Ashari Samsudin

Mohamad Ashari bin Samsudin (born 7 June 1985) is a retired Malaysian footballer who mainly plays as a right winger but can also play as a forward and an attacking midfielder. Ashari has a great dribbling skill with a good vision and pace in the game making him one of the fan's favourite in the team.

In this Malay name, the name Samsudin is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Ashari.

Ashari Samsudin

Personal information
Full name	Mohamad Ashari bin Samsudin[1]
Date of birth	(1985-06-07) 7 June 1985[2]
Place of birth	Terengganu, Malaysia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s)	Forward, Winger
Youth career
2003–2005	Terengganu
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2016	Terengganu	200	(78)
2017	Pahang	16	(3)
2018–2019	Terengganu	22	(3)
Total		238	(8)
National team^‡
2008–2013	Malaysia	15	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 may 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 January 2017

Club career

Terengganu

Originally from Bukit Payong, Marang, Terengganu, Ashari started his career with Terengganu youth team. He was promoted to Terengganu's senior team during the 2007-08 Super League Malaysia. He showed impressive playing style as he netted 9 goals in his debut season.[3]

He is consistently scoring for Terengganu. He was second top scorer in the 2009 season with 17 goals, one goal behind the winner Mohd Nizaruddin Yusof.[4] He goes one better in the 2010 Super League Malaysia season, winning the Golden Boot while scoring 18 goals.[5] In the 2011 league season, he scored 10 goals.

Among his achievements with Terengganu is winning the 2011 Malaysia FA Cup and defeating Kelantan FA in the final on 11 June 2011. He also was the top scorer in the Sukma Games 2008 football tournament held at Terengganu, where he helped the Terengganu youth team win the gold medal. In the 2012 Malaysia League Cup Final, he scored the opening goal for his team in a 2-1 loss to Negeri Sembilan.[6][7]

Pahang

On 7 November 2016, it was announced that Ashari signed a one-year contract with Pahang.[8][9]

International career

His performance in the national league in 2008 attracted the national coach at that time, B. Sathianathan, to take him into Malaysia national squad.

Ashari made his international senior debut for Malaysia against India on 22 July 2008. Ashari scored his first international goals in Malaysia 6–0 trashing of Afghanistan in the 2008 Merdeka Tournament, where Ashari scored twice.[10]

In November 2010, Ashari was called up to the Malaysia national squad by coach K. Rajagopal for the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup. Ashari scored 1 goal from outside penalty box for Malaysia against Indonesia in the first leg of the final to secure a 3–0 win, and helping Malaysia en route to win 4-2 on the aggregate the AFF Suzuki Cup for the first time in their history.[11][12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 14 May 2019.[13]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Terengganu	2006–07	Malaysia Super League	0	4	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	2007–08	Malaysia Super League	0	10	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	2009	Malaysia Super League	0	17	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	2010	Malaysia Super League	0	18	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	2011	Malaysia Super League	25	10	0	3	0	6	–		0	19
	2012	Malaysia Super League	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	10
	2013	Malaysia Super League	19	4	6	5	2	0	–		27	9
	2014	Malaysia Super League	19	2	2	0	8	4	–		29	6
	2015	Malaysia Super League	19	4	3	0	3	0	–		27	4
	2016	Malaysia Super League	16	3	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	Total		0	78	0	0	0	0	–	–	0	0
Pahang	2017	Malaysia Super League	16	3	6	0	5	0	–		27	3
	Total		16	3	6	0	5	0	–	–	27	3
Terengganu	2018	Malaysia Super League	13	2	2	0	8	4	–		23	6
	2019	Malaysia Super League	9	1	2	0	0	0	–		11	1
	Total		22	3	4	0	8	4	–		34	7
Career Total			0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	0	0

International

As of 28 August 2017[14]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Malaysia	2008	5	2
	2009	1	0
	2010	5	1
	2011	1	0
	2012	1	0
	2013	2	0
Total		15	3

International goals

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, result and competition

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Result	Competition
1	20 October 2008	National Stadium Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur	4	Afghanistan	6–0[lower-alpha 1]	2008 Merdeka Tournament
2	26 December 2010	National Stadium Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur	10	Indonesia	3–0	2010 AFF Suzuki Cup

1. Ashari scored two goals

Honours

Club

Terengganu

• Malaysia FA Cup: 2011

International

Malaysia

• AFF Suzuki Cup: 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup

Individual

• 2010 Malaysia Super League Golden Boot (18 goals)

References

1. National senior team - Football Association of Malaysia http://www.fam.org.my/news/national-senior-team-matches
2. Ashari Samsudin - FIFA.com https://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=345382/index.html
3. "malaysiafootball: Liga Malaysia 2007/08 – Liga Super". Malaysiafootball-dimos.blogspot.com. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
4. "Kosmo! Online – Sukan". Kosmo.com.my. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
5. "Kosmo! Online – Sukan". Kosmo.com.my. Archived from the original on 6 August 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
6. Ashaari Shamsudin kekal di Terengganu tahun depan http://www.sinarharian.com.my/sukan/ashaari-shamsudin-kekal-di-terengganu-tahun-depan-1.205921?localLinksEnabled=false
7. 8. Left Midfielder: Ashaari Shamsuddin http://www.goal.com/en-sg/slideshow/2372/8/title/goalcom-asia-team-of-the-month-february
8. Goal 2017 MSL team preview: Pahang to undo 2016 misssteps as a stronger side http://www.goal.com/en-my/news/goal-2017-msl-team-preview-pahang-to-undo-2016-missteps/1b3bstgi3ib7q1l5swimhuzuo7
9. Ashari sah sertai skuad Tok Gajah http://www.astroawani.com/berita-sukan/ashari-sah-sertai-skuad-tok-gajah-121773
10. Rajagobal uji pemain http://ww1.kosmo.com.my/kosmo/content.asp?y=2011&dt=1111&pub=Kosmo&sec=Sukan&pg=su_06.htm Archived 1 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine
11. Harimau baham Garuda http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2010&dt=1227&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Sukan&pg=su_01.htm Archived 1 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine
12. 9 pemain skuad kebangsaan cedera http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?dt=1102&pg=su_01.htm&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Sukan&y=2010 Archived 1 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine
13. "mohd ashaari shamsuddin". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
14. "Samsudin, Mohd Ashari". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 26 November 2017.

External links

• Ashari Samsudin at Soccerway
• Ashari Samsudin at National-Football-Teams.com