{{Short description|Singaporean footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{BLP sources|date=January 2010}} {{Malay name|Shaiful|Esah}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Shaiful Esah | fullname = Mohamad Shaiful bin Esah Nain.<ref name=aff14>{{cite web|title=Announcement of squad for AFF Suzuki Cup 2014|url=http://www.fas.org.sg/news/announcement-squad-aff-suzuki-cup-2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218192200/http://www.fas.org.sg/news/announcement-squad-aff-suzuki-cup-2014|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 December 2014|publisher=[[Football Association of Singapore]]|access-date=22 November 2014|date=22 November 2014}}</ref> | image = Shaiful Esah, 2012 (cropped).jpg | image_size = 250 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1986|5|12}} | birth_place = [[Singapore]] | height = {{height|m=1.78}} | position = [[Defender (association football)#Full-back|Left-back]] / [[Midfielder (association football)|Left-midfielder]] | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 2004 | clubs1 = [[Young Lions (Singapore football team)|Young Lions]] | caps1 = 20 | goals1 = 1 | years2 = 2005–2011 | clubs2 = [[Singapore Armed Forces FC|Singapore Armed Forces]] | caps2 = 107 | goals2 = 8 | years3 = 2012 | clubs3 = [[LionsXII]] | caps3 = 16 | goals3 = 2 | years4 = 2013–2015 | clubs4 = [[Tampines Rovers FC|Tampines Rovers]] | caps4 = 53 | goals4 = 2 | years5 = 2016–2017 | clubs5 = [[Warriors FC|Warriors]] | caps5 = 25 | goals5 = 2 | clubs6 = [[Commonwealth Cosmos FC]] | years6 = 2018–2022 | clubs7 = [[List of football clubs in Singapore #Active IWL Clubs | Sembawang City FC]] | years7 = 2025 | totalcaps = 221 | totalgoals = 15 | nationalyears1 = 2008–2015 | nationalteam1 = [[Singapore national football team|Singapore]] | nationalcaps1 = 54 | nationalgoals1 = 4 | club-update = 19 August 2017 | nationalteam-update = 23:47, 29 November 2014 (UTC) | caption = Shaiful in 2012 }}
'''Mohamad Shaiful bin Esah Nain''' (born 12 May 1986) is a Singaporean former [[footballer]] who played for the [[Singapore Premier League]] and the [[Singapore national football team|Singapore national team]] as a [[Defender (association football)#Full-back|left-back]].
==Club career== Shaiful has previously played for [[S.League]] clubs [[Young Lions (Singapore football team)|Young Lions]], [[Singapore Armed Forces FC|Singapore Armed Forces]] and [[LionsXII]]. Shaiful played in the AFC Champions League during his time with the warriors. He has a cultured left foot and is deadly from set pieces and dead ball situations having scored countless goals from long range and free kicks. He is the regular taker of the corner kick and free kick for his club and country. He then later went on to sign for [[Tampines Rovers]] in 2013 till 2015 and [[Warriors FC|Warriors]] in 2016.
Shaiful retired from football in 2017 thus ending his 13 years career as a footballer.
==International career== He was part of the [[Singapore national football team#Under-23 Team|Singapore Under-23]] team that took part in the [[2007 Southeast Asian Games]] in [[Korat]], [[Thailand]] that won a bronze medal.
He made his debut for the [[Singapore national football team|Singapore]] against [[Vietnam]] in the 2nd leg of the quarter-final round of the Suzuki Cup.
Shaiful has also been a goal threat for oppositions with his accurate free kicks and his delivery from corners which had helped a goal-shy Singapore in their 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup attempt.
==Personal life== After retiring from football, Shaiful currently works as a WSH Professional in MCC Singapore.
==Career statistics== ===Club===
{{updated|match played November 2016}}. 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="2"|[[Courts Young Lions|Young Lions]] |[[2004 S.League|2004]] |20||1||-||-||-||-||colspan='2'|—||20||1 |- !Total !20!!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!20!!1 |- |rowspan="8"|[[Singapore Armed Forces]] |[[2005 S.League|2005]] |03||??||??||??||??||??||colspan='2'|—||??||?? |- |[[2006 S.League|2006]] |??||??||??||??||??||??||colspan='2'|—||??||?? |- |[[2007 S.League|2007]] |??||??||??||??||??||??||colspan='2'|—||??||?? |- |[[2008 S.League|2008]] |??||2||??||??||??||??||colspan='2'|—||??||2 |- |[[2009 S.League|2009]] |25||2||0||0||0||0||7||0||32||2 |- |[[2010 S.League|2010]] |2||0||0||0||0||0||2||0||4||0 |- |[[2011 S.League|2011]] |26||1||1||0||0||0||colspan='2'|—||27||1 |- !Total !53!!5!!1!!0!!0!!0!!9!!0!!63!!5 |- !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="2"|[[LionsXII]] |[[2012 LionsXII season|2012]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://lionsxii.sg/fixtures-and-results/?league=malaysia-super-league-2012| title=LionsXII fixtures and results for 2012 season| publisher=LionsXII| access-date=7 March 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226025328/http://lionsxii.sg/fixtures-and-results/?league=malaysia-super-league-2012| archive-date=26 February 2014| url-status=dead| df=dmy-all}}</ref> |16||2||1||1||10||1||colspan='2'|—||27||4 |- !Total !16!!2!!1!!1!!10!!1!!0!!0!!27!!4 |- !Club !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="4"|[[Tampines Rovers FC|Tampines Rovers]] |[[2013 S.League|2013]] |19||2||1||0||1||0||4||1||25||3 |- |[[2014 S.League|2014]] |15||0||3||0||1||0||5||0||24||0 |- |[[2015 S.League|2015]] |19||0||0||0||2||0||colspan='2'|—||21||0 |- !Total !53!!2!!4!!0!!4!!0!!9!!1!!70!!3 |- |rowspan="3"|[[Warriors FC|Warriors]] |[[2016 S.League|2016]] |16||1||0||0||3||0||colspan='2'|—||19||1 |- |[[2017 S.League|2017]] |0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan='2'|—||0||0 |- !Total !16!!1!!0!!0!!3!!0!!0!!0!!19!!1 |- |rowspan="2"|Warwick Knights |[[2022 Singapore Football League|2022]] |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 !158!!11!!6!!1!!17!!1!!18!!1!!199!!14 |- |}
* <small>Young Lions and LionsXII are ineligible for qualification to [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] competitions in their respective leagues.</small>
===International goals=== :''Scores and results list Singapore's goal tally first.''<ref name="NFT">{{cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/26696/Shaiful_Esah.html|title=Esah, Shaiful|publisher=National Football Teams|access-date=12 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202103508/http://national-football-teams.com/player/26696/Shaiful_Esah.html|archive-date=2 February 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" ! No !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | align=center|1 || 7 October 2011 || [[Jalan Besar Stadium]], [[Kallang]], [[Singapore]] || {{fb|PHI}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center|2–0 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]] |- | align=center|2 || 4 June 2013 || [[Thuwunna Stadium]], [[Yangon]], [[Myanmar]] || {{fb|MYA}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || align=center|2–0 || Friendly |- | align=center|3 || 27 November 2014 || [[National Stadium, Singapore|National Stadium]], Kallang, Singapore || {{fb|MYA}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center|4–2 || [[2014 AFF Championship]] |- | align=center|4 || 6 June 2015 || [[Jurong West Sports and Recreation Centre]], [[Jurong West]], Singapore || {{fb|BRU}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || align=center|2–0 || Friendly |}
==Honours==
===Club===
;Singapore Armed Forces *[[S.League]]: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 *[[Singapore Cup]]: 2007, 2008
;Tampines Rovers FC *[[S.League]]: 2013
===International=== '''Singapore''' *[[AFF Championship]]: 2012 *[[Southeast Asian Games]]: Bronze Medal - 2007, 2009
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * https://web.archive.org/web/20090324203005/http://data2.7m.cn/Player_data/48152/en/index.shtml *{{NFT player|pid=26696}} * {{Soccerway|shaiful-esah/24337}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110716094025/http://www.safwarriors.com.sg/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=305:player-profile-shaiful-esah&catid=8:club-happenings&Itemid=25] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20141222030049/http://www.fas.org.sg/sites/default/files/LIONSXII%20Facebook%20Bio%20Profile%20-%20Shaiful%20Esah%20-%20PDF.pdf] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20141222025939/http://www.fas.org.sg/news/shaiful-raring-go-after-injury-lay] * http://www.goal.com/en-sg/match/108466/myanmar-vs-singapore/report
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