Muhammad Shukor Adan

Muhammad Shukor bin Adan (born 24 September 1979), is a former Malaysian professional footballer. He played for many teams in Malaysia Football League such as Selangor and also Negeri Sembilan FA. He plays mainly as a defensive midfielder but can also play as a centre back. Shukor is the former captain of the Selangor team. He is a former member and former captain of the Malaysia national team of 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup campaign. He has been described as one of the top Malaysia midfielders in history. He is currently the head coach of Malaysia U17 and Malaysia U20.

Club career

Malacca Shukor started his football career with Malacca 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 Selangor 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 free agent 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, Negeri Sembilan. 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 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 Malaysian Super League 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 Johor Darul Ta'zim.

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 Johor Darul Ta'zim

International career Shukor made his international debut in the World Cup qualifier with the senior national team in 2001 under Allan Harris. In 2002, Shukor was call up for an international friendly match against five times World Cup winners Brazil. He came as substitute to replace Tengku Hazman against Brazilian stars such as Ronaldo and Barca's Ronaldinho. After that, he played for the national team in 2002 Tiger Cup, 2004 Tiger Cup, 2005 Islamic Solidarity Games, 2007 AFF Championship, 2007 AFC Asian Cup, 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup and 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup.

He played for the Malaysia Selection that lost 6–0 to Manchester United during the English champions tour of Asia. He also represented the Malaysia Selection as a captain against Chelsea at Shah Alam Stadium on 29 July 2008. The Malaysia Selection eventually lost 0–2. However, Chelsea's coach Luiz Felipe Scolari 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 Indonesia on 14 September 2014 by national coach Dollah Salleh. 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 Shukor Adan International Goals # Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 12 October 2003 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1–2 2–2 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification 2. 12 July 2004 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1–0 2−0 Friendly 3. 8 December 2004 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 5–0 5−0 2004 AFF Championship 4. 6 June 2008 Surabaya, Indonesia 1–1 1−1 Friendly 5. 11 December 2014 Hanoi, Vietnam 4–1 4–2 2014 AFF Championship

Managerial statistics

Honours

Club Selangor Malaysian Charity Shield: 2002 Malaysian Premier League: 2005 Malaysia Cup: 2002, 2005 Malaysian FA Cup: 2005

Negeri Sembilan Malaysia Cup: 2009, 2011 Malaysia FA Cup: 2010

ATM Malaysian Charity Shield: 2013

Felda United Malaysian Premier League: 2018, runner-up: 2014 Malaysia FA Cup runner-up: 2014 Malaysian Super League runner-up: 2016

Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Cup: 2021

International Malaysia U-23 Sea Games Silver: 2001

Malaysia Tiger Cup : 2000 third place Pestabola Merdeka: 2007 AFF Championship runner-up: 2014

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

Records The oldest goalscorer in Malaysia Super League (41 years old) The longest gap between first and last Malaysia Cup finals appearances: (2000–2021) 21 years