Mohamad Shaiful bin Esah Nain (born 12 May 1986) is a Singaporean former

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who played for the

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and the Singapore national team as a

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Club career

Shaiful has previously played for S.League clubs Young Lions,

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and

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 ...

. 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

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in 2013 till 2015 and

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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 team that took part in the

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that won a bronze medal. He made his debut for the

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against

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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

. Caps and goals may not be correct. * Young Lions and LionsXII are ineligible for qualification to AFC competitions in their respective leagues.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Singapore's goal tally first.''

Honours

Club

;Singapore Armed Forces * S.League: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 *

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: 2007, 2008 ;Tampines Rovers FC * S.League: 2013

International

Singapore *

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: 2012 *

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: Bronze Medal - 2007, 2009

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20090324203005/http://data2.7m.cn/Player_data/48152/en/index.shtml * *

* http://www.goal.com/en-sg/match/108466/myanmar-vs-singapore/report 1986 births Living people Singaporean men's footballers Singapore men's international footballers Warriors FC players Tampines Rovers FC players Singapore Premier League players LionsXII players Singaporean people of Malay descent Men's association football fullbacks Malaysia Super League players Young Lions FC players 21st-century Singaporean sportsmen Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games SEA Games bronze medalists for Singapore SEA Games medalists in football Competitors at the 2007 SEA Games Competitors at the 2009 SEA Games Asian Games footballers for Singapore {{singapore-footy-bio-stub