Muhammad Shukor bin Adan (born 24 September 1979), is a former

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n professional

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. He played for many teams in Malaysian Football League such as

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and also

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. He plays mainly as a

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but can also play as a

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. Shukor is the former

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of the

team. He is a former member and former captain of the Malaysian national team of 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup campaign. He has been described as one of the top

midfielders in history.

Club career

Malacca

Shukor started his football career with

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President Cup team in 1995.

Negeri Sembilan

Three years later, he joined Negeri Sembilan President Cup team. He got his big break when Negeri Sembilan called him up for the first team in 2000.

Selangor

Two years later, he signed a contract with

and remained there until 2008. His contract was terminated by Selangor after spending six years with the team.After his contract with Selangor expired, he became a

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for four months.

Return to Negeri Sembilan

In November 2008, he agreed to join a team based in Brunei DPMM for the 2009 Malaysia Super League season, after finishing his duty with the national team. However, he made a decision to return to his former team,

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. Shukor helped them to win the 2009 Malaysia Cup and was named as the Man of the Match.

ATM

After his contract with Negeri Sembilan expired, he then joined the army team, ATM for the

2013 Malaysia Super League The 2013 Liga Super () also known as the Astro Liga Super for sponsorship reasons, is the 10th season of the Liga Super, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.

season.

Felda United

After spending a season with ATM, he signed a contract with Felda United and was appointed as the captain. He helped them secure promotion to the

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in 2015. At Felda, he was converted to a central defender from his usual position as central midfielder.

Melaka United

In the 2019 season, Shukor Adan transferred to Melaka United alongside many other ex-captains of other clubs like Razman Roslan from Selangor FA and Safiq Rahim from

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Kuala Lumpur City

In 2021, Shukor announced his retirement from football in 2021 Malaysia Cup Final. He hung up his boots happily after winning the 2021 Malaysia Cup against

International career

Shukor made his international debut in the World Cup qualifier with the senior national team in 2001 under

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. In 2002, Shukor was call up for an international friendly match against five times World Cup winners

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. He came as substitute to replace Tengku Hazman against Brazilian stars such as Ronaldo and Barca's

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. After that, he played for the national team in

2002 Tiger Cup The 2002 AFF Championship, officially known as the 2002 Tiger Cup, was co-hosted by Indonesia and Singapore from 15 to 29 December 2002 and participated by all national teams of the member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation entered e ...

, 2004 Tiger Cup, 2005 Islamic Solidarity Games,

2007 AFF Championship The 2007 AFF Championship (officially designated as the ASEAN Football Championship 2007) was the 6th edition of the AFF Championship, the Association football, football championship of Southeast Asia. The group stage was co-hosted by Singapore ...

2007 AFC Asian Cup The 2007 AFC Asian Cup was the 14th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held from 7 to 29 July 2007. For the first time in its h ...

2008 AFF Suzuki Cup The 2008 AFF Championship was the seventh edition of the tournament. It was primarily sponsored by Suzuki and therefore officially known as the 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup. The group stage was held in Indonesia and Thailand from 5 to 10 December 2008. ...

and 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup. He played for the Malaysia Selection that lost 6–0 to

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during the English champions tour of Asia. He also represented the Malaysia Selection as a captain against Chelsea at

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on 29 July 2008. The Malaysia Selection eventually lost 0–2. However, Chelsea's coach

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praised Malaysia XI for giving a good fight against his team. He was unexpectedly recalled to Malaysia national team, after a long period of absence, for a match against

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on 14 September 2014 by national coach

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. He started the match, which ends in a 2–0 loss to Malaysia. Dollah Salleh called him up again for 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup tournament. He replaced Safiq Rahim as national team captain just before the tournament. He retired after the tournament.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

Honours

Club

Selangor * Malaysian Charity Shield: 2002 * Malaysian Premier League: 2005 *

Malaysia Cup The Malaysia Cup (), formerly known as Malaya Cup, is an annual football tournament in Malaysia, held at the end of the calendar year. The cup was first held in 1921. Despite its prestige and popularity as the country's oldest cup tournament, i ...

: 2002, 2005 * Malaysian FA Cup: 2005 Negeri Sembilan *

: 2009, 2011 *

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: 2010 ATM * Malaysian Charity Shield: 2013 Felda United * Malaysian Premier League:

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, runner-up: 2014 *

runner-up: 2014 *

runner-up: 2016 Kuala Lumpur *

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International

;Malaysia U-23 *

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Silver :

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

;Malaysia * Merdeka Tournament: 2007 *

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runner-up: 2014

Individual

* FAM Football Awards – Most Valuable Players: 2007 – Selangor FA

Records

* The oldest goalscorer in

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(41 years old) *The longest gap between first and last Malaysia Cup finals appearances: (2000–2021) 21 years

References

External links

*
Muhammad Shukor Adan's Profile at F.A.M. website

* {{Malaysia Squad 2007 AFC Asian Cup 1979 births Living people Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian men's footballers Malaysia men's international footballers 2007 AFC Asian Cup players Negeri Sembilan FC players Armed Forces F.C. players Selangor F.C. players FELDA United F.C. players 21st-century Malaysian sportsmen Melaka United F.C. players Kuala Lumpur City F.C. players Footballers from Malacca Malaysia Super League players Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Malaysia SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in football Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Malaysia