Shaiful Esah

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Shaiful Esah
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Personal information
Full name Mohamad Shaiful bin Esah Nain. [1]
Date of birth (1986-05-12) 12 May 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth Singapore
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left-back/Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004 Young Lions 20 (1)
2005–2011 Singapore Armed Forces 107 (8)
2012 LionsXII 16 (2)
2013–2015 Tampines Rovers 53 (2)
2016–2017 Warriors 25 (2)
2018-2020 Commonwealth Cosmos 0 (0)
2021- Warwick Knights 0 (0)
Total221(15)
International career‡
2008–2015 Singapore 54 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 August 2017
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:47, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

Mohamad Shaiful bin Esah Nain (born 12 May 1986) is a retired professional football player who played for the S.League and the Singapore national team as a left-back.

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Club career

Shaiful has previously played for S.League clubs Young Lions, Singapore Armed Forces and LionsXII. Shaiful played in the AFC Champions League during his time with the warriors. He has a cultured left foot and is deadly from set pieces and dead ball situations having scored countless goals from long range and free kicks. He is the regular taker of the corner kick and free kick for his club and country. He then later went on to sign for Tampines Rovers in 2013 till 2015 and Warriors in 2016.

Shaiful retired from football in 2017 thus ending his 13 years career as a footballer.

International career

He was part of the Singapore Under-23 team that took part in the 2007 Southeast Asian Games in Korat, Thailand that won a bronze medal.

He made his debut for the Singapore against Vietnam in the 2nd leg of the quarter-final round of the Suzuki Cup.

Shaiful has also been a goal threat for oppositions with his accurate free kicks and his delivery from corners which had helped a goal-shy Singapore in their 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup attempt.

Personal life

After retiring from football, Shaiful currently works as safety co-ordinator in Kimly construction, Singapore.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played November 2016. Caps and goals may not be correct.
ClubSeason S.League Singapore Cup Singapore
League Cup 		Asia Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Young Lions 2004 201----—201
Total201000000201
Singapore Armed Forces 2005 03??????????—????
2006 ????????????—????
2007 ????????????—????
2008 ??2????????—??2
2009 252000070322
2010 2000002040
2011 2611000—271
Total535100090635
ClubSeason Malaysia
Super League 		Malaysia
FA Cup 		Malaysia Cup Asia Total
LionsXII 2012 [2] 16211101—274
Total1621110100274
ClubSeason S.League Singapore Cup Singapore
League Cup 		Asia Total
Tampines Rovers 2013 192101041253
2014 150301050240
2015 1900020—210
Total532404091703
Warriors 2016 1610030—191
2017 000000—00
Total161003000191
Warwick Knights 2022 0000000000
Total0000000000
Career Total158116117118119914

International goals

Scores and results list Singapore's goal tally first. [3]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
17 October 2011 Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 1–02–0 Friendly
24 June 2013 Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar 2–02–0Friendly
327 November 2014 National Stadium, Kallang, SingaporeFlag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar 1–04–2 2014 AFF Championship
46 June 2015 Jurong West Sports and Recreation Centre, Jurong West, SingaporeFlag of Brunei.svg  Brunei 2–02–0Friendly

Honours

Club

Singapore Armed Forces
Tampines Rovers FC

International

Singapore

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References

  1. ↑ "Announcement of squad for AFF Suzuki Cup 2014". Football Association of Singapore. 22 November 2014. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "LionsXII fixtures and results for 2012 season". LionsXII. Archived from the original on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Esah, Shaiful". National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 2 February 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2017.


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