Shaiful Esah

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

Shaiful Esah
Personal information
Full name Mohamad Shaiful bin Esah Nain.[1]
Date of birth (1986-05-12) 12 May 1986
Place of birth Singapore
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left-back/Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (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)
National team
2008–2015 Singapore 54 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 August 2017
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:47, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

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.

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.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played November 2016. Caps and goals may not be correct.
Club Season S.League Singapore Cup Singapore
League Cup
Asia Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Young Lions 2004 201----201
Total 201000000201
Singapore Armed Forces 2005 03??????????????
2006 ????????????????
2007 ????????????????
2008 ??2??????????2
2009 252000070322
2010 2000002040
2011 2611000271
Total 535100090635
Club Season Malaysia
Super League
Malaysia
FA Cup
Malaysia Cup Asia Total
LionsXII 2012[2] 16211101274
Total 1621110100274
Club Season S.League Singapore Cup Singapore
League Cup
Asia Total
Tampines Rovers 2013 192101041253
2014 150301050240
2015 1900020210
Total 532404091703
Warriors 2016 1610030191
2017 00000000
Total 161003000191
Career Total 158116117118119914
  • Young Lions and LionsXII are ineligible for qualification to AFC competitions in their respective leagues.

International goals

Scores and results list Singapore's goal tally first.[3]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
17 October 2011Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore Philippines1–02–0Friendly
24 June 2013Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar Myanmar2–02–0Friendly
327 November 2014National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore Myanmar1–04–22014 AFF Championship
46 June 2015Jurong West Sports and Recreation Centre, Jurong West, Singapore Brunei2–02–0Friendly

Honours

Club

Singapore Armed Forces
Tampines Rovers FC

International

Singapore

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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