Samad Allapitchay

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Allapitchay is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Samad.
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

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

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. ^ a b "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.
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