Shahfiq Ghani playing for LionsXII in 2013
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Muhammad Shahfiq bin Ghani[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1992-03-17) 17 March 1992 (age 32) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Singapore | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward / Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Negeri Sembilan | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2010 | National Football Academy | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Young Lions | 37 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | LionsXII | 22 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Young Lions | 22 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Geylang International | 21 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | Hougang United | 26 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Geylang International | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Negeri Sembilan | ||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010– | Singapore U23 | 15 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012– | Singapore | 14 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 December 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:23, 25 November 2016 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Muhammad Shahfiq bin Ghani (born 17 March 1992), also known as Shahfiq Shahfiq or just Shahfiq, is a Singaporean professional footballer who plays either as a forwardormidfielder for Malaysia Super League club Negeri Sembilan and the Singapore national team. Shahfiq is known as a free-kick specialist.
Shahfiq began his club career with S.League club Young Lions in 2010. He scored 7 goals in 37 competitive matches over three Seasons from 2010 to 2012.
Shahfiq was selected to be in the LionsXII squad in 2013.[2][3] He contributed with 5 goals in 13 MSL matches as LionsXII won the 2013 Malaysia Super League. He drew criticism from head coach V. Sundramoorthy for his dismissal for slapping Sarawak's Muamer Salibašić in a Malaysia Cup match on 24 August 2013.[4]
A spinal injury threatened to rule Shahfiq out for the start of the 2014 season.[5] He missed the Charity Cup match against Pahang and the Malaysia FA Cup match against DRB-Hicom, returning as a 74th-minute substitute against Selangor on 25 January. In total, he spent only 77 minutes on the pitch for his club in 2014.[6]
During his two-year spell with LionsXII, he scored six goals in 31 appearances.
In 2015, Shahfiq return to the Young Lions, where he scored 5 goals in 22 league appearances for his club.
In 2016, it was announced that Shahfiq would be joining Geylang International at the start of the 2016 S.League season on a 2 year contract.[6] However, he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his knee during pre-season training and was ruled out for 6 months.[7] This resulted in Shafiq missing most of the games of the season although he did make a return during the second half of the season. He returned to full fitness in July and made a surprise cameo appearance in the League Cup Plate Final against Hougang United.[6] He marked his return from injury by scoring a goal for his club in a friendly match against the Cambodia national football team and laying off an assist for a last gasp goal in a 2-1 victory over Balestier Khalsa in the league.
He scored in his first goal for the club during the last game of the season in a 4-1 win over Home United.[8] He came back strongly enough to be recalled back to the national team and making the final 23 for Singapore's disappointing 2016 AFF Championship.[9]
Shahfiq scored his first goal of the 2017 S.League season in a 2-0 win over Brunei DPMM FC while also winning another penalty which teammate Víctor Coto converted.[10]
After being rumoured to join UKM F.C. in Malaysia, Shahfiq signed for Hougang United in 2018.
Shahfiq was part of the Singapore national under-23 football team that won the bronze medal at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games.
He earned his first senior international cap in a friendly match against Hong Kong on 15 August 2012.[11] His first international goal came against China PR in a friendly match in 2013.[12]
Shahfiq graduated from the Singapore Sports School in 2008.[13]
| Club | Season | S.League | Singapore Cup | Singapore League Cup |
Asia | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Young Lions | 2010 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 0 | - | - | — | 20 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 8 | 2 | — | — | — | 8 | 2 | ||||
| 2012 | 13 | 2 | — | 4 | 0 | — | 17 | 2 | |||
| Total | 37 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 7 | |
| Club | Season | Malaysia Super League |
Malaysia FA Cup |
Malaysia Cup | Asia | Total | |||||
| LionsXII | 2013[14] | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | — | 19 | 6 | |
| 2014[15] | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | ||
| Total | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 6 | |
| Club | Season | S.League | Singapore Cup | Singapore League Cup |
Asia | Total | |||||
| Young Lions | 2015 | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | - | - | — | ?? | ?? | |
| Total | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | |
| Geylang International | 2016 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 7 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 20 | 5 | ||
| Total | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 6 | |
| Hougang United | 2018 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 8 | ||
| 2020 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 1 | |
| Total | 59 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 73 | 13 | |
| Geylang International | 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 137 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 155 | 31 | |
International goals
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 6 September 2013 | TEDA Football Stadium, Tianjin, China PR |  China |
1–1 | 6–1 | Friendly |
| Singapore national team | ||
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| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 |
| 2013 | 6 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 9 | 1 |
Statistics accurate as of match played 5 March 2014
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 June 2013 | Indonesia |  Indonesia |
1-0 | 1-1 | U23 International Friendly |
| 2 | 14 September 2013 | Darul Makmur Stadium, Kuantan |  Thailand |
1-0 | 2-1 | 2013 Merdeka Tournament |
| 3 | 2 April 2014 | Hougang Stadium, Singapore | Indonesia |
1-2 | 1-2 | U23 International Friendly |
| 4 | 14 September 2014 | Ansan Wa~ Stadium, Korea |  Palestine |
1-0 | 2-1 | 2014 Asian Games |
| 5 | 14 September 2014 | Ansan Wa~ Stadium, Korea | Palestine |
2-0 | 2-1 | 2014 Asian Games |
| 6 | 16 May 2015 | Shizuoka, Japan |  Shizuoka Sangyo University SC |
1-0 | 3-0 | U23 International Friendly |
| 7 | 16 May 2015 | Shizuoka, Japan | Shizuoka Sangyo University SC |
2-0 | 3-0 | U23 International Friendly |
| 8 | 22 May 2015 | Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore |  Laos |
3-1 | 5-1 | U23 International Friendly |
| 9 | 30 May 2015 | Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore |  East Timor |
2-0 | 2-0 | U23 International Friendly |
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