Ryhan Stewart

Ryhan Euan Griffin Stewart (born 15 February 2000), better known as Ryhan Stewart or just Ryhan, is a Singaporean professional footballer who plays primarily as a right-back for Thai League 1 club BG Pathum United and the Singapore national team.

He is the older brother of Harhys Stewart, who is also a professional footballer playing for Thai League 1 club Chiangrai United.

Ryhan studied at Hong Kah Secondary School and graduated with a diploma in a marketing course at Temasek Polytechnic.

Aside from playing for the Hong Kah Secondary School football team, Ryhan set out to find himself a club in the Singapore Premier League, or the S.League, as it was then known back then.

He landed his first stint with a local club at Warriors FC, playing for their U-15 side, before moving to Home United U-17 setup in 2016.

However, just a year later, he received an offer from Tampines Rovers to join their Prime League team as a 17 year old, competing in the U-21 league being the youngest member of the team.

In 2018, Ryhan was signed to the senior team in the Singapore Premier League.

After a successful season under Tampines Rovers development team, he was called up by then coach Jürgen Raab and signed his first professional contract in 2018.

At the end of the 2018 Singapore Premier League season, Ryhan was released from the club.

While Ryhan was studying at Temasek Polytechnic where he would featured for the school football team, his school team played a friendly against Warriors FC in which after the match, the ninth time Singapore Premier League champions offered him a one year contract in which he signed for Warriors FC playing in the upcoming 2019 Singapore Premier League season.

He made his unofficial debut in the club's pre-season tour in Malaysia, playing against several local clubs in the Malaysia Super League and Malaysia Premier League.

On 16 March 2019, Ryhan then made his competitive debut for the club playing the full match at right-back as Warriors FC fell 5-1 to Hougang United in the opening league match

He eventually played a crucial part in Warriors eventual cup run to the 2019 Singapore Cup Final in which his former club emerge as champions.

Ryhan was first called up to the Singapore under-22 in 2019 for the 2019 Merlion Cup.

He made his debut and his first start for the under-22s on 7 June 2019, against Philippines.

He was then called up for the 2019 SEA Games in Manila, where Singapore U22 are to face Laos, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and Brunei.

Ryhan received his first senior national team call-up in a training session in March 2021.

Stewart officially made his international debut on 14 June 2022 against Myanmar, replacing Christopher van Huizen in the 88th minute.

Ryhan was born in Singapore to a Welsh father and a Singaporean Malay mother.

His younger brother, Harhys Stewart, is also a footballer playing for Young Lions.

Ryhan is a big fan of Liverpool and had said that his favourite player is Dirk Kuyt.

Singapore U22

After Warriors were ordered by the FAS to sit out the 2020 Singapore Premier League season, due to financial issues, Ryhan then signed for Young Lions in 2020.

He was named in Goal Singapore's 2020 NxGn list alongside players such as Ilhan Fandi and Farhan Zulkifli.

He eventually enlisted in the Singapore Police Force for his National Service commitments restricting his appearances as the COVID-19 pandemic was suspended the first half of the 2020 Singapore Premier League season.

On 21 November 2020, he scored his first professional goal in a 2-1 away win against Balestier Khalsa.

Ryhan was signed by Thai League 2 club, Chiangmai ahead of the 2022-23 Thai League 2 season.

On 14 August 2022, Ryhan made his debut for the club in league match against Ranong United.

On 8 April 2023, he scored his first goal for the club against Udon Thani which resulted in a 6-0 victory.

He ended the season with 24 appearances and contributing 1 goal and 6 assists.

After a successful spell at Chiangmai, On 27 May 2023, Ryhan was announced by BG Pathum United joining Irfan Fandi and Ikhsan Fandi in becoming the third Singaporean to play for the club.

On 11 August 2023, he made his debut in the first league match against Police Tero.

On 19 September 2023, Ryhan scored on his AFC Champions League debut against 2022 K League 1 champions, Ulsan Hyundai at the Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium.