Samad Allapitchay
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1950 (age 73–74) | ||
| Place of birth | Singapore | ||
| Position(s) | 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 former Singapore national football team captain who played for National Football League sides Geylang International[2][3] and Tampines Rovers, and the Singapore Lions in the Malaysia Cup as a centre-back.
Samad was known as a hard-tackling, no-nonsense defender with a penchant for bulldozing his way from defence to attack.[4][5][6] He was once dubbed "The Rock of Gilbratar" by his national team coach Mick Walker.[7]
Personal life
Samad is married to Norizan Aljunied.[8] His youngest son was Tampines Rovers and Singapore international defender Shariff Samat.[9][10]
Honours
Club
Singapore Lions
- Malaysia Cup: 1977, 1980 [7]
References
- ^ "FAS launches FAS Captains' Advisory Panel". FAS. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
- ^ S Gulam (10 January 1984). "Firm's $13,500 'Hongbao' for Geylang". Singapore Monitor. p. 30.
- ^ "Geylang regain the cup". The Straits Times. 12 November 1978. p. 28.
- ^ "Allapitchay: Our rivalry is a special one". FAS. Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
- ^ "Players lack commitment". Today. 12 May 2004. p. 36.
- ^ Wilfred Yeo, Jerry Seh (16 July 1983). "'Bye for now". The Straits Times. p. 44.
- ^ a b "Believe and you will win the M-League". The New Paper. 13 December 2011. Archived from the original on 23 March 2014.
- ^ "Shariff Samat: I owe Singapore call-up to my parents". Goal. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
- ^ Cubby Leong (24 November 2007). "Chip off the old block". Today. p. 55.
- ^ Jose Raymond (7 September 2005). "Rebranding SHARIFF". Today. p. 54.