Full name Shariff Abdul Samat Years Team Place of birth Singapore Name Shariff Samat | Playing position Role Footballer Number 5 Height 1.81 m | |
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Date of birth (1984-01-05) 5 January 1984 (age 31) Current teams Woodlands Wellington FC (#13 / Defender), Singapore national football team (Defender) | ||
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Shariff Abdul Samat (born 5 January 1984) is a Singaporean international footballer who plays for S.League side Geylang International.
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- Tampines Rovers Vs Brunei DPMM1130409SLeague 2009
- Club career
- Club career statistics
- International career
- Individual
- References
Shariff is the son of the former Singaporean international footballer, Samad Allapitchay. 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 teammate 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.
He made his debut for the Rams on 5 March 2013 in an away game against his former club, Home United FC. 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.
Club career statistics
As of 16 July 2013Shariff Abdul Samat's Profile
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.