Samad Allapitchay
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1950 (age 75–76) | ||
| Place of birth | Singapore | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Geylang International | |||
| Singapore FA | |||
| Tampines Rovers | |||
| International career | |||
| 1968–1981 | Singapore | 105[1] | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Samad Allapitchay (born 1950) is a Singaporean former footballer who played as a centre-back. Known as a hard-tackling, no-nonsense defender with a penchant for bulldozing his way from defence to attack, he was once dubbed "The Rock of Gibraltar " by his Singapore national team coach Mick Walker.[2] [3] [4] [5]
A former national team captain, Samad played for Singapore Football League sides Geylang International [6] [7] and Tampines Rovers, and the Singapore Lions in the Malaysia Cup.
Personal life
[edit ]Samad is married to Norizan Aljunied.[8] His youngest son was Singapore international defender Shariff Samat. Like his father, Shariff was a centre-back who played for Tampines Rovers and Geylang International.[9] [10]
Honours
[edit ]Club
[edit ]Singapore Lions
- Malaysia Cup: 1977, 1980 [5]
References
[edit ]- ^ "FAS launches FAS Captains' Advisory Panel". FAS. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
- ^ "Allapitchay: Our rivalry is a special one". FAS. Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
- ^ "Players lack commitment". Today. 12 May 2004. p. 36.
- ^ Wilfred Yeo, Jerry Seh (16 July 1983). "'Bye for now". The Straits Times. p. 44.
- ^ a b "Believe and you will win the M-League". The New Paper. 13 December 2011. Archived from the original on 23 March 2014.
- ^ S Gulam (10 January 1984). "Firm's 13,500ドル 'Hongbao' for Geylang". Singapore Monitor. p. 30.
- ^ "Geylang regain the cup". The Straits Times. 12 November 1978. p. 28.
- ^ "Shariff Samat: I owe Singapore call-up to my parents". Goal. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
- ^ Cubby Leong (24 November 2007). "Chip off the old block". Today. p. 55.
- ^ Jose Raymond (7 September 2005). "Rebranding SHARIFF". Today. p. 54.
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| Preceded by | Singapore national team captain 1977-1981 |
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