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
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Terengganu 2006–07 Malaysia Super League 040000–00
2007–08 Malaysia Super League 0100000–00
2009 Malaysia Super League 0170000–00
2010 Malaysia Super League 0180000–00
2011 Malaysia Super League 25100306–019
2012 Malaysia Super League 06010002010
2013 Malaysia Super League 1946520–279
2014 Malaysia Super League 1922084–296
2015 Malaysia Super League 1943030–274
2016 Malaysia Super League 1630000–00
Total0780000––00
Pahang 2017 Malaysia Super League 1636050–273
Total1636050––273
Terengganu 2018 Malaysia Super League 1322084–236
2019 Malaysia Super League 912000–111
Total2234084–347
Career Total000000––00

International
As of 28 August 2017[14]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Malaysia 200852
200910
201051
201110
201210
201320
Total153

International goals
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Result Competition
1 20 October 2008National Stadium Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur
4
 Afghanistan
6–0[lower-alpha 1]
2008 Merdeka Tournament
2 26 December 2010National Stadium Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur
10
 Indonesia
3–0
2010 AFF Suzuki Cup
  1. Ashari scored two goals

Honours

Club

Terengganu

International

Malaysia
  • AFF Suzuki Cup: 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup

Individual
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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.
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