Shariff Abdul Samat
 Shariff Abdul Samat speaking with the press after Woodlands Wellington's match against Home United on 5 March 2013. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Shariff Abdul Samat | ||
| Date of birth | 5 January 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Singapore | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre-back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Tampines Rovers | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2003 | Sembawang Rangers | 17 | (0) |
| 2005 | Home United | 1 | (0) |
| 2006 | Young Lions | 11 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Tampines Rovers | 70 | (1) |
| 2010 | Home United | 13 | (0) |
| 2011 | Hougang United | 22 | (0) |
| 2012 | Admiralty | 8 | (2) |
| 2012 | Tampines Rovers | 0 | (0) |
| 2013 | Woodlands Wellington | 11 | (0) |
| 2014– | Tampines Rovers | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008 – | Singapore | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 July 2013. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Shariff Abdul Samat (born 5 January 1984) is a Singaporean international footballer[1] who plays for S.League side Tampines Rovers.[2]
Shariff is the son of the former Singaporean international footballer, Samad Allapitchay.[3] Like his father, he usually plays as a centre back.
Club career
Shariff has previously played for S.League clubs Sembawang Rangers FC, Young Lions and Tampines Rovers FC.
He was brought into the Tampines Rovers squad from the Young Lions after a stint with Sembawang Rangers FC, largely as a back-up player for the 2007/2008 highlighting season. However, due to fellow team-mate Sead Muratovic's failure to pass the annual fitness test, he became a major part of the first team's fixture in the S-League. He then join Home United FC in 2010.
He is also known as a hot-tempered player, and was once handed out an eight-month ban by the Football Association of Singapore for throwing a punch at a Geylang United FC player, Peter Bennett in a S-League match when he was a Sembawang Rangers FC player.
Shariff spent half a season in the NFL Division 2 side Admiralty FC during the first half of 2012, and it was announced that he would rejoin S.League side Tampines Rovers for the second half of their 2012 season. However, he failed to break into the squad and was released at the end of the season.
On 2 February 2013, Shariff was unveiled as a Woodlands Wellington player during the team's pre-season fanfare.[4]
He made his debut for the Rams on 5 March 2013 in an away game against his former club, Home United FC.[5] Shariff put in an outstanding performance against the Protectors, his clearance off the line off Masato Fukui's shot being heralded as the turning point of the game by Woodlands coach, Salim Moin, during the post-match conference.[6]
Club career statistics
- As of 16 July 2013
| Club Performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singapore | S.League | Singapore Cup | League Cup | |||||||||
| Club | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |  |
 |
|
Apps | Goals |
| Tampines Rovers | 2009 | 24 (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 24 (2) | 1 |
| Home United | 2010 | 12 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 (1) | 0 |
| Hougang United | 2011 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| Singapore | NFL Division 2 | Singapore FA Cup | ||||||||||
| Club | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | - | - | |
|
|
Apps | Goals |
| Admiralty FC | 2012 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| Singapore | S.League | Singapore Cup | League Cup | |||||||||
| Club | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
|
|
Apps | Goals |
| Tampines Rovers | 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Woodlands Wellington | 2013 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 |
- All numbers encased in brackets signify substitute appearances.
International career
He first earned an international call-up for the games against North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Australia and UAE. However, he was unable to break into the squad back then under Radojko Avramović.
In 2013, Shariff was called up by new national coach Bernd Stange due to his impressive performances for Woodlands Wellington in the S.League. He made his international debut on 4 June 2013, coming on as a substitute against Myanmar in a friendly match in Yangon.[7]
International Appearances
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Competition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 4 June 2013 | Thuwanna Youth Training Center, Yangon, Myanmar |  Myanmar | 2–0 | International Friendly | ||||||
| Updated as of 4 June 2013. | |||||||||||
Honours
Individual
- S.League Young Player of the Year: 2007
References
- ↑ "Shariff set for S.League return". Axross The Line.
- ↑ "Transfer news for Tampines Rovers Football Club". Tampines Rovers. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
- ↑ "Hougang captain gives his side of the story". AsiaOne News.
- ↑ "Woodlands Wellington Unveil Top Local Signing, Shariff Samat". Woodlands Wellington Football Club.
- ↑ "Profligate Protectors sink to home defeat". Goal.com Singapore.
- ↑ "Lee Lim Saeng: I think I can't sleep tonight". Goal.com Singapore.
- ↑ "Stange starts Singapore reign with victory in Myanmar". Goal.com Singapore.
External links
- Shariff Abdul Samat at National-Football-Teams.com
- http://www.soccerway.com/players/shariff-abdul-samat/29752/
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