Samad Allapitchay

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Samad Allapitchay
Personal information
Date of birth 1950 (age 7273)
Place of birth Singapore
Position(s) Centre-back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Geylang International
Singapore FA
Tampines Rovers
International career
1968–1981 Singapore 105 [1]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Samad Allapitchay (born 1950) is a former Singapore national football team captain who played for National Football League sides Geylang International [2] [3] and Tampines Rovers, and the Singapore Lions in the Malaysia Cup as a centre-back.

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Samad was known as a hard-tackling, no-nonsense defender with a penchant for bulldozing his way from defence to attack. [4] [5] [6] He was once dubbed "The Rock of Gilbratar" by his national team coach Mick Walker. [7]

Personal life

Samad is married to Norizan Aljunied. [8] His youngest son is Tampines Rovers and Singapore international defender Shariff Samat. [9] [10]

Honours

Club

Singapore Lions

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  7. 1 2 "Believe and you will win the M-League". The New Paper. 13 December 2011. Archived from the original on 23 March 2014.
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  9. Cubby Leong (24 November 2007). "Chip off the old block". Today. p. 55.
  10. Jose Raymond (7 September 2005). "Rebranding SHARIFF". Today. p. 54.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Singapore national team captain
1977-1981
Succeeded by