Mohd Ashaari Shamsuddin

Mohd Ashaari Shamsuddin

Personal information
Full name	Mohd Ashaari Shamsuddin
Date of birth	June 7, 1985 (1985-06-07) (age 26)
Place of birth	Bukit Payong, Terengganu, Malaysia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Terengganu FA
Number	22
Youth career
2005-2007	Terengganu FA
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2007-	Terengganu FA	76	(54)
National team‡
2008	Malaysia U-23	17	(4)
2008-present	Malaysia	14	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of February 9, 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of June 18, 2011

Mohd Ashaari Shamsuddin (born on June 7, 1985) is a Malaysian footballer who is currently a midfielder for Terengganu. He is a member of the Malaysian national team. He has a great dribbling skill with a good vision and pace in the game making him one of the fan's favourite in the team. He can also operate in a more advanced role behind the strikers but often used as the left-winger in his club and also in the national team.

Career

The player from Bukit Payong, Marang, Terengganu starts his career in Terengganu FA youth team. He was promoted to Terengganu's senior team during the 2007-08 Super League Malaysia. He showed impressive playing style as he netted 9 goals in his debut season.^[1]

He is consistently scoring for Terengganu FA. He was second top scorer in the 2009 season with 17 goals, one goal behind the winner Mohd Nizaruddin Yusof.^[2] He goes one better in the 2010 Super League Malaysia season, winning the Golden Boot while scoring 18 goals.^[3] In the 2011 league season, he scored 10 goals.

Among his achievements with Terengganu is winning the 2011 Malaysia FA Cup, defeating Kelantan FA in the final on 11 June 2011. He also was the top scorer in the Sukma Games 2008 football tournament held at Terengganu, where he helped the Terengganu youth team win the gold medal.

National team

His performance in the national league in 2008 attracted the national coach at that time, B. Sathianathan to take him into Malaysia national squad.

Ashaari made his international senior debut for Malaysia against India on July 22, 2008. Ashaari scored his first international goals in Malaysia 6-0 trashing of Afghanistan in the 2008 Merdeka Tournament, where Ashaari scored twice.

In November 2010, Ashaari was called up to the Malaysia national squad by coach K. Rajagopal for the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup. Ashaari scored 1 goal for Malaysia against Indonesia in the first leg of the final to secure a 3-0 win, and helping Malaysia en route to win the AFF Suzuki Cup for the first time in their history.

Honours

Club

Terengganu

• 2010 Super League Malaysia Golden Boot: Winner (18 Goals)
• 2011 Malaysia FA Cup: Champions

International

Malaysia

• 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup: Champions

International Senior Goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	October 20, 2008	National Stadium Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur	Afghanistan	6-0	Win	2008 Merdeka Tournament
2.	October 20, 2008	National Stadium Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur	Afghanistan	6-0	Win	2008 Merdeka Tournament
3.	December 26, 2011	National Stadium Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur	Indonesia	3-0	Win	2010 AFF Suzuki Cup

| 4. || December 26, 2012 || National Stadium Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur ||  Argentina || 3-0 || Win || 2012 Friendly Match |}

External links

• Mohd Ashaari Shamsuddin at National-Football-Teams.com
• Mohd Ashaari Shamsuddin Info at www.ganusoccer.net.

References

1. ^ Posted by dimos (2008-04-19). "malaysiafootball: Liga Malaysia 2007/08 - Liga Super". Malaysiafootball-dimos.blogspot.com. http://malaysiafootball-dimos.blogspot.com/2007/11/jadual-liga-malaysia-200708.html. Retrieved 2011-08-01. 
2. ^ "Kosmo! Online - Sukan". Kosmo.com.my. http://www.kosmo.com.my/kosmo/content.asp?y=2010&dt=0803&pub=Kosmo&sec=Sukan&pg=su_01.htm. Retrieved 2011-08-01. 
3. ^ "Kosmo! Online - Sukan". Kosmo.com.my. http://www.kosmo.com.my/kosmo/content.asp?y=2010&dt=0804&pub=Kosmo&sec=Sukan&pg=su_02.htm. Retrieved 2011-08-01. 

Persondata
Name	Shamsuddin, Mohd Ashaari
Alternative names	Saha Terengganu
Short description
Date of birth	June 7, 1985
Place of birth	Kg Simpang Rawai, Marang, Terengganu, Malaysia
Date of death
Place of death