Mohammad Shahril bin Ishak (born 23 January 1984) is a Singaporean retired professional

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who played as a

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or forward. A former captain of the Singapore national team where he become the first Singaporean to win three

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title. Along with Baihakki Khaizan, Hassan Sunny and Khairul Amri, Shahril was in the pioneer batch of the National Football Academy in 2000. Shahril led Singapore to become the first nation to win four titles in the tournament's history. He followed it up by winning the 2012 AFF Championship 'Most Valuable Player' award and the AFF 'Player of the Year' (Men) award in 2013. He was also included in the

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Best XI in 2013. Shahril also won the 2010 S.League 'Player of the Year' award and was included in the

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'Team of the Year'. Shahril has also scored against a European opponent such as

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Club career

Young Lions

Shahril joined the newly created Young Lions ahead of the

2003 S.League 2003 S.League was the eighth season of Singapore's professional football league. It was won by Home United, which was their second league title. League table Gombak United withdrew from the league at the end of the 2002 season. Foreign players ...

season and soon made his international debut. After four seasons, Shahril left the Young Lions in 2007 to join

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Home United

Shahril made his Home United debut in at the start of the 2007 season. He played his final game for Home United on 21 September 2010, scoring two crucial goals against title rivals

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. He then left for Indonesia with five games remaining in the S.League season. He finished his last season in

with 17 goals to his name and was the third highest scorer during the 2010 S.League season. He also won the 2010 S.League Player of the Year award.

Persib Bandung

In 2010, Shahril signed a 1-year contract with Indonesian side,

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, along with his fellow

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player, Baihakki Khaizan.

Medan Chiefs

In February 2011, Shahril signed a one-year deal worth $400,000 with

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side, Medan Chiefs. He then went on to score 8 league goals in 32 matches for Medan Chiefs.

LionsXII

Shahril returned to Singapore with newly formed club side

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in December 2011. During his stint at LionsXII, he won the

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title in his second season as well as scoring 17 goals in 34 appearances, finishing as the club top scorer in the 2013 season.

Johor Darul Ta'zim II

Shahril signed a 4-year contract at the end of the

by joining

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club, Johor Darul Ta'zim II. He was given the number 17 shirt upon his arrival to the club. He was appointed as the captain for his new club in the

2014 Malaysia Premier League The 2014 Liga Premier (), also known as the Astro Liga Premier for sponsorship reasons, is the ninth season of the Liga Premier, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia.

. He was converted back to a centre midfielder/play-maker role and led his new club to a 5th placing position, finishing the season with 7 goals and 8 assists for his new team. He led Johor Darul Ta'zim II for the

2015 Malaysia Premier League The 2015 Liga Premier () was the 12th season of the Liga Premier, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia.

as the captain again, and led his club to a 5th placing position again, finishing the season with 5 goals and 6 assists. In total, Shahril scored 23 goals in 75 appearances for JDT II between 2014 and 2016.

Warriors FC

Sharil returned to Singapore to play in the S.League with

Warriors FC Warriors Football Club was a Singaporean professional football club based in Choa Chu Kang, Singapore, that played in the Singapore Premier League, the top division of football in Singapore. Before changing their name on 20 January 2013, they ...

for the 2017 S.League campaign together with Baihakki Khaizan. He scored his first goal for the club in a 4–3 win over the Garena Young Lions and notched his first brace for the club in a 2–2 draw with

, scoring both goals in the final 9 minutes of the match, extending the Warriors' unbeaten run at the start of the season to 6 games. He scored a further two goals in the Warriors' tenth league game of the season, sealing a 2–0 win over

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to end a wretched two months spell for his club, where they only won once and was dumped out of the

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. Shahril had a great season despite his advancing years, scoring 1/3 of his team's goals (11) and playing in all 24 league games, starting 23 of them.

Return to Home United (Now known as Lion City Sailors)

Sharil returned to

for the newly revamp

season, coming into replace last season's top-scorer Stipe Plazibat who had left for Thailand as well as Khairul Nizam who had moved in the other direction to Warriors FC. In 2020, Home United was privatised by new owner, Forrest Li and was rebranded as Lion City Sailors. In his first season with the sailors, Shahril scored appeared 9 times and scored 3 in all club competitions.

Hougang United

After 4 season with his previous club, Sharil joined

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in January 2021. He helped them win the 2022 Singapore Cup, their first ever piece of silverware in the club history. On 21 February 2023, he announced his retirement from football at age of 39.

International career

Singapore's most natural creative midfielder to emerge in recent years, Shahril quickly established himself as the heartbeat of the Lions engine room since he made his international debut aged just 19 against

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on 4 March 2003. With winger

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, defender Baihakki Khaizan and keeper Hassan Sunny, he was part of the "NFA Gang of Four", the quartet which had played together since their early teenage years and earned senior international honours in 2003. He has been employed in various positions across the midfield by coach

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, but Shahril staked a strong claim for an influential central role with a series of convincing performances there in the second half of 2004. On 28 January 2004, Shahril scored his first international goal against

in a friendly match which resulted in a 2-5 lost He played a major role in the victory in the

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and also the

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, He was also part of the 2005

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squad and the 2006

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He was part of the Singapore Under-23 team that took part in the

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that won a bronze medal. Capped for Singapore at senior, U23, U18 and U16 levels. In August 2010 Shahril was revealed as the new captain of the national team, and led the Lions for the AFF Suzuki Cup in December. On 24 February 2011, Shahrill Ishak converted a penalty into a goal in a 2–2 draw against

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. Shahril is an inductee of the

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. As captain, he was instrumental in Singapore's

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win, scoring 4 goals in 7 appearances to help the Lions win their 4th title.

Singapore selection

Shahril was selected as part of the Singapore Selection squad for The Sultan of Selangor's Cup to be held on 6 May 2017.

Personal life

Shahril is the founder of ''inlovebytns'', a clothing brand jointly managed with his wife, Nur Hidayah, that was started in late 2014. The business began in 2013 as a streetwear label called The Number Seventeen – a reference to Shahril's jersey number and TNS for short. All TNS apparel are designed by Shahril.

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

Honours

Club

LionsXII *

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2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

Hougang United *

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

International

Singapore *

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

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bronze medal: 2007

Individual

*S.League 'Player of the Year':

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*Tiger Beer Goal of the Year: 2010 (40', Home United vs SAFFC on 16 July) * AFF Championship Most Valuable Player:

*AFF 'Player of the Year' (Men): 2013 *

Best XI: 2013 *

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'Team of the Year':

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

References

Notes

*International caps milestones :*115th – Syria, 15 November 2013 :*117th – Oman, 5 March 2014

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shahril Ishak 1984 births Living people Singaporean men's footballers Singapore men's international footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia Singaporean expatriate men's footballers Singaporean expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Persib Bandung players Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Indonesian Premier Division players Singapore Premier League players Expatriate men's footballers in Malaysia Singaporean expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. players Malaysia Super League players Men's association football forwards FIFA Men's Century Club LionsXII players Singaporean people of Malay descent Men's association football wingers Young Lions FC players 21st-century Singaporean sportsmen Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games SEA Games bronze medalists for Singapore SEA Games medalists in football Competitors at the 2007 SEA Games Asian Games competitors for Singapore Lion City Sailors FC players

Club career

Young Lions

Home United

Persib Bandung

Medan Chiefs

LionsXII

Johor Darul Ta'zim II

Warriors FC

Return to Home United (Now known as Lion City Sailors)

Hougang United

International career

Singapore selection

Personal life

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Club

International

Individual

See also

References

Notes

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