{{short description|Singaporean footballer (born 1992)}} {{Use British English|date=May 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}} {{Malay name|Shahfiq|Ghani}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Shahfiq Ghani | image = Shahfiq Ghani, 2013 (cropped).jpg | caption = Shahfiq Ghani playing for [[LionsXII]] in 2013 | fullname = Muhammad Shahfiq bin Ghani<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lionsxii.sg/fas-names-2014-lionsxii-squad-list/ |title=FAS names 2014 LionsXII squad list |website=Football Association of Singapore |accessdate=8 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019043514/http://lionsxii.sg/fas-names-2014-lionsxii-squad-list/ |archive-date=19 October 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|3|17}} | birth_place = Singapore | height = {{convert|1.75|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]], [[midfielder]] | currentclub = [[Geylang International FC| Geylang International]] | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 2005–2010 | youthclubs1 = [[National Football Academy (Singapore)|National Football Academy]] | years1 = 2010–2012 | clubs1 = [[Young Lions FC|Young Lions]] | caps1 = 37 | goals1 = 7 | years2 = 2013–2014 | clubs2 = [[LionsXII]] | caps2 = 22 | goals2 = 5 | years3 = 2015 | clubs3 = [[Young Lions FC|Young Lions]] | caps3 = 22 | goals3 = 4 | years4 = 2016–2017 | clubs4 = [[Geylang International FC|Geylang International]] | caps4 = 21 | goals4 = 3 | years5 = 2018–2022 | clubs5 = [[Hougang United]] | caps5 = 26 | goals5 = 6 | years6 = 2023–2024 | clubs6 = [[Geylang International FC|Geylang International]] | caps6 = 15 | goals6 = 1 | caps7 = | goals7 = | nationalyears1 = 2010– | nationalteam1 = [[Singapore national football team|Singapore U23]] | nationalcaps1 = 15 | nationalgoals1 = 3 | nationalyears2 = 2012– | nationalteam2 = [[Singapore national football team|Singapore]] | nationalcaps2 = 14 | nationalgoals2 = 2 | club-update = 30 December 2017 | nationalteam-update = 22:23, 25 November 2016 (UTC) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}} {{MedalCountry|{{fb|SIN}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[[SEA Games]]}} {{Medal|Bronze|[[2013 Southeast Asian Games|Naypyidaw 2013]]|[[Football at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games – Men's team squads#Singapore|Team]]}} }} '''Muhammad Shahfiq bin Ghani''' (born 17 March 1992), also known as '''Shahfiq Shahfiq''' or just '''Shahfiq''', is a [[Singapore]]an professional [[Association football|footballer]] who plays either as a [[centre forward]] or [[attacking midfielder]] for [[Malaysia Super League]] club [[Negeri Sembilan FC|Negeri Sembilan]] and the [[Singapore national football team|Singapore national team]]. He is known as a free-kick specialist.
==Club career== ===Young Lions=== Shahfiq began his club career with [[S.League]] club [[Young Lions FC|Young Lions]] in 2010. He scored 7 goals in 37 competitive matches over three Seasons from 2010 to 2012.
===LionsXII=== Shahfiq was selected to be in the [[LionsXII]] squad in 2013.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://lionsxii.sg/lionsxii-2013-unveiled/| title=LionsXII 2013 unveiled| website=LionsXII official website| accessdate=8 March 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003128/http://lionsxii.sg/lionsxii-2013-unveiled/| archive-date=4 March 2016| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://lionsxii.sg/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/LionsXII_Team_2013.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=9 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214515/http://lionsxii.sg/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/LionsXII_Team_2013.pdf |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He contributed with 5 goals in 13 MSL matches as LionsXII won the [[2013 Malaysia Super League]]. He drew criticism from head coach [[V. Sundramoorthy]] for his dismissal for slapping [[Sarawak FA|Sarawak]]'s [[Muamer Salibašić]] in a [[Malaysia Cup]] match on 24 August 2013.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.todayonline.com/sports/football/shahfiq-let-team-down-lionsxii-coach-sundram| title=Shahfiq let the team down: LionsXII coach Sundram| publisher=Today| date=25 August 2013}}</ref>
A spinal injury threatened to rule Shahfiq out for the start of the 2014 season.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://news.asiaone.com/news/sports/msl-another-blow-fandi-shahfiq-injures-spine| title=MSL: Another blow for Fandi as Shahfiq injures spine| publisher=The New Paper| date=6 January 2014| access-date=9 March 2014| archive-date=10 October 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151010112454/http://news.asiaone.com/news/sports/msl-another-blow-fandi-shahfiq-injures-spine| url-status=dead}}</ref> He missed the Charity Cup match against [[Pahang FA|Pahang]] and the [[Malaysia FA Cup]] match against [[DRB-Hicom F.C.|DRB-Hicom]], returning as a 74th-minute substitute against [[Selangor FA|Selangor]] on 25 January. In total, he spent only 77 minutes on the pitch for his club in 2014.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/features/forgotten-man-shahfiq-ghani-determined-win-back-fans-hearts|title=The Forgotten Man: Shahfiq Ghani determined to win back fans' hearts|date=2016-10-24|work=FourFourTwo|access-date=2017-04-21|language=en-SG|archive-date=21 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421194618/https://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/features/forgotten-man-shahfiq-ghani-determined-win-back-fans-hearts|url-status=dead}}</ref>
During his two-year spell with LionsXII, he scored six goals in 31 appearances.
===Return to Young Lions=== In 2015, Shahfiq return to the Young Lions, where he scored 5 goals in 22 league appearances for his club.
===Geylang International=== In 2016, it was announced that Shahfiq would be joining [[Geylang International]] at the start of the [[2016 S.League]] season on a 2 year contract.<ref name=":0" /> However, he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his knee during pre-season training and was ruled out for 6 months.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.todayonline.com/sports/football/shahfiq-out-6-months-knee-injury|title=Shahfiq out for 6 months with knee injury|work=TODAYonline|access-date=2017-04-21|language=en}}</ref> This resulted in Shafiq missing most of the games of the season although he did make a return during the second half of the season. He returned to full fitness in July and made a surprise cameo appearance in the League Cup Plate Final against [[Hougang United FC|Hougang United]].<ref name=":0" /> He marked his return from injury by scoring a goal for his club in a friendly match against the [[Cambodia national football team]] and laying off an assist for a last gasp goal in a 2-1 victory over [[Balestier Khalsa FC|Balestier Khalsa]] in the league.
He scored in his first goal for the club during the last game of the season in a 4-1 win over [[Home United FC|Home United]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://tnp.straitstimes.com/sports/singapore-football/geylang-come-short|title=Geylang come up short|date=2016-10-26|work=The New Paper|access-date=2017-04-21|language=en}}</ref> He came back strongly enough to be recalled back to the national team and making the final 23 for Singapore's disappointing [[2016 AFF Championship]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/news/sundram-names-final-23-man-aff-suzuki-cup-squad|title=Sundram names final 23-man AFF Suzuki Cup squad|date=2016-11-18|work=FourFourTwo|access-date=2017-04-21|language=en-SG|archive-date=21 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421194621/https://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/news/sundram-names-final-23-man-aff-suzuki-cup-squad|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Shahfiq scored his first goal of the [[2017 S.League]] season in a 2-0 win over [[Brunei DPMM FC]] while also winning another penalty which teammate [[Víctor Coto Ortega|Víctor Coto]] converted.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnfcasia.com/football/report?gameId=473944|title=Geylang International vs. Brunei DPMM - Football Match Report - April 20, 2017 - ESPN|website=ESPNFC.com|access-date=2017-04-21}}</ref>
===Hougang United=== After being rumoured to join [[UKM F.C.]] in Malaysia, Shahfiq signed for [[Hougang United]] in 2018.
==International career== Shahfiq was part of the [[Singapore national under-23 football team]] that won the bronze medal at the [[Football at the 2009 & 2013 Southeast Asian Games|2009 & 2013 Southeast Asian Games]].
He earned his first [[Singapore national football team|senior]] international cap in a friendly match against Hong Kong on 15 August 2012.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.redsports.sg/2012/08/19/football-singapore-hong-kong/ | title = Football: Singapore beat Hong Kong 2–0 for first win in 9 matches | access-date = 15 October 2013 | archive-date = 21 May 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170521031259/https://www.redsports.sg/2012/08/19/football-singapore-hong-kong/ | url-status = dead }}</ref> His first international goal came against [[China national football team|China PR]] in a friendly match in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-sg/match/china-pr-vs-singapore/1477259/report|title=China PR 6 - 1 Singapore Match report - 9/6/13 Friendlies - Goal.com|website=www.goal.com|language=en-sg|access-date=2017-04-21}}</ref>
==Personal life== Shahfiq graduated from the [[Singapore Sports School]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.sportsschool.edu.sg/SportsFootballDetails.aspx?id=1&tabid=4| title=Elite Student-Athletes| website=Singapore Sports School| accessdate=11 March 2014| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140311134134/http://www.sportsschool.edu.sg/SportsFootballDetails.aspx?id=1&tabid=4| archivedate=11 March 2014| df=dmy-all}}</ref> ==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|match played 27 Feb 2022}}. Caps and goals may not be correct.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="2"|[[S.League]] !colspan="2"|[[Singapore Cup]] !colspan="2"|[[Singapore League Cup|Singapore<br>League Cup]] !colspan="2"|[[Asian Football Confederation|Asia]] !colspan="2"|Total |- !Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="4"|[[Courts Young Lions|Young Lions]] |[[2010 S.League|2010]] |16||3||4||0||-||-||colspan='2'|—||20||3 |- |[[2011 S.League|2011]] |8||2||colspan='2'|—||colspan='2'|—||colspan='2'|—||8||2 |- |[[2012 S.League|2012]] |13||2||colspan='2'|—||4||0||colspan='2'|—||17||2 |- !Total !37!!7!!4!!0!!4!!0!!0!!0!!45!!7 |- !Club !Season !colspan="2"|[[Malaysia Super League|Malaysia<br>Super League]] !colspan="2"|[[FA Cup Malaysia|Malaysia<br>FA Cup]] !colspan="2"|[[Malaysia Cup]] !colspan="2"|[[Asian Football Confederation|Asia]] !colspan="2"|Total |- |rowspan="3"|[[LionsXII]] |[[2013 LionsXII season|2013]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://lionsxii.sg/fixtures-and-results/?league=malaysia-super-league-2013| title=LionsXII fixtures and results for 2013 season| website=LionsXII official website| accessdate=6 March 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216204656/http://lionsxii.sg/fixtures-and-results/?league=malaysia-super-league-2013| archive-date=16 February 2018| url-status=dead}}</ref> |13||5||0||0||6||1||colspan='2'|—||19||6 |- |[[2014 LionsXII season|2014]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://lionsxii.sg/fixtures-and-results/?league=malaysia-super-league-2014| title=LionsXII fixtures and results for 2014 season| website=LionsXII official website| accessdate=6 March 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309085113/http://lionsxii.sg/fixtures-and-results/?league=malaysia-super-league-2014| archive-date=9 March 2014| url-status=dead}}</ref> |9||0||0||0||0||0||colspan='2'|—||9||0 |- !Total !22!!5!!0!!0!!6!!1!!0!!0!!28!!6 |- !rowspan="1"|Club !rowspan="1"|Season !colspan="2"|[[S.League]] !colspan="2"|[[Singapore Cup]] !colspan="2"|[[Singapore League Cup|Singapore<br>League Cup]] !colspan="2"|[[Asian Football Confederation|Asia]] !colspan="2"|Total |- |rowspan="2"|[[Young Lions FC|Young Lions]] |[[2015 S.League|2015]] |??||??||??||??||-||-||colspan='2'|—||??||?? |- !Total !??!!??!!??!!??!!??!!??!!??!!??!!??!!?? |- |rowspan="3"|[[Geylang International FC|Geylang International]] |[[2016 S.League|2016]] |6||1||0||0||1||0||colspan='2'|—||7||1 |- |[[2017 S.League|2017]] |17||5||1||0||2||0||colspan='2'|—||20||5 |- !Total !23!!6!!1!!0!!3!!0!!0!!0!!27!!6 |- |rowspan="6"|[[Hougang United]] |[[2018 S.League|2018]] |12||2||2||0||0||0||colspan='2'|—||14||2 |- |[[2019 Singapore Premier League|2019]] |10||8||2||0||0||0||colspan='2'|—||12||8 |- |[[2020 Singapore Premier League|2020]] |11||1||0||0||1||0||3||0||15||1 |- |[[2021 Singapore Premier League|2021]] |11||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||11||1 |- |[[2022 Singapore Premier League|2022]] |15||1||4||0||0||0||2||0||21||1 |- !Total !59!!12!!8!!0!!2!!0!!5!!0!!73!!13 |- |rowspan="2"|[[Geylang International FC|Geylang International]] |[[2023 Singapore Premier League|2023]] |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- !Total !0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0 |- !colspan="2"|Career total !137!!29!!9!!0!!15!!1!!3!!0!!155!!31 |}
* <small>Young Lions and LionsXII are ineligible for qualification to [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] competitions in their respective leagues.</small> * <small>Young Lions withdrew from the 2011 and 2012 Singapore Cup and the 2011 Singapore League Cup due to their players participating in [[2013 AFC U-22 Championship qualification|AFC]] and [[2011 AFF U-23 Youth Championship|AFF]] youth competitions.</small>
===International=== '''International goals''' {| class="wikitable" ! No !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | align=center|1 || 6 September 2013 || [[TEDA Football Stadium]], Tianjin, China PR || {{fb|CHN}} || align=center|1–'''1''' || align=center|6–1 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]] |}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !colspan=3|[[Singapore national football team|Singapore national team]] |- !Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |2012||2||0 |- |2013||6||1 |- |2014||1||0 |- !Total||9||1 |} ''Statistics accurate as of match played 5 March 2014''
=== U23 International goals === {| class="wikitable" |- ! No !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1 || 8 June 2013 || [[Indonesia]] || {{fbu|23|INA}}|| align=center|'''1'''-0 || 1-1 || [[Exhibition game|U23 International Friendly]] |- | 2 || 14 September 2013 || [[Darul Makmur Stadium]], [[Kuantan]] || {{fbu|23|THA}}|| align=center|'''1'''-0 || 2-1 || [[2013 Merdeka Tournament]] |- | 3 || 2 April 2014 || [[Hougang Stadium]], [[Singapore]] || {{fbu|23|INA}}|| align=center|'''1'''-2 || 1-2 || [[Exhibition game|U23 International Friendly]] |- | 4 || 14 September 2014 || [[Ansan Wa~ Stadium]], [[Korea]] || {{fbu|23|PLE}} || align=center|'''1'''-0 || 2-1 || [[2014 Asian Games]] |- | 5 || 14 September 2014 || [[Ansan Wa~ Stadium]], [[Korea]] || {{fbu|23|PLE}} || align=center|'''2'''-0 || 2-1 || [[2014 Asian Games]] |- | 6 || 16 May 2015 || [[Shizuoka, Japan]] || {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shizuoka Sangyo University SC]]|| align=center|'''1'''-0 || 3-0 || [[Exhibition game|U23 International Friendly]] |- | 7 || 16 May 2015 || [[Shizuoka, Japan]] || {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shizuoka Sangyo University SC]]|| align=center|'''2'''-0 || 3-0 || [[Exhibition game|U23 International Friendly]] |- | 8 || 22 May 2015 || [[Jalan Besar Stadium]], [[Singapore]] || {{fbu|23|LAO}}|| align=center|'''3'''-1 || 5-1 || [[Exhibition game|U23 International Friendly]] |- | 9 || 30 May 2015 || [[Jalan Besar Stadium]], [[Singapore]] || {{fbu|23|TLS}}|| align=center|'''2'''-0 || 2-0 || [[Exhibition game|U23 International Friendly]] |}
==Honours==
===Club=== '''LionsXII''' *[[Malaysia Super League]]: [[2013 Malaysia Super League|2013]] '''Hougang United''' * [[Singapore Cup]]: [[2022 Singapore Cup|2022]]
===International=== '''Singapore''' *[[Southeast Asian Games]]: Bronze [[2009 & 2013 Southeast Asian Games|2009 & 2013]]
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Hougang United FC squad}}
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