Shahrul bin Mohd Saad (born 8 July 1993) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Malaysia Super League club Johor Darul Ta'zim and the Malaysia national team. Shahrul plays mainly as a centre-back but can also plays as a defensive midfielder.
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Shahrul bin Mohd Saad | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1993-07-08) 8 July 1993 (age 29) | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Perak, Malaysia | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-back | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Johor Darul Ta'zim | |||||||||||||||
Number | 32 | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
2008–2010 | Perak President's Cup | |||||||||||||||
2011–2014 | Harimau Muda B / Harimau Muda A | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2011 | Harimau Muda B | 17 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2012–2014 | Harimau Muda A | 41 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2015 | Felda United | 17 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2016–2021 | Perak | 94 | (9) | |||||||||||||
2021– | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 12 | (0) | |||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
2012–2015 | Malaysia U23 | 27 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2015– | Malaysia | 47 | (5) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 August, 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 June, 2022 |
Shahrul started his career at Perak youth team. He was then transferred to Malaysia national youth setup and has played for Harimau Muda B in the 2011 Malaysia league and Harimau Muda A in the 2012 Singapore S.League. In 2014 he played 22 matches for Harimau Muda in the Australian National Premier Leagues.[2]
In 2015, he graduated from the national youth setup and was signed by Felda United. At Felda, he was converted from a defender to a defensive midfielder by head coach Irfan Bakti Abu Salim.[3] He made his debut in the second match of 2015 Malaysia Super League against Sime Darby coming on from a bench in the 81st minute. He made his first start against Johor Darul Ta'zim on 3 May 2015 and become a regular until the end of the season. His only league goal for Felda was in the final league match against Johor Darul Ta'zim, where Felda won 2-1.
In 2016, Shahrul returned to Perak FC. He won the 2018 Malaysia Cup with Perak and finished as league runners up in 2018, hence qualified to the AFC Champions League play-off round.
On 8 May 2021, Shahrul joined Johor Darul Ta'zim. He was given the number 32 shirt. He made his debut against Sabah in the 2021 Malaysia Cup. He also scored his first goal for Johor Darul Ta'zim in the same competition against Kelantan.
In 2012, Shahrul played his first match for the national under 23 team in the final match of 2012 Olympic qualifiers against Syria. He featured in two Southeast Asian Games (2013 and 2015) and 2014 Asian Games for the Malaysia national under 23 team. He also a part of the 2013 Merdeka Tournament winning team and played for the 2013 Malaysia Universiade team.
Shahrul made his debut for Malaysia national football team in late 2015 by national coach Ong Kim Swee.[4][5]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Harimau Muda B | 2011 | Malaysia Premier League | 17 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | – | – | 19 | 0 | ||
Total | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 0 | ||||
Harimau Muda A | 2012 | S.League | 19 | 0 | – | – | – | 19 | 0 | |||
2014 | National Premier Leagues | 22 | 0 | – | – | – | 22 | 0 | ||||
Total | 41 | 0 | – | – | – | 41 | 0 | |||||
Felda United | 2015 | Malaysia Super League | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | – | 28 | 1 | |
Total | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | – | 28 | 1 | |||
Perak | 2016 | Malaysia Super League | 16 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | – | 27 | 3 | |
2017 | Malaysia Super League | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | – | 31 | 4 | ||
2018 | Malaysia Super League | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | – | 30 | 0 | ||
2019 | Malaysia Super League | 21 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 3 | |
2020 | Malaysia Super League | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 11 | 2 | ||
2021 | Malaysia Super League | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | 8 | 0 | ||||
Total | 94 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 145 | 12 | ||
Johor Darul Ta'zim | 2021 | Malaysia Super League | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | ||
2022 | Malaysia Super League | 12 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
Total | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 1 | ||
Career total | 181 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 46 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 255 | 14 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Malaysia | 2015 | 4 | 0 |
2016 | 9 | 0 | |
2017 | 1 | 0 | |
2018 | 15 | 2 | |
2019 | 11 | 2 | |
2021 | 3 | 1 | |
2022 | 4 | 0 | |
Total | 47 | 5 |
No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 10 September 2018 | Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia | 17 | ![]() | 1–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
2 | 11 December 2018 | Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Malaysia | 26 | ![]() | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2018 AFF Championship |
3 | 2 June 2019 | 30 | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly | |
4 | 5 October 2019 | 36 | ![]() | 2–0 | 6–0 | ||
5 | 9 December 2021 | Bishan Stadium, Bishan, Singapore | 38 | ![]() | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2020 AFF Championship |
Shahrul has two older brother who also have played professional football, Shahrizal Saad and Syamsul Saad. Like him, both brothers have played for Perak and Malaysia national team. Shahrul even played under Syamsul when his brother was the head coach of Perak in 2016.[8]
Malaysia U23
Malaysia
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