International Career
He made his debut for the Singapore against Kuwait on 26 April 1997.
Singapore's most consistent goalscorer since the retirement of Fandi Ahmad in the mid-1990s, Sahdan is a firm fan favourite for his knack of finding the net in big games.
Considered one of Singapore's best strikers, albeit one of the best in Southeast Asia, Indra was part of the squad that won the Tiger Cup for Singapore in 2005 and 2007.
He scored the crucial goal in the home leg of the Asean Football Federation Championship, which Singapore ended up winning for their first title since 1998.
During 2001 in Singapore, as part of Manchester United's pre-season Far East Asia tour, Sahdan was the scorer of Singapore XI's only goal in their 1–8 defeat to United at the Singapore National Stadium.
He has notched goals against the likes of Uruguay and Manchester United, but perhaps his most memorable was against Japan in 2004.
A swivel, burst of pace and devastatingly accurate shot gave Singapore an equaliser in that World Cup qualifier, and sent the home fans at the Jalan Besar Stadium into delirium, despite the fact that the Lions eventually lost 2–1.
For all his goalscoring exploits including top scorer at the 2001 SEA Games, Indra has yet to impose himself on the Tiger Cup after forgettable campaigns in 2000 and 2002.
While playing for the Singapore national football team against Malaysia in May 2006, Sahdan suffered a knee injuries which sidelined him for the rest of the year. His comeback came in the King's Cup in December 2006 in Thailand when he put on commendable performances.
With national team captain, Aide Iskandar dropped from the national side for the friendly against UAE, Sahdan took over the armband and led the side to a credible 1–1 draw. Sahdan is also vice captain for his club, Home United.
On 9 November 2007, just hours before the kick off of the World Cup 2010 qualifiers against Tajikistan, then-captain of the national team, Aide Iskandar sensationally retired from international football, and handed down the skipper's armband to Sahdan.
Although he is on a scoring streak for his club in the S-League, Indra is on a goal-scoring drought in the international stage. Since the Last edition of the AFF ASEAN Football Championship in January 2007 till the 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup, Sahdan has only scored three goals against Indonesia, DPR Korea and Cambodia respectively.
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