SINGAPORE: Singapore Premier League club Hougang United has been fined by the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) after fielding a foreign player in matches when he did not have a work pass approved.
After conducting a review, the FAS found that its own staff and management “should have detected” the mistake.
Appropriate disciplinary measures will be taken against the staff involved, the FAS added in a press release on Tuesday (Mar 3).
FAS’ competitions department found that Hougang United Football Club player Gloire Amanda played in SPL and SPL2 matches before the completion of all mandatory regulatory clearances relating to his work pass status in Singapore.
SPL2 is the competition’s second-tier feeder league. Amanda is reportedly a Tanzanian-born Canadian citizen.
Although the club had submitted a work pass application, it had “neither received formal approval nor been physically issued at the time the player participated in those matches”, FAS said.
