 Shahril withSAFFC during the2009 Singapore Cup Final. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Shahril Jantan | ||
| Date of birth | (1980-04-20)20 April 1980 (age 44) | ||
| Place of birth | Singapore | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft11+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2001 | Geylang United | 13 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | SAFFC | 45 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Geylang United | 52 | (0) |
| 2006–2012 | SAFFC | 184 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Home United | 65 | (0) |
| Total | 359 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 2002–2004 | Singapore | 8 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2019–2020 | Geylang International (goalkeeper coach) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Shahril Jantan (born 20 April 1980) is aSingaporean retiredfootballer who last played as agoalkeeper forS.League clubs withGeylang United,SAFFC andHome United. He is currently the head of foundation atLion City Sailors.
Shahril started his football career as a 16-year-old forGeylang United for the under 16 team. He eventually progressed up the ranks to the under 18 team in 1997 and Prime League team in 1998. He was also registered as a S-league player in the 1998 squad as the no. 3 goalie behindDavid Lee andShahri Rahim. Shahril remained as the no. 3 in 1999 and eventually moved a notch up as the back up goalkeeper in 2000 behind the famous German goalkeeper,Lutz Pfannenstiel.
In November 2000, Shahril andLionel Lewis was sent to theEnglish Premier League club,Arsenal inLondon for a five-week training attachment where both of them rubbed shoulders with some of the top players in the premiership. They were training with the likes ofAshley Cole,Matthew Upson,David Bentley andJermaine Pennant, who were from the reserve team and the youth team respectively.
In Shahril 1st full season in the2001 S.League, he won his first S.League title medal with Geylang United after a mixed season, sharing playing time withLionel Lewis.
In 2002, Shahril moved toSAFFC as he was serving his National Service,a year where Shahril played 1 of his best season helping SAFFC winning the2002 S.League, his second winners medal two years running. The same year, Shahril edged out long-time custodian goalkeeper,Rezal Hassan, taking thenational number one jersey.
Shahril was nominated for the Young Player of The Year award but lost to eventual winnerNoh Alam Shah. He was also named Straits Times Goalkeeper of the Year award for 2002 season. The national serviceman was a formidable presence in goal that year.
Shahril returned to Geylang United for the 2004 and 2005 season to finish the remainder of his contract where he had a disappointing season before moving to back to SAFFC in 2006.
Shahril helped SAFFC to win the 2006,2007,2008 and recently the 2009 S-League Championship and the 2007, 2008, 2012Singapore Cup, his 6th S-League winners medal in 9 full season as a professional. He recently won another Singapore Cup Trophy with his current clubHome United Football Club .
Shahril was named the Warriors' Player of the Year for 2009 season.
In 2013, Shahril joined Home United on a two-years contract before deciding to retire at the end of the 2015 season.
In 1998, Shahril got his first national team call-up as an 18-year-old, against Brunei. With injuries to first choice keeperRezal Hassan and the unavailability of others, Shahril got his chance, thanks to then Head CoachVincent Subramaniam.
His full international debut came againstUruguay on 21 May 2002.[1]
The 2002Tiger Cup would prove a disappointing end to what should have been a memorable year for Shahril, and the young keeper bore the brunt of much criticism. His last National team call-up was after being in the Singapore Squad that won the now defunct 2004Tiger Cup.
In January 2016, Shahril joinedTampines Rovers as the club goalkeeper Coach for the U15 & U17 team.
In January 2019, Shahril joinedGeylang International as the club goalkeeper Coach for the first team playing in the2019 Singapore Premier League on a year contract until February 2020.
In July 2020, Shahril was the academy goalkeeper coach for the newly privatised club,Lion City Sailors where in July 2022, he was promoted to the club Head Of Foundation.
Shahril graduated with a bachelor's degree in sports management from theUniversity of Wolverhampton back in 2013 while still playing professional football. Upon his retirement at the end of the2015 S.League season, Shahril worked as an Assistant Project Manager at RED CARD Global. In July 2016, Shahril joined Students Care Services in the Social Service Sector as a Programme Executive. Shahril is currently with the same organization which is now called SHINE Children & Youth Services holding the designation of a Senior Social Work Associate.
Shahril is also actively coaching goalkeepers during his free time and has worked at various Football Academies and Football Clubs like ANZA, Turf City Academy, St Michael's Soccer Academy, AC Milan Academy, Brazilian Jericho Academy, Tampines Rovers Football Club and Geylang International Football Club.