Samad Allapitchay

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
* 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.

A former national team captain, Samad played for Singapore Football League sides Geylang International and Tampines Rovers, and the Singapore Lions in the Malaysia Cup.

Personal life

Samad is married to Norizan Aljunied. His late youngest son was Singapore international defender Shariff Samat. Like his father, Shariff was a centre-back who played for Tampines Rovers and Geylang International.

Honours

Club

Singapore Lions

References

  1. ↑ "FAS launches FAS Captains' Advisory Panel". FAS. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Allapitchay: Our rivalry is a special one". FAS. Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Players lack commitment". Today. 12 May 2004. p. 36.
  4. ↑ Wilfred Yeo, Jerry Seh (16 July 1983). "'Bye for now". The Straits Times. p. 44.
  5. 1 2 "Believe and you will win the M-League". The New Paper. 13 December 2011. Archived from the original on 23 March 2014.
  6. ↑ S Gulam (10 January 1984). "Firm's $13,500 'Hongbao' for Geylang". Singapore Monitor. p. 30.
  7. ↑ "Geylang regain the cup". The Straits Times. 12 November 1978. p. 28.
  8. ↑ "Shariff Samat: I owe Singapore call-up to my parents". Goal. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  9. ↑ Cubby Leong (24 November 2007). "Chip off the old block". Today. p. 55.
  10. ↑ Jose Raymond (7 September 2005). "Rebranding SHARIFF". Today. p. 54.