# Shaiful Esah > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Shaiful_Esah > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Shaiful_Esah.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaiful_Esah > Source revision: 1340557020 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Singaporean footballer This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. Find sources: "Shaiful Esah" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this message) In this [Malay name](/source/Malaysian_names#Malay_names), there is no [surname or family name](/source/Surname). 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Shaiful Esah Shaiful in 2012 Personal information Full name Mohamad Shaiful bin Esah Nain.[1] Date of birth (1986-05-12) 12 May 1986 (age 40) Place of birth Singapore Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Positions Left-back left midfielder Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 2004 Young Lions 20 (1) 2005–2011 Singapore Armed Forces 107 (8) 2012 LionsXII 16 (2) 2013–2015 Tampines Rovers 53 (2) 2016–2017 Warriors 25 (2) 2018–2022 Commonwealth Cosmos FC 2025 Sembawang City FC Total 221 (15) International career‡ 2008–2015 Singapore 54 (4) * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 August 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:47, 29 November 2014 (UTC) **Mohamad Shaiful bin Esah Nain** (born 12 May 1986) is a Singaporean former [footballer](/source/Footballer) who played for the [Singapore Premier League](/source/Singapore_Premier_League) and the [Singapore national team](/source/Singapore_national_football_team) as a [left-back](/source/Defender_(association_football)#Full-back). ## Club career Shaiful has previously played for [S.League](/source/S.League) clubs [Young Lions](/source/Young_Lions_(Singapore_football_team)), [Singapore Armed Forces](/source/Singapore_Armed_Forces_FC) and [LionsXII](/source/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](/source/Tampines_Rovers) in 2013 till 2015 and [Warriors](/source/Warriors_FC) 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 Under-23](/source/Singapore_national_football_team#Under-23_Team) team that took part in the [2007 Southeast Asian Games](/source/2007_Southeast_Asian_Games) in [Korat](/source/Korat), [Thailand](/source/Thailand) that won a bronze medal. He made his debut for the [Singapore](/source/Singapore_national_football_team) against [Vietnam](/source/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 - *As of match played November 2016*. Caps and goals may not be correct. Club Season S.League Singapore Cup Singapore League Cup Asia Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Young Lions 2004 20 1 - - - - — 20 1 Total 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 1 Singapore Armed Forces 2005 03 ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? — ?? ?? 2006 ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? — ?? ?? 2007 ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? — ?? ?? 2008 ?? 2 ?? ?? ?? ?? — ?? 2 2009 25 2 0 0 0 0 7 0 32 2 2010 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 2011 26 1 1 0 0 0 — 27 1 Total 53 5 1 0 0 0 9 0 63 5 Club Season Malaysia Super League Malaysia FA Cup Malaysia Cup Asia Total LionsXII 2012[2] 16 2 1 1 10 1 — 27 4 Total 16 2 1 1 10 1 0 0 27 4 Club Season S.League Singapore Cup Singapore League Cup Asia Total Tampines Rovers 2013 19 2 1 0 1 0 4 1 25 3 2014 15 0 3 0 1 0 5 0 24 0 2015 19 0 0 0 2 0 — 21 0 Total 53 2 4 0 4 0 9 1 70 3 Warriors 2016 16 1 0 0 3 0 — 19 1 2017 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 Total 16 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 19 1 Warwick Knights 2022 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career Total 158 11 6 1 17 1 18 1 199 14 - Young Lions and LionsXII are ineligible for qualification to [AFC](/source/Asian_Football_Confederation) competitions in their respective leagues. ### International goals - *Scores and results list Singapore's goal tally first.*[3] No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 7 October 2011 Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore Philippines 1–0 2–0 Friendly 2 4 June 2013 Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar Myanmar 2–0 2–0 Friendly 3 27 November 2014 National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore Myanmar 1–0 4–2 2014 AFF Championship 4 6 June 2015 Jurong West Sports and Recreation Centre, Jurong West, Singapore Brunei 2–0 2–0 Friendly ## Honours ### Club **Singapore Armed Forces** - [S.League](/source/S.League): 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 - [Singapore Cup](/source/Singapore_Cup): 2007, 2008 **Tampines Rovers FC** - [S.League](/source/S.League): 2013 ### International **Singapore** - [AFF Championship](/source/AFF_Championship): 2012 - [Southeast Asian Games](/source/Southeast_Asian_Games): Bronze Medal - 2007, 2009 ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-aff14_1-0)** ["Announcement of squad for AFF Suzuki Cup 2014"](https://web.archive.org/web/20141218192200/http://www.fas.org.sg/news/announcement-squad-aff-suzuki-cup-2014). [Football Association of Singapore](/source/Football_Association_of_Singapore). 22 November 2014. Archived from [the original](http://www.fas.org.sg/news/announcement-squad-aff-suzuki-cup-2014) on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["LionsXII fixtures and results for 2012 season"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140226025328/http://lionsxii.sg/fixtures-and-results/?league=malaysia-super-league-2012). LionsXII. Archived from [the original](http://lionsxii.sg/fixtures-and-results/?league=malaysia-super-league-2012) on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-NFT_3-0)** ["Esah, Shaiful"](http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/26696/Shaiful_Esah.html). National Football Teams. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20180202103508/http://national-football-teams.com/player/26696/Shaiful_Esah.html) from the original on 2 February 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2017. ## External links - [https://web.archive.org/web/20090324203005/http://data2.7m.cn/Player_data/48152/en/index.shtml](https://web.archive.org/web/20090324203005/http://data2.7m.cn/Player_data/48152/en/index.shtml) - [Shaiful Esah](https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/26696.html) at National-Football-Teams.com - [Shaiful Esah](https://int.soccerway.com/players/shaiful-esah/24337/) at Soccerway - [\[1\]](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) - [\[2\]](https://web.archive.org/web/20141222030049/http://www.fas.org.sg/sites/default/files/LIONSXII%20Facebook%20Bio%20Profile%20-%20Shaiful%20Esah%20-%20PDF.pdf) - [\[3\]](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](http://www.goal.com/en-sg/match/108466/myanmar-vs-singapore/report) This biographical article related to Singaporean association football is a stub. 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