Shahrulnizam Mustapa

Malaysian footballer

Shahrulnizam Mustapa
Personal information
Date of birth	(1981-04-02) 2 April 1981 (age 43)
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
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)
International career^‡
2004	Malaysia U-23	3	(0)
2007–2011	Malaysia	6	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of February 14, 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of February 14, 2016

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.

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.