Claim: Professional soccer player Abdelhadi Laakkad won the Tiger Beer Goal of the Year award in the 2008 S. League Season, after which he was forced to take a year off to recover from an injury.
Evidence: Abdelhadi Laakkad (born 27 April 1977) is a professional soccer player from Morocco. During his two seasons with the Rams, Laakkad also won the Tiger Beer Goal Of The Year award in the 2008 S.League season. In view of his impressive displays, Laakkad was supposed to join Home United during the 2009 off-season but niggling injuries hampered the transfer and it was eventually called off. As a result, he spent a year away from football to recover from his injury.