Background
Shariff is the son of the former Singaporean international football player, Samad Allapitchay. Like his father, he usually plays as a centre back.
Shariff is the son of the former Singaporean international football player, Samad Allapitchay. Like his father, he usually plays as a centre back.
Shariff has previously played for South.League clubs Sembawang Rangers Football Club, Young Lions and Tampines Rovers Football Club. He was brought into the Tampines Rovers squad from the Young Lions after a stint with Sembawang Rangers Football Club, largely as a back-up player for the 2007/2008 highlighting season. However, due to fellow team-mate Sead Muratovic"s failure to pass the annual fitness test, he became a major part of the first team"s fixture in the South-League. He then join Home United Football Club in 2010.
He is also known as a hot-tempered player, and was once handed out an eight-month ban by the Football Association of Singapore for throwing a punch at a Geylang United Football Club player, Peter Bennett in a South-League match when he was a Sembawang Rangers Football Club player.
Shariff spent half a season in the NFL Division 2 side Admiralty Football Club during the first half of 2012, and it was announced that he would rejoin South.League side Tampines Rovers for the second half of their 2012 season. However, he failed to break into the squad and was released at the end of the season.
On 2 February 2013, Shariff was unveiled as a Woodlands Wellington player during the team"s pre-season fanfare. He made his debut for the Rams on 5 March 2013 in an away game against his former club, Home United Football Club. Shariff put in an outstanding performance against the Protectors, his clearance off the line off Masato Fukui"s shot being heralded as the turning point of the game by Woodlands coach, Salim Moin, during the post-match conference.
He first earned an international call-up for the games against North of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Australia and United Arab Emirates. However, he was unable to break into the squad back then under Radojko Avramović.
In 2013, Shariff was called up by new national coach Bernd Stange due to his impressive performances for Woodlands Wellington in the South.League. He made his international debut on 4 June 2013, coming on as a substitute against Myanmar in a friendly match in Yangon. International Appearances Individual.