer.