{{Short description|Malaysian footballer}} {{Malay name|Shahrom|Kalam|note=off}} {{EngvarB|date=October 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2014}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Shahrom Kalam | image = Shahrom Kalam.jpg | image_size = 260px | caption = Shahrom playing for Malaysia in 2017 | fullname = Muhammad Shahrom bin Abdul Kalam | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|09|15}} | birth_place = Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnfc.com/player/224128/shahrom-kalam|title = Mohd Shahrom Abdul Kalam Stats, News, Bio}}</ref> | height = {{height|meter=1.78}}<ref>Shahrom Kalam: Overview http://faselangor.my/pemain/muhammad-shahrom-abdul-kalam</ref> | position = Centre back / Right-back | currentclub = Selangor (assistant) | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 2004–2005 | youthclubs1 = Kuala Lumpur | years1 = 2005–2006 | clubs1 = Kuala Lumpur | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2007–2008 | clubs2 = Shahzan Muda | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 2008–2011 | clubs3 = Kuala Lumpur | caps3 = 21 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2012–2013 | clubs4 = Perak | caps4 = | goals4 = | years5 = 2014–2016 | clubs5 = Selangor | caps5 = | goals5 = | years6 = 2017 | clubs6 = Perak | caps6 = 17 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2018 | clubs7 = Felcra | caps7 = | goals7 = | years8 = 2019 | clubs8 = PKNS | caps8 = 6 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2020 | clubs9 = Negeri Sembilan | caps9 = | goals9 = | nationalyears1 = 2011–2017 | nationalteam1 = Malaysia | nationalcaps1 = 21 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | club-update = | nationalteam-update = 19 September 2017 | managerclubs1 = Gombak | manageryears1 = 2024 | manageryears2 = 2024– | managerclubs2 = Selangor (assistant) }}
'''Muhammad Shahrom bin Abdul Kalam''' (born 15 September 1985) is a retired Malaysian footballer. He played mainly as a centre-back, but can also deployed at right-back.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biodata Shahrom Kalam |url=http://bloggerbolamalaysia.blogspot.com/2015/11/biodata-shahrom-kalam.html |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=Blogger Bola Malaysia}}</ref>
==Club career== ===Early career=== Shahrom began his football career with under the strong guidance and encouragement of his parents and family, Abdul Kalam Suhaimi and Shariah Abdul Wahid and his 3 siblings. It was Shahrom's mother who first realised that Shahrom's intense passion to play football seriously when he was 7. Shahrom's mother acted as his unofficial coach, trainer and manager during his early days of playing football and he has never looked back since then. His mother who also managed and coached the rag tag street football team that Shahrom and a couple of his childhood friends were in.
Shahrom played all through his years in primary school years developing and polishing his talents. During his early secondary school years, Shahrom was recruited in Kuala Lumpur Football Academy which was based at the Cheras Football Stadium. His stint with Kuala Lumpur Football Academy opened many doors for Shahrom to polish his skills and talent on the field which ultimately resulted in him being recruited to join the illustrious Bukit Jalil Sports School.
===Kuala Lumpur, Shahzan Muda=== Shahrom began his football career playing for Kuala Lumpur youth team before been promoted into the first team in 2005. Shahrom played for Malaysia Premier League side Shahzan Muda for 2007-08 season before returning to Kuala Lumpur in 2009.
In December 2011, Shahrom signed a contract with Perak.<ref>Senarai Pemain, Jurulatih & Pengurusan Perak FA 2012 http://www.seladang.net/2011/12/senarai-pemain-barisan-kejurulatihan-dan-pengurusan-perak-fa-2012</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=duniasukan |url=https://duniasukan.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614133704/http://duniasukan.com/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=14 June 2011 |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=duniasukan.com |language=id-ID}}</ref>
===Selangor===
Shahrom joined Selangor in the 2014 Malaysia Super League after his contract was terminated by Perak. He was immediately named captain by Mehmet Durakovic. In 2015, he led his team to the final match of the 2015 Malaysia Cup after defeating Pahang 2–0 in the Shah Alam Stadium. And later to clinch the cup by beating Kedah in final with 2–0 in the same venue.
===Perak=== On 19 December 2016, Shahrom rejoins Perak for a second stint.<ref>Tugas saya bersama Perak belum selesai - Shahrom https://www.bharian.com.my/node/225741</ref><ref>Shahrom, Hafiz sah milik Perak https://www.bharian.com.my/node/225488</ref><ref>Shahrom rejoins Perak http://www.goal.com/en-my/news/3896/malaysia/2016/12/20/30672842/transfer-round-up-safee-signs-with-pkns-shahrom-rejoins</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Perak snap up veteran Zaquan and will use him as striker |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/football/2016/12/23/perak-snap-up-veteran-zaquan-and-will-use-him-as-striker/ |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=The Star |date=23 December 2016 |language=en}}</ref> He made his Malaysia Super League debut for Perak in a 1–1 draw against Pahang in Perak Stadium.
===Felcra=== On 29 December 2017, Shahrom signed a contract with Malaysia Premier League club Felcra.<ref>FELCRA kini diperkuat pemain kebangsaan, berpengalaman https://www.bharian.com.my/sukan/bola/2017/12/368408/felcra-kini-diperkuat-pemain-kebangsaan-berpengalaman</ref> Shahrom played the role of Captain and during his stint rallied to elevate Felcra as one of the best team in Malaysian Premier League 2018 thus qualifying Felcra for Malaysia Super League 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bharian.com.my/sukan/bola/2018/11/498000/felcra-fc-kekal-dalam-liga-super|title=FELCRA FC kekal dalam Liga Super?|website=www.bharian.com.my|date=14 November 2018|access-date=2018-12-17}}</ref> Felcra did not have the chance to prove their mettle in Malaysia Super League since the club was disbanded<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.com.my/malaysia/17079/felcra-fc-sah-dibubarkan-mifa-ke-liga-super-2019/|title=Felcra FC sah dibubarkan, MIFA ke Liga Super 2019?|date=2018-10-19|website=FOX Sports Malaysia|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-17}}</ref> after even after they qualified to move from Malaysia Premier League to the Super League.
==International career== Shahrom made his debut for Malaysia national team, when he enters the friendly match against Hong Kong as a substitute on 3 June 2011.
== Managerial career == In June 2024, Shahrom was appointed as the head coach of Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro League club Gombak.
On 10 October 2024, he returned to his former club Selangor to become the assistant coach.
==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|13 July 2018}}<ref>{{Soccerway|mohd-shahrom-abdul-kalam/111592}}</ref> {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan=2|Club !rowspan=2|Season !colspan=3|League !colspan=2|Cup !colspan=2|League Cup !colspan=2|Continental !colspan=2|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan=2|Shahzan Muda||2007-08||Malaysia Premier League||0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan=2|–||0||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total||0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan=2|–||0||0 |- |rowspan=4|Kuala Lumpur||2009||Malaysia Premier League ||0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan=2|–||0||0 |- |2010||Malaysia Super League ||0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan=2|–||25||0 |- |2011||Malaysia Super League ||21||0||4||0||6||1||colspan=2|–||31||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total||0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan=2|–||0||0 |- |rowspan=3|Perak||2012||Malaysia Super League ||0||1||0||0||0||0||colspan=2|–||0||0 |- |2013||Malaysia Super League ||0||1||0||0||0||0||colspan=2|–||0||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total||0||2||0||0||0||0||colspan=2|–||0||0 |- |rowspan=4|Selangor||2014||Malaysia Super League ||15||0||0||0||6||0||5||0||26||0 |- |2015||Malaysia Super League ||18||1||1||0||11||0||colspan=2|–||30||1 |- |2016||Malaysia Super League ||13||0||2||0||1||0||6||0||22||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total||46||1||3||0||18||0||11||0||76||1 |- |rowspan=2|Perak||2017||Malaysia Super League ||17||0||1||0||9||0||colspan=2|–||27||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total||17||0||1||0||9||0||–||–||27||0 |- |rowspan=2|Felcra||2018||Malaysia Premier League ||14||2||1||0||0||0||colspan=2|–||15||2 |- !colspan="2"|Total||14||2||1||0||0||0||–||–||15||3 |- !colspan="3"|Career Total||0||0||0||0||0||0||–||–||0||0 |}
===International=== {{updated|13 November 2017}}<ref>{{NFT player |id=43453 |name=Abdul Kalam, Muhd Shahrom |accessdate=28 November 2017}}</ref>
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" |+ Appearances and goals by national team and year |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan=3|Malaysia |2011||1||0 |- |2016||12||0 |- |2017||8||0 |- !colspan=2|Total!!21!!0 |}
==Honours== ===Club=== '''Selangor''' * Malaysia Cup: 2015
===International=== '''Malaysia U-19''' * AFF U-19 Youth Championship: 2003 runner-up
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Soccerway}} * {{NFT|43453}}
{{s-start}} {{s-sports}} {{s-bef | before = Mohd Bunyamin Umar }} {{s-ttl | title = Selangor FA captain | years = 2015–2016 }} {{s-aft | after = Mohd Razman Roslan }} {{s-end}} {{PKNS F.C. squad}}
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