Rames Lai Ban Huat

In this Indian name, the name Lai Ban Huat is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Ramesh.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Lai.

Ramesh a/l Lai Ban Huat (Tamil: ரமேஷ் லாய் பான் ஹுவாத், romanized: Ramēṣ lāy pāṉ huvāt; simplified Chinese: 拉梅什·莱班发; traditional Chinese: 拉梅什·萊班發; born 8 April 1980 in Perak) is a Malaysian footballer who last plays for Kuching City.^[2] He is of Chindian descent.

Ramesh Lai

Personal information
Full name	Ramesh a/l Lai Ban Huat[1]
Date of birth	(1980-04-08) 8 April 1980 (age 45)
Place of birth	Perak, Malaysia
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Machan F.C.
Youth career
2000	Perak
2001	Melaka
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2006	Telekom Melaka	?	(1)
2007–2010	KL PLUS	?	(0)
2011	FELDA United	17	(0)
2012–2018	Sarawak	135	(0)
2019–2024	Kuching City	81	(1)
2024–	Machan F.C.	1	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Rames started his career with Telekom Melaka in 2002. He played under the guidance of Irfan Bakti Abu Salim where they finish as the runners up of 2005 Malaysia Premier League, finish second in the 2005–06 Malaysia Super League and reach the 2006 Malaysia Cup semi-final.^[3]

After the disbandment of Telekom Melaka, he moved to KL PLUS in 2007 and spent 3 seasons helping the club promoted to 2009 Malaysia Super League. After the disbandment of KL PLUS, Rajes signed with FELDA United for one year and played 17 league matches.

In 2012, Rajes moved to Sarawak. He spent the season as a regular playing 32 matches in all competitions but could not prevented Sarawak from relegation. In 2013 he played 33 matches in all competition for Sarawak. Sarawak went on to win the Malaysia Premier League undefeated and reach the Malaysia Cup semi-final.^[4]

In 2023 Malaysian league season, Rames created a record as the oldest player and the oldest goal scorer in the Malaysia League at the age of 43.^[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of 17 December 2023^[6]

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Others		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Telekom Melaka	2002		1		0		1	–			2
	2003		0		0		0	–			0
	2004		0		0		0	1[a]	0		0
	2005		0		0		0	–			0
	2006		0		0		0	–			0
Total			1		0		1	1	0		2
KL PLUS	2007		0		0		0	–			0
	2008		0		0		0	–			0
	2009		0		0		0	–			0
	2010		0		0		0	–			0
Total			0		0		0	–			0
FELDA United	2011	17	0	3	0	7	0	–		27	0
Total		17	0	3	0	7	0	–		27	0
Sarawak	2012	25	0	1	0	5	0	1[b]	0	32	0
	2013	21	0	2	0	10	0	–		33	0
	2014	18	0	4	0	4	0	–		26	0
	2015	16	0	1	0	8	0	–		25	0
	2016	18	0	1	0	3	0	–		22	0
	2017	15	0	4	0	4	0	–		23	0
	2018	22	0	1	0	–		3[c]	0	26	0
Total		135	0	14	0	34	0	4	0	187	0
Kuching City	2019	14	0	2	0	–		–		16	0
	2020	9	0	–		–		–		9	0
	2021	19	0	–		5	0	–		24	0
	2022	18	1	3	0	4	0	–		25	1
	2023	21	0	1	0	2	1	3[d]	0	27	1
Total		81	1	6	0	11	1	3	0	101	2
Career total

1. Appearances at the 2004 Malaysia Premier League Final
2. Appearances at the 2012 Malaysia Super League Play-offs
3. Appearances at the 2018 Malaysia Challenge Cup
4. Appearances at the 2023 MFL Challenge Cup

Honours

Sarawak

• Malaysia Premier League: 2013