Noh Alam Shah

Mohd Noh Alam Shah (born 3 September 1980), known as Noh Alam Shah, is a former professional football player from Singapore who currently manages Tanjong Pagar United. Once regarded as one of the best forwards in South East Asia, Alam Shah was a member of the Singapore national football team when it won the AFF Championship in 2005 and 2007. At club level, he was a player of the Tampines Rovers team which won Singapore's S.League in 2004 and 2005.

Noh Alam Shah
Personal information
Full name Mohd Noh Alam Shah
Date of birth (1980-09-03) 3 September 1980
Place of birth Singapore
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Tanjong Pagar United (Manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2000 Sembawang Rangers 14 (3)
2001 Singapore Armed Forces 20 (5)
2001–2002 Sembawang Rangers 47 (19)
2003–2009 Tampines Rovers 162 (84)
2007–2008 → PDRM FA (Loan) 28 (12)
2009–2011 Arema 73 (32)
2012 Persib Bandung 19 (4)
2012 Tampines Rovers 26 (8)
2013 PSS Sleman 11 (2)
2014–2015 Tampines Rovers 37 (7)
Total 437 (172)
International career
2001–2010 Singapore 84 (35)
Managerial career
2018 Singapore (Assistant)
2019–2020 Singapore U-23 (Assistant)
2020– Tanjong Pagar United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Noh Alam Shah is also well known for his volatile temper, which got him into trouble on a number of occasions. An incident of violent conduct when he knocked another player unconscious while playing for Tampines Rovers in the 2007 Singapore Cup final led to a 12-month ban from playing club-level football. The ban was later reduced to 7 months on appeal.

Alam Shah retired from football in 2015 and assisted to manage the Singapore national football team from 2018 to 2020 before managing Tanjong Pagar United in 2020.

Club career

Tampines Rovers

After stints with Sembawang Rangers and the Singapore Armed Forces Football Club (SAFFC), Alam Shah joined Tampines Rovers in 2003. He helped the Stags win the S.League title in 2004 and 2005.

Alam Shah's good form earned him trials with Notts County in England and Skonto Riga in Latvia.[1] However neither trial led to a deal due to work permit issues and language problems respectively.

In 2007, he scored a late goal against Liaoning Guangyuan to become the first player to score 100 goals for the club. The tally came from 88 goals in the league and 12 goals in the domestic cup competitions.

In the 2007 Singapore Cup final between Tampines Rovers and SAFFC, Noh Alam Shah was sent off in the final minutes of the games after an incident involving his fellow national teammate Daniel Bennett. Alam Shah kneed Bennett in the head during a tussle for the ball and, after being dragged away by his teammates, he returned and kicked Bennett in the head. Bennett was knocked unconscious and had to be taken to hospital. Tampines lost the match 4–3. As a result of the incident, the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) Disciplinary Committee, banned Alam Shah from playing in all FAS-sanctioned domestic matches and tournaments for 12 months and fined him S$2,000.[2]

PDRM FA

Initially, it was thought that the ban would not prevent Alam Shah from playing at club-level outside Singapore, and he made arrangements to join PDRM FA of the Malaysia Super League for the 2007 season. However, in January 2008, the Football Association of Malaysia confirmed that under FIFA rules, member associations are required to respect domestic bans imposed by other associations, and therefore Alam Shah would not be eligible to play club-level football in Malaysia until his ban was completed.[3]

On 29 April 2008, Alam Shah appealed successfully to reduce his ban from 12 months to 7 months by the FAS's Disciplinary Committee. Although his was ban was almost halved, he still missed out the remaining three games of Singapore's World Cup 2010 qualifying campaign.[4]

Alam Shah joined PDRM FA on loan upon completion of his ban in June 2008.

Return to Tampines Rovers

Alam Shah returned to Singapore to play for Tampines Rovers on 29 August 2008 in a S.League match against Gombak United. He scored his first goal after his ban, against Balestier Khalsa, on 11 September 2008.

He ended off his Tampines career with a hat-trick against the then Sengkang Punggol, including a twenty five-yard screamer in the last minute of regulation time.

Arema

Alam Shah joined Arema in 2009, citing poor attendances at S.League matches that led to poor motivation, and FAS's requirement of passing the fitness test before being allowed to play in a match. One of the reasons given for leaving S.League was that he felt he was given unfair treatment by referees.[5]

On 11 May 2010, Alam Shah was sent off after an on-pitch incident with Persela Lamongan's defender, F.X. Yanuar Wahyu. In the 70th minute, Alam Shah grabbed Yanuar and tried to wrestle him. Yanuar then spun around and knocked Alam Shah down. Both players were sent off. While leaving the pitch, Alam Shah lunged at the Persela players and had to be restrained by teammates and stewards. Arema won the match 2–1 and Alam Shah was subsequently banned for one match.[6]

On 2 March 2011, Alam Shah scored a penalty for Arema against Japanese giants, Cerezo Osaka in a 2011 AFC Champions League group match, thus becoming the first Singaporean footballer to score in the competition for a non-Singapore club.[7]

On 15 June 2011, Alam Shah was offended by a remark from his head coach, Miroslav Janů during a television interview before the match for Arema vs Persisam Putra Samarinda. Alam Shah did not play in the match and after his team returned, he took a golf club and fought with Janů. Assistant coach, Tony Ho and the team players restrained both of them. Janů reasoned Alam Shah did not play in the last five games due to players from Singapore had never participated in the training, perhaps because Alam Shah had not received a salary.[8]

On 5 February 2012, due to a salary dispute, Arema announced that the club had accepted Alam Shah's resignation.[9]

Persib Bandung

After leaving Arema, Noh Alam Shah joined Persib Bandung. He made 19 appearances and scored 4 goals during his tenure at the club.

3rd stint at Tampines Rovers

On 28 June 2012, it was confirmed that Alam Shah will return to defending champions Tampines Rovers, signing a 6 months contract with the club. He scored 5 goals in 14 games. However, after the conclusion of the season he choose not to renew his contract with the club and decided to try his luck playing at Indonesia again.

PSS Sleman

On 15 February 2013, in the morning it was confirmed that Alam Shah was training in Maguwoharjo Stadium, PSS Sleman home base. He will join ex teammate's that played with him in Arema such as, Budi Sudarsono, Waluyo, Aji Saka, Juan Revi, and Wahyu Gunawan.

Noh Alam Shah recently scored on his League debut with the Indonesian First Division club, PSS Sleman on Sunday, 28 April 2013, the match ended 2–0 with Alam Shah scoring both goals in the 32nd and 79th minute. However, during the course of the season, he suffered multiple injuries while playing for the team and hence was released by the club in late-October 2014 ending the season with just 2 goals in 11 games.

4th stint at Tampines Rovers

He went back to Tampines Rovers in 2014 and scored 9 league goals in 29 games for the team.

On 10 August 2015, Alam Shah was accused by Brunei DPMM FC head coach Steve Kean of spitting on his face at the end of a tumultuous Singapore Cup clash between Tampines Rovers and the Bruneian side.[10] The striker denied doing so.

On 21 November 2015, Alam Shah was sent off after an on-pitch incident with Harimau Muda goalkeeper, Ilham Amirullah at the last minute. It was the final match for the 2015 S.League season. After receiving a red card, he tried to attack one of the Harimau Muda defenders but was quickly held on by his teammates.

After his career in Tampines Rovers, Noh Alam Shah decided to retire after the 2015 season of S League.[11]

International career

In a 2007 AFF Championship group stage match between Singapore and Laos, Alam Shah scored seven goals in an 11–0 win for Singapore. This seven-goal haul included a bicycle kick. This was the last bicycle kick to be scored at the old National Stadium. This was not only a record win for the Singapore national team, but also a record number of goals scored by an individual player in an 'A' international game for Singapore. Singapore went on to win the championship, and Alam Shah received the 'Most Valuable Player' award for his impressive displays in the tournament.

Alam Shah is also well remembered by Singapore fans for scoring a dramatic late equaliser against Kuwait in a World Cup qualifier in 2001, and for scoring in a 2–0 victory over Iraq during the AFC Asian Cup qualifiers in 2006.

Alam Shah wore the captain's armband in an international friendly against China PR (National Day Challenge) on 12 August 2009. Singapore drew 1–1 with China PR (losing 3–4 on penalties), with Alam Shah scoring in the 9th minute.

Noh Alam Shah's goals in 2010 came in two matches in the AFC Asian Cup 2011 qualification group stages. He scored in the 1–3 defeat to Iran at the National Stadium in Singapore and in the final group game against Jordan, which Singapore lost 1–2, at the King Abdullah Stadium in Amman.

Following the retirement of national skipper Indra Sahdan in 2010, Alam Shah's name has been going around as one of the favourites to take over Indra's reign as Singapore's captain, mainly due to his influential status within the Singapore camp, along with the passionate displays he has shown on international games.

However, he was later dropped from Raddy Avramovic's squad after disappointing performances at the 2010 AFF Championship.

Managerial career

National Team

In 2017, Alam Shah was appointed as manager for the Singapore Selection team in The Sultan of Selangor's Cup.[12] He was subsequently appointed as team mentor for the national football team for the 2018 AFF Suzuki Cup.[12]

In 2018, Alam Shah was appointed as assistant manager to the Singapore national football team.[13][14]

Tanjong Pagar United

After FAS announced that Tanjong Pagar United are rejoining Singapore Premier League for the 2020 season, the club announced that Noh Alam Shah was appointed as the team manager.[15]

Personal life

On 20 August 2015, Alam Shah was spotted driving for Grab.

After retirement from football, Alam Shah works as operations executive at the car rental department of Komoco Motors under former Tampines Rovers chairman and current managing director of Komoco Motors, the sole distributor of Hyundai cars in Singapore, Teo Hock Seng, whom he has described as a second father.[11][14]

Back in the days as a Tampines Rovers chairman, Teo Hock Seng signed Alam Shah from Sembawang Rangers in 2002 despite the player's reputation as a hothead and has always been there for the striker through various disciplinary issues and controversies that plagued his career.

Honours

Club
Tampines Rovers
PDRM
Arema Indonesia
PSS Sleman

International
Singapore

Individual

National team career statistics

Goals for senior national team
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
16 February 2001Singapore, Singapore Kuwait1–11–12002 FIFA World Cup Qualification
220 December 2002Singapore, Singapore Laos1–02–02002 AFF Championship
325 March 2003Pakistan Pakistan0-30–32004 AFC Asian Cup qualification
419 October 2003Singapore, Singapore Palestine2–02–02004 AFC Asian Cup qualification
54 September 2004Singapore, Singapore Indonesia1–02–0Friendly
627 November 2004Singapore, Singapore Myanmar1–01–0Friendly
729 December 2004Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Myanmar3–24–32004 AFF Championship
82 January 2005Singapore, Singapore Myanmar1–24–22004 AFF Championship
92 January 2005Singapore, Singapore Myanmar2–24–22004 AFF Championship
102 January 2005Singapore, Singapore Myanmar3–24–22004 AFF Championship
114 June 2005Singapore, Singapore Malaysia1–02–0Friendly
124 June 2005Singapore, Singapore Malaysia2–02–0Friendly
138 June 2005Penang, Malaysia Malaysia0–11–2Friendly
1415 February 2006Hong Kong, China Hong Kong1–11–1Friendly
1522 February 2006Singapore, Singapore Iraq2–02–02007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
1612 August 2006Hong Kong, China Hong Kong0–11–2Friendly
1715 January 2007Singapore, Singapore Laos2–011–02007 AFF Championship
1815 January 2007Singapore, Singapore Laos3–011–02007 AFF Championship
1915 January 2007Singapore, Singapore Laos5–011–02007 AFF Championship
2015 January 2007Singapore, Singapore Laos7–011–02007 AFF Championship
2115 January 2007Singapore, Singapore Laos9–011–02007 AFF Championship
2215 January 2007Singapore, Singapore Laos10–011–02007 AFF Championship
2315 January 2007Singapore, Singapore Laos11–011–02007 AFF Championship
2417 January 2007Singapore, Singapore Indonesia1–02–22007 AFF Championship
2523 January 2007Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Malaysia1–11–12007 AFF Championship
2631 January 2007Singapore, Singapore Thailand1–02–12007 AFF Championship
278 October 2007Doha, Qatar Palestine0–40–42010 FIFA World Cup Qualification
2818 November 2007Dushanbe, Tajikistan Tajikistan1–11–12010 FIFA World Cup Qualification
295 December 2008Jakarta, Indonesia Cambodia5–05–02008 AFF Championship
307 December 2008Jakarta, Indonesia Myanmar1–03–12008 AFF Championship
3128 January 2009Singapore, Singapore Jordan2–12–12011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
3212 August 2009Singapore, Singapore China1–11–1Friendly
333 November 2009Singapore Indonesia2–13–1Friendly
346 January 2010Singapore Iran1–21–32011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
353 March 2010Amman, Jordan Jordan1–12–12011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
3626 November 2010Jurong, Singapore Laos?–04–0Friendly

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