Muhammad Irwan Shah Bin Arismail (born 2 November 1988) is a Singaporean former

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who last played as a central-midfielder. Mainly a central-midfielder, Irwan has also been positioned as a full-back, and occasionally as a

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when needed. Irwan Shah is the first Singaporean player to win the

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, and S. League in 3 consecutive seasons (2012–2014).

Club career

LionsXII

Irwan helped

LionsXII LionsXII ("Lions Twelve"), also known as Singapore LionsXII, was a Singaporean youth football club founded in 2011 that played in the Malaysia Super League, the top tier of Malaysian football, from their inaugural season until their dissolutio ...

in making history as the first foreign club to win the

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Warriors

Irwah left LionsXII to join

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in 2014 which he helped the club to win the

2014 S.League The 2014 S.League was the 19th season since the establishment of the S.League, the top-flight Singaporean professional league for association football clubs. The league was also known as the Great Eastern Yeo's S.League due to sponsorship reas ...

in his first season.

Tampines Rovers

Irwan scored his first goal for

Tampines Rovers Tampines Rovers Football Club (currently known as BG Tampines Rovers due to sponsorship reasons) is a professional association football, football club based in Tampines, Singapore, that competes in the Singapore Premier League, the top tier of t ...

in a friendly match against

Terengganu FA Terengganu Football Club is a professional football club based in Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia, that competes in the Malaysia Super League, the first division of Malaysian football league system. The club had won major trophies in Mal ...

on 14 January 2017. He was also included in the

2019 Singapore Premier League The 2019 Singapore Premier League (also known as the AIA Singapore Premier League due to sponsorship reasons) was the 2nd season of the Singapore Premier League, the top-flight Singaporean professional league for association football clubs, sinc ...

Team of the Year. On 2 November 2019, Irwan scored in the

2019 Singapore Cup The 2019 Singapore Cup (also known as the Komoco Motors Singapore Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the 22nd edition of the Singapore Cup, Singapore's annual premier club football knock-out tournament organised by the Football Association of Singap ...

Final helping the club to clinch the trophy.

Hougang United

After 6 years at Tampines, He joined

Hougang United Hougang United Football Club is a professional football club based in Hougang, Singapore. The club competes in the Singapore Premier League, the top tier of Singaporean football. Founded in 1998 as Marine Castle United, the club changed its ...

in 2023.

Honours

Club

LionsXII *

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Warriors * S.League: 2014 Tampines Rovers *

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2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

Singapore Community Shield The Singapore Community Shield (also known as the AIA Community Shield due to sponsorship reasons; formerly the Charity Shield) is the curtain-raiser to the football season in Singapore. The match is contested between the champions of the previou ...

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Hougang United

Runner-ups (1):

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International

Singapore *

: 2012

Individual

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Team of the Year:

Club statistics

Others

Singapore Selection Squad

He was selected as part of the Singapore Selection squad for The Sultan of Selangor's Cup to be held on 24 August 2019.

References

*https://web.archive.org/web/20160304190508/http://www.fas.org.sg/news/shaiful-my-biggest-enemy-also-my-motivation *https://web.archive.org/web/20120204212716/http://www.lionsxii.sg/player/profile/id/5 Living people 1988 births Singaporean men's footballers Singapore men's international footballers Men's association football fullbacks LionsXII players Warriors FC players Singapore Premier League players Malaysia Super League players Young Lions FC players 21st-century Singaporean sportsmen Singaporean people of Malay descent SEA Games bronze medalists for Singapore SEA Games medalists in football Competitors at the 2009 SEA Games {{Singapore-footy-bio-stub