Shahril Ishak

Mohammad Shahril bin Ishak (born 23 January 1984) is a Singaporean former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or forward. A former captain of the Singapore national team, he had led the country to win three titles in the AFF Championship in 2004, 2007, 2012.

Shahril was also named the Most Valuable Player during the 2012 AFF Championship and the AFF Player of the Year award in 2013. He was also included in the ASEAN Football Federation Best XI in 2013. He was also S.League's Player of the Year in 2010 and was included in the 2018 Singapore Premier League's Team of the Year.

Club career Along with Baihakki Khaizan, Hassan Sunny and Khairul Amri, Shahril was in the pioneer batch of the National Football Academy in 2000.

Young Lions Shahril joined the newly created Young Lions ahead of the 2003 S.League season and soon made his international debut. After four seasons, Shahril left the Young Lions in 2007 to join Home United.

Home United Shahril made his Home United debut in at the start of the 2007 season. He played his final game for Home United on 21 September 2010, scoring two crucial goals against title rivals Tampines Rovers. He then left for Indonesia with five games remaining in the S.League season. He finished his last season in Home United with 17 goals to his name and was the third highest scorer during the 2010 S.League season. He also won the 2010 S.League Player of the Year award.

Persib Bandung In 2010, Shahril signed a 1-year contract with Indonesian side, Persib Bandung, along with his fellow Singapore national football team player, Baihakki Khaizan.

Medan Chiefs In February 2011, Shahril signed a one-year deal worth $400,000 with Liga Primer Indonesia side, Medan Chiefs. He then went on to score 8 league goals in 32 matches for Medan Chiefs. He scored his first goal for the club in a 4–3 win over the Garena Young Lions and notched his first brace for the club in a 2–2 draw with Home United, scoring both goals in the final 9 minutes of the match, extending the Warriors' unbeaten run at the start of the season to 6 games. He scored a further two goals in the Warriors' tenth league game of the season, sealing a 2–0 win over Geylang International to end a wretched two months spell for his club, where they only won once and was dumped out of the Singapore Cup. Shahril had a great season despite his advancing years, scoring 1/3 of his team's goals (11) and playing in all 24 league games, starting 23 of them.

Return to Home United Sharil returned to Home United for the inaugural 2018 Singapore Premier League season, replacing Khairul Nizam who had moved in the other direction to Warriors FC. He helped them win the 2022 Singapore Cup, their first ever piece of silverware in the club history.

On 21 February 2023, Sharil announced his retirement from football at age of 39.

As captain, he was instrumental in Singapore's 2012 AFF Championship win, scoring 4 goals in 7 appearances to help the Lions win their 4th title.

Singapore selection Shahril was selected as part of the Singapore Selection squad for The Sultan of Selangor's Cup to be held on 6 May 2017.

Personal life Shahril is the founder of inlovebytns, a clothing brand jointly managed with his wife, Nur Hidayah, that was started in late 2014. The business began in 2013 as a streetwear label called The Number Seventeen – a reference to Shahril's jersey number and TNS for short. All TNS apparel are designed by Shahril.

Career statistics Club . Caps and goals may not be correct.

Young Lions and LionsXII are ineligible for qualification to AFC competitions in their respective leagues.

International

Honours

Club LionsXII Malaysia Super League: 2013 Singapore Premier League 'Team of the Year': 2018