Shahrulnizam Mustapa

Shahrulnizam Mustapa (born 2 April 1981), also known as Arul, is a Malaysian former footballer who last played for Felcra. He also played for the Malaysia national team.

Shahrulnizam Mustapa
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-04-02) 2 April 1981
Place of birth Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1999 Perak FA President Cup
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000 Lintau F.C.
2001 PDRM FA 16 (1)
2006–2007 AS Tefana 34 (14)
2007–2008 Perak FA 18 (5)
2009–2010 Kedah FA 32 (4)
2011–2013 Perak FA 35 (3)
2014–2015 Felda United F.C. 18 (0)
2016 Felcra F.C. 1 (0)
National team‡
2004 Malaysia U-23 3 (0)
2007–2011 Malaysia 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of February 14, 2016
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of February 14, 2016

Club career

PDRM FA

Shahrul who previously played and started his professional football career with Polis Di-Raja Malaysia FA in 2001. After only one season, he returned to his hometown team, Perak starting from 2002.

Perak FA

As the 2002 season progressed, Shahrul was part of the team when Perak won the Malaysia Premier League title for two consecutive years in 2002 and 2003.

Kedah FA

Shahrulnizam left Perak FA on 17 October 2008 when Kedah head coach Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah succeeded in obtaining his signature to replace Nelson San Martin to be employed in the box-to-box midfield role, although he can be deployed as a right-sided midfielder. After a week in the Canaries environment, Kedah FA management had made a decision that Shahrulnizam be handed the number 8 shirt, the number previously worn by Kedah legendary and longest-serving foreign player, Cornelius Huggins.

National team

Shahrul has also represented Malaysia on the international stage. He received his first cap against Cambodia on 18 June 2007. He was also a part of Malaysia's 2007 AFC Asian Cup squad and get involved in all group stage matches during the competition.

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