Player Type: FORWARDS
Nationality: Singaporean
DOB/Age: 1 March 2009 (15)
Previous Club: Mattar Sailors
Blessed with natural athleticism, Yuvika always felt an affinity for football, which is evident in her technique on the ball. A pacy winger, Yuvika enjoys taking players on down the flanks and is a skilled crosser.
Following a promising season with Mattar Sailors, Yuvika was promoted to the Sailors Women’s team this season, where her dazzling dribbling skills and confidence on the ball have caught the eye.
Nationality: Singaporean
DOB/Age: 14 October 2009 (15)
Previous Club: JSSL, ActiveSG, Mattar Sailors
Inspired by watching her brothers play football, Liyana picked up the sport when she was just three, and has not stopped playing since.
A forward with incredible technique, she often dances her way past opponents, much like her favourite player, Neymar Jr. As one of the youngest players in the team, Liyana hopes to learn as much as she can from the senior players, while also putting on a show for the fans when she steps onto the pitch.
Fun fact: Her first birthday present was a football!
Nationality: Singaporean
DOB/Age: 16 September 2003 (21)
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.
Nationality: German
DOB/Age: 25 February 1992 (32)
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 promises to inject a fresh dynamic into the Sailors’ offensive play. 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.
Nationality: Singaporean
DOB/Age: 26 March 2008 (16)
Year Promoted to First Team: 2023
After a whirlwind year which saw him making history as the Singapore Premier League’s youngest-ever debutant at 15 years and 5 days old and starting in a Singapore Cup final, Nathan is looking to continue his rapid rise and make further inroads into the Sailors first time in the 2024/25 campaign.
An attacker who is blessed with natural flair and possesses an intelligent football brain that belies his teenage years, he is undoubtedly one of the shining lights of the Sailors Academy. Going beyond his abilities on the pitch, Nathan’s biggest strengths perhaps lies in his bravery to take on tougher opponents and an insatiable appetite to become a more all-round and matured player.
Nathan’s potential is there for all to see and should he continue on this trajectory, he could potentially be a future Lions star in the making.
Nationality: Singaporean
DOB/Age: 26 September 2006 (18)
Previous Club: Mattar Sailors
A natural forward, Josephine is one of seven players who have made the step up from Mattar Sailors in the Women’s National League to the Lion City Sailors Women’s Premier League (WPL) team in 2023.
Now gleaning much from training alongside the more experienced women in the Sailors’ WPL squad, Jo is buoyed to achieve more and has already build up a reputation as a free-kick specialist.
With her infectious energy, Jo is always keen to help out her teammates and lift the moods in the dressing room, and like her idol Cristiano Ronaldo, Jo has a fierce strike.
Nationality: Singaporean
DOB/Age: 16 June 2001 (23)
Previous Clubs: Young Lions (2019-2022)
Rasaq had a spectacular first season with the Sailors, scoring a career-high 10 goals to finish as the Singapore Premier League’s joint-top local scorer along with teammate Shawal Anuar in 2023.
Having shown potential from a young age, representing Singapore at various youth levels and scoring in his first year as a full-fledged professional in 2019, his career was curtailed slightly due to National Service but he has since returned strongly.
Rasaq sparkled towards the end of 2022, scoring five goals across two competitions for the Young Lions before moving to the Sailors the following year.
With a rising reputation as one of the best young strikers in the country, he is determined to kick on in this coming campaign as he looks to achieve his dream of representing the senior Singapore national team.
Nationality: Singaporean
DOB/Age: 29 April 1991 (33)
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.
Shawal is undoubtedly 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 played a crucial part in the Sailors’ first-ever Singapore Cup triumph, scoring six times – including a match-clinching strike in the final against his former employers to help the club finish the year with silverware.
Nationality: Japanese
DOB/Age: 6 April 2005 (19)
Previous Clubs: AKS Shanghai, ANZA Singapore
Miray only turned 19 this year, but has already shown the potential to become a top talent in the local football scene.
The Japanese teenager was part of the Sailors’ team that won the inaugural FAS Women’s Panna Challenge in 2020 and finished second top-scorer with seven Pannas.
The hardworking forward grew from strength to strength as the 2022 WPL season wore on and was the star performer in the post-season SingaCup’s Women Football Championship where she scored three goals against top regional sides like Persib Bandung and Phranakorn FC.
A skilfull forward who is also adept on the wings, Miray is now a key member of the Sailors Women’s squad.
Nationality: Singaporean
DOB/Age: 29 July 2002 (22)
Previous Clubs: Warriors FC, Tanjong Pagar United
When she first gave football a shot as a nine-year-old, the sport gave her a sense of achievement and purpose, gifts Dorcas grabbed with both hands. And she has not looked back.
Dorcas saw little success with Chinese dance, ballet and badminton, before jumping into football, and within two weeks, she became the only lower primary student representing her school in national competitions.
Three years later as a 12-year-old Dorcas was called up to the National Under-14 side, in what was the start of her journey into the senior Lioness side.
The 20-year-old forward models her game after Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney – bringing hunger and determination to the pitch, assets that drove the Sailors to success in their debut WPL season in 2022 as she ended the season as the league’s third-highest scorer with seven goals and was amongst the nominees for the WPL Young Player of the Year award.
Well and truly regaining her top form after a successful recovery from an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, Dorcas is now a key player for club and country once again.
