Shahrul Saad

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Shahrul Saad
Personal information
Full name Mohd Shahrul bin Mohd Saad
Date of birth (1993-07-08) 8 July 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Perak, Malaysia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Johor Darul Ta'zim
Number 32
Youth career
2008–2010 Perak President's Cup
2011–2014 Harimau Muda B / Harimau Muda A
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011 Harimau Muda B 17 (0)
2012–2014 Harimau Muda A 41 (0)
2015 Felda United 17 (1)
2016–2021 Perak 94 (9)
2021– Johor Darul Ta'zim 56 (3)
International career
2012–2015 Malaysia U23 27 (0)
2015– Malaysia 57 (5)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
AFF Championship
Runner-up 2018
King's Cup
Runner-up 2022
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 June 2023

Mohd Shahrul bin Mohd Saad (born 8 July 1993) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as a centre back or a right back for Malaysia Super League club Johor Darul Ta'zim and the Malaysia national team.

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Club career

Youth

Shahrul started his career at Perak youth team. He was then transferred to Malaysia national youth setup and has played for Harimau Muda B in the 2011 Malaysia league and Harimau Muda A in the 2012 Singapore S.League. In 2014 he played 22 matches for Harimau Muda in the Australian National Premier Leagues. [2]

Felda United

In 2015, he graduated from the national youth setup and was signed by Felda United. At Felda, he was converted from a defender to a defensive midfielder by head coach Irfan Bakti Abu Salim. [3] He made his debut in the second match of 2015 Malaysia Super League against Sime Darby coming on from a bench in the 81st minute. He made his first start against Johor Darul Ta'zim on 3 May 2015 and become a regular until the end of the season. His only league goal for Felda was in the final league match against Johor Darul Ta'zim, where Felda won 2-1.

Perak

In 2016, Shahrul returned to Perak. He won the 2018 Malaysia Cup with Perak and finished as league runners up in 2018, hence qualified to the AFC Champions League play-off round.

Johor Darul Ta'zim

On 8 May 2021, Shahrul joined Johor Darul Ta'zim. He was given the number 32 shirt. He made his debut against Sabah in the 2021 Malaysia Cup. He also scored his first goal for Johor Darul Ta'zim in the same competition against Kelantan.

International career

In 2012, Shahrul made his debut for the national under-23 team in the final match of 2012 Olympic qualifiers against Syria. He featured in two Southeast Asian Games (2013 and 2015) and 2014 Asian Games for the Malaysia national under-23 team. He was also a part of the 2013 Merdeka Tournament winning team and played for the 2013 Malaysia Universiade team.

Shahrul made his debut for Malaysia on 8 October 2015 in a 3-1 win against Laos. [4] [5]

On 10 September 2018, he scored his first international goal against Cambodia in a friendly.

He achieved his 50th cap against the Solomon Islands on 14 June 2023. [6] On 20 June 2023 which was also his 51st cap, he was chosen as the captain for the Malaysia national team against Papua New Guinea. [7] [8]

From May to December, Shahrul, along with Goh Sze Fei and Nur Dhabitah Sabri were appointed as the brand ambassadors for Nutrilite Malaysia. [9]

Shahrul was also was a member of the nation's squads at the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 3 June 2023 [10] [11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Harimau Muda B 2011 Malaysia Premier League 1702 [lower-alpha 1] 0190
Total17020190
Harimau Muda A 2012 S.League 190190
2014 National Premier Leagues 220220
Total410410
Felda United 2015 Malaysia Super League 17110100281
Total17110100281
Perak 2016 Malaysia Super League1625061273
2017 Malaysia Super League20210102314
2018 Malaysia Super League1903080300
2019 Malaysia Super League213708020383
2020 Malaysia Super League1020010112
2021 Malaysia Super League8080
Total9491603332014512
Perak II 2021 Malaysia Premier League1010
Total1010
Johor Darul Ta'zim 2021 Malaysia Super League003131
2022 Malaysia Super League2005 [lower-alpha 2] 06160371
2023 Malaysia Super League6010110070
Total260609260472
Career total196102505258028115
  1. 1 appearances against Selangor in 2011 Malaysia FA Cup and 1 appearances against Hougang United in 2011 Singapore Cup.
  2. 1 appearances in 2022 Piala Sumbangsih and 4 appearances in 2022 Malaysia FA Cup.

International

As of 20 June 2022 [12]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Malaysia 201540
201690
201710
2018152
2019112
202131
202250
202330
Total515

International goals

As of match played 8 June 2022. Malaysia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Shahrul Saad goal.
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
110 September 2018 Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia17Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 1–13–1 Friendly
211 December 2018 Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Malaysia26Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 1–22–2 2018 AFF Championship
32 June 201930Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 1–02–0Friendly
45 October 201936Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 2–06–0
59 December 2021 Bishan Stadium, Bishan, Singapore38Flag of Laos.svg  Laos 3–04–0 2020 AFF Championship

Personal life

Shahrul has two older brother who also have played professional football, Shahrizal Saad and Syamsul Saad. Like him, both brothers have played for Perak and Malaysia national team. Shahrul even played under Syamsul when his brother was the head coach of Perak in 2016. [13]

Honours

Club

Perak
Johor Darul Ta'zim

International

Malaysia U23

Malaysia

Individual

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