Shariff Abdul Samat

Shariff Abdul Samat
	Shariff Abdul Samat speaking with the press after Woodlands Wellington's match against Home United on 5 March 2013.
Personal information
Full name	Shariff Abdul Samat
Date of birth	5 January 1984
Place of birth	Singapore
Date of death	10 February 2020 (aged 36)
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s)	Centre-back
Senior career*
National team‡
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 July 2013; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 June 2013

Shariff Abdul Samat (5 January 1984 – 10 February 2020) was a Singaporean international footballer.[1]

Shariff is the son of the former Singaporean international footballer, Samad Allapitchay.[2] Like his father, he usually played as a centre back.

Club career

Shariff 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 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 joined Home United FC in 2010.

He was 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.[3]

He made his debut for the Rams on 5 March 2013 in an away game against his former club, Home United FC.[4] Shariff put in an outstanding performance against the Protectors, his clearance off the line of Masato Fukui's shot being heralded as the turning point of the game by Woodlands coach, Salim Moin, during the post-match conference.[5]

Shariff rejoined Tampines for the 2014 season, but was not retained for the 2015 season and played for another NFL side Singapore Recreation Club that year. He then was signed by Geylang International for the 2016 season, but was released at the end of the season.[6]

International career

He first earned an international call-up for the games against North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Australia and the 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.[7]

Personal Life and Death

On 31 May 2001, Shariff encountered the 8-member gang 369, known as Salakau, who attacked him and his two other friends while they were walking along South Bridge Road. The gang killed one of his friends, then-17-year-old football player Sulaiman bin Hashim. During the attack, Shariff, who was named Muhammad Shariff bin Abdul Samat in court documents at that time, was stabbed on the back but survived. Six of the attackers were eventually arrested, jailed and caned, but the remaining two assailants remains at large till this day.[8]

On 10 November 2015, Shariff assaulted his brother-in-law over an incident. He was later found guilty of voluntarily causing hurt to his brother-in-law and on 24 May 2016, he was sentenced to 2 weeks' jail.[9]

On 10 February 2020, Shariff died of a heart attack at the age of 36, leaving behind a wife and 4-year-old daughter.[10][11]

Career statistics

Club

As of 16 July 2013

Shariff Abdul Samat's Profile

Club Performance		League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Singapore		S.League		Singapore Cup		League Cup		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals
Tampines Rovers	2009	24 (2)	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	24 (2)	1
Home United	2010	12 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	12 (1)	0
Hougang United	2011	22	0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	22	0
Singapore		NFL Division 2		Singapore FA Cup
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	-	-				Apps	Goals
Admiralty FC	2012	8	2	0	0	-	-	0	0	0	8	2
Singapore		S.League		Singapore Cup		League Cup
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals
Tampines Rovers	2012	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Woodlands Wellington	2013	11	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	14	0

All numbers encased in brackets signify substitute appearances.

International Appearances


#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition
1.	4 June 2013	Thuwanna Youth Training Center, Yangon, Myanmar	Myanmar	2–0	International Friendly
Updated as of 4 June 2013.

Honours

Individual

S.League Young Player of the Year: 2007

References

"Shariff set for S.League return". Axross The Line. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013.
"Hougang captain gives his side of the story". AsiaOne News.
"Woodlands Wellington Unveil Top Local Signing, Shariff Samat". Woodlands Wellington Football Club.
"Profligate Protectors sink to home defeat". Goal.com Singapore.
"Lee Lim Saeng: I think I can't sleep tonight". Goal.com Singapore.
https://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/features/nfl-sleague-ones-who-did-it?page=0%2C2
"Stange starts Singapore reign with victory in Myanmar". Goal.com Singapore.
"Stabbed, Samad's son: It hurts too much". National Library Board. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
"Geylang's Shariff jailed for attack on relative". The New Paper. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
Kwek, Kimberly (10 February 2020). "Football: Former Singapore international Shariff Samat dies at 36". The Straits Times. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
"Football: Tampines Rovers ready for busy year; next up is Indonesia's Makassar in AFC Cup". The Straits Times. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.

External links

Shariff Abdul Samat at National-Football-Teams.com
Shariff Abdul Samat at Soccerway

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[1] "Shariff set for S.League return". Axross The Line. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013.

[2] "Hougang captain gives his side of the story". AsiaOne News.

[3] "Woodlands Wellington Unveil Top Local Signing, Shariff Samat". Woodlands Wellington Football Club.

[4] "Profligate Protectors sink to home defeat". Goal.com Singapore.

[5] "Lee Lim Saeng: I think I can't sleep tonight". Goal.com Singapore.

[6] ttps://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/features/nfl-sleague-ones-who-did-it?page=0%2C2

[7] "Stange starts Singapore reign with victory in Myanmar". Goal.com Singapore.

[8] "Stabbed, Samad's son: It hurts too much". National Library Board. Retrieved 24 June 2020.

[9] "Geylang's Shariff jailed for attack on relative". The New Paper. Retrieved 24 June 2020.

[10] Kwek, Kimberly (10 February 2020). "Football: Former Singapore international Shariff Samat dies at 36". The Straits Times. Retrieved 24 June 2020.

[11] "Football: Tampines Rovers ready for busy year; next up is Indonesia's Makassar in AFC Cup". The Straits Times. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.