Indra Sahdan Daud

Youth career

Indra rose to prominence when he captained Singapore in winning the 1995 Lion City Cup. His breakthrough performances led him to be labelled the "next Fandi Ahmad".

Home United

He debuted as a 16-year-old with Police FC (later renamed Home United) in the inaugural S.League where he was used as a back-up player. Indra subsequently decided to move to Geylang United in 1997, spending four seasons with the 1996 champions. Indra signed a five-year contract with Home United from the 2001 season. Along with his football commitments with Home United, Indra signed on with the Singapore Police Force as a police officer. He struck up a prolific partnership with Egmar Goncalves as Home United won one S.League title and three Singapore Cups. Recognition of his potential came as he won the S.League Young Player of the Year award in 2000 and 2001. He demonstrated his knack for scoring against top teams such as Uruguay, Japan, Denmark and Manchester United. During Manchester United's pre-season Far East tour in 2001, he scored Team Singapore's only goal in their 1–8 defeat at the National Stadium on 24 July. He became the first local player to reach a milestone 100 domestic goals in Home United's 4–0 win over Balestier Khalsa on 21 June 2003 Despite reported interest from Sheffield Wednesday and Ipswich Town in August 2003, a move to England did not materialise. However, he tasted success with Home United achieving a S.League and Singapore Cup double that…

Indra made his debut for the Singapore national team in a World Cup qualifier against Kuwait on 26 April 1997. Considered one of the best strikers to play for Singapore over the last decade, Indra is noted for finding the net in big games, scoring goals against higher-ranked nations like Uruguay and Japan. Indra was part of the Singapore squad for the 2004 AFF Championship. Despite failing to strike up a partnership with Agu Casmir, he ended up scoring the opener in the home leg of the 2004 AFF Championship as Singapore won the tournament. It was their second ASEAN title after 1998, in which Indra missed after he was dropped from the national squad for skipping training. While playing for the national team against Malaysia in May 2006, Indra suffered a knee injury which sidelined him for the rest of the league season. He made his return to the national team for the 2006 King's Cup in December and the 2007 AFF Championship in early 2007. The Lions won their second consecutive ASEAN title. With national team captain, Aide Iskandar dropped from the national side for the friendly against UAE, Indra took over the armband and led the side to a 1–1 draw. Just hours before the kick off of the 2010 World Cup 2010 qualifier against Tajikistan on 9 November 2007, Aide Iskandar sensationally retired from international football. Indra was appointed the new captain. Indra is an inductee of the FIFA Century Club. Following the appointment of Bernd Stange as national head coach, Indra was…

In January 2022, Indra was recruited as one of the backroom staff as a video analyst for Tanjong Pagar United working under head coach Hasrin Jailani. In January 2023, Indra was then recruited by Balestier Khalsa to coach their under-21 side where later he became the club assistant coach in 2025 ahead of the 2025–26 season working under Marko Kraljević.

Indra was born to father Daud Bidin, a technician and mother Sabariah Hambali, a nurse. He was married to Nur Elfa Aishah. They divorced after eight years of marriage. Daughter, Elsa and son, Ilyas Shakeil were from his previous marriage. Indra studied at St Andrew's School, St. Gabriel's Secondary School and ITE (Ang Mo Kio). He was the face of Nike (Singapore) together with other national team players like Khairul Amri and Hariss Harun as part of Nike's advertising campaigns such as the 2007 AFF Championship.