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SINGAPORE – Former Lions captain Nazri Nasir suffered a minor stroke on Wednesday, the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) said in a statement on Thursday (December 17).
A spokesman for the FAS said: “Young Lions head coach Nazri Nasir was admitted to the hospital yesterday for a medical procedure and subsequently suffered a mild stroke.
“She is currently recovering under the care of her doctors. We request that her privacy and that of her family be respected during this time.
“Everyone at FAS would like to send their best wishes for a speedy recovery to Coach Nazri.”
Nazri, who led the national soccer team from 1998 to 2002, took over the reins of the Young Lions team competing in the Singapore Premier League in early 2020.
It is understood that he is in the line of taking over the U-22 national team at the SEA 2021 Games in Vietnam.
The 49-year-old is also an assistant to national coach Tatsuma Yoshida, and had a brief stint as interim coach for the Lions themselves.
He was a member of the 1994 Singapore team that won the M-League and Malaysia Cup double, and was captain of the Lions team that lifted the 1998 Asean Football Federation Championship, then known as the Cup Tiger, which was Singapore’s first great international honor. .
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