Soldadu (U) Mohammad Shafie bin Haji Mohammad Efenddy (born 4 August 1995) is a Bruneian international footballer who plays for MS ABDB of the Brunei Super League and the Brunei national football team.[1] He is adept at playing on either flank or as a striker.[2][3]

Shafie Effendy
Shafie with Brunei in 2023
Personal information
Full name Mohammad Shafie bin Haji Mohammad Efenddy
Date of birth (1995-08-04) 4 August 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Brunei
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
MS ABDB
Number 17
Youth career
Sports School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Brunei Youth Team
2014 IKLS
2015–2016 Tabuan Muda (8)
2017–2018 Indera (11)
2018–2019 DPMM 11 (0)
2020 MS ABDB 0 (0)
2020 DPMM II 2 (0)
2021– MS ABDB 14 (4)
International career
2011 Brunei U18
2012 Brunei U21 4 (0)
2013 Brunei U19 3 (0)
2013–2017 Brunei U23 15 (0)
2015– Brunei 9 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 November 2024

Club career

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Shafie started his club career with the Brunei Youth Team in 2011, playing in the Brunei Premier League II.[4] He then laced up for IKLS FC in the 2014 Brunei Premier League.[5] The following year, he played for Tabuan Muda, a league team that was formed by the NFABD to prepare for international competitions.[6] They finished fifth in the 2015 and 2016 seasons of the Brunei Super League.[7]

 
Shafie with MS ABDB during the 2023 Brunei Super League

Shafie moved to Indera SC in 2017.[8] He scored his first two goals for Indera on 10 September against Menglait FC which finished 4–0. On 26 September, Shafie scored a hattrick in a 6–0 victory over Najip I-Team.[9] He contributed a total of 11 goals for Indera who finished third in the league.[10]

Shafie signed for professional club DPMM FC of the Singapore Premier League on 13 February 2018.[11] He made his debut on 24 May in a 1–1 draw against Young Lions as a 77th-minute substitute, providing the assist for Adi Said's equalising goal three minutes from time.[12]

Shafie finished the 2018 Singapore Premier League with 11 appearances under Renê Weber, but struggled to even make the bench under Adrian Pennock who prefers wing-backs supplying a front two and bringing on Razimie Ramlli as a super-sub role. At the second half of the season, Shafie made way for Hakeme Yazid Said in the DPMM squad.[13]

At the start of the 2020 Brunei Super League, Shafie signed with defending champions MS ABDB, which coincided with his drafting into the Royal Brunei Air Force.[14] However he transferred to DPMM FC II at the behest of ex-ABDB coach Rosmin Kamis who was put in charge of the team shortly after the Piala Sumbangsih loss to Kota Ranger FC on 8 February.

International career

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Shafie has been playing exclusively with the national team setup ever since graduating from Brunei's Sports School.[15] He was a member of the Brunei under-21 side that was triumphant on home soil at the 2012 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy, starting three games out of six.[2]

A year later, Shafie travelled to Thailand with the Brunei under-19s for the 2014 AFC U-19 Championship qualification, where they lost all three games.[16] A similar story happened with the under-23s at the 27th SEA Games football tournament in Myanmar two months later, where Shafie only played twice.[17]

Shafie missed out on the 2014 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy but returned with the under-23s for the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification held in Indonesia in late March 2015.[18] Scoreless and goalless, the same team headed for the 28th SEA Games.[19] Shafie was ever-present although the Young Wasps lost all five of their games.[20]

Shafie made his full international debut on 3 November 2015 versus Cambodia in a friendly match that finished 6–1 against Brunei.[21] He was selected for the 2016 AFF Suzuki Cup qualification matches held in Cambodia in October. He started the first game against Timor-Leste and scored the winner in a 2–1 victory.[22]

In July 2017, Shafie captained the under-23s for the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification that took place in Yangon, Myanmar.[23] The Young Wasps lost all three games. The same story happened at the 29th SEA Games held in Malaysia a month later, where ever-present Shafie and compatriots suffered four defeats out of four.[24]

Shafie was selected for the national team's 2018 AFF Suzuki Cup qualification matches against Timor-Leste in early September.[25] He played the first 45 minutes in a 3–1 defeat away from home in the first leg in Kuala Lumpur.[26] Brunei were knocked out 2–3 on aggregate.[27]

Despite yet to make an appearance in the 2019 season for DPMM, Shafie was in contention for a place in the national squad to face Mongolia at the 2022 World Cup qualification matches in July. However he pulled out of the two-legged tie due to unspecified reasons.[28]

In December 2022, he was selected for the national team in the 2022 AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup and featured against Indonesia in Kuala Lumpur in a 0–7 loss.[29] A year later, he was also involved in the national team setup for the 2026 World Cup qualification without making an appearance.[30]

After two years of being in the periphery of the national team, Brunei caretaker coach Jamie McAllister selected him for the 2024 ASEAN Championship qualification matches against Timor-Leste in October 2024 in place of Razimie Ramlli.[31] The Scot utilised Shafie as a second-half substitute in both home and away legs, the tie ending 0–1 in favour of the Timorese who secured their place at the 2024 ASEAN Championship over Brunei.[32] The following month, he was given a start by new head coach Vinícius Eutrópio against Russia in an away friendly that finished 11–0 to the home side.[33]

International goals

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Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 15 October 2016 Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia   East Timor 2–1 2–1 2016 AFF Suzuki Cup qualification

Honours

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Team

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Brunei national under-21 football team

Individual

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  •   Meritorius Service Medal (PJK) (2012)[34]

References

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  1. ^ "DPMM FC players join training". The Brunei Times. 5 October 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  2. ^ a b "U-18 footballers demolish Pakistan". The Brunei Times. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Battered but still standing". The Brunei Times. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Good start for Kilanas". The Brunei Times. 26 March 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  5. ^ "IKLS FC extinguish Rimba Star". The Brunei Times. 13 March 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Md Syahmi powers Tabuan Muda". The Brunei Times. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  7. ^ "DST PREMIER LEAGUE 2016 STANDINGS". National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam. Retrieved 18 October 2016.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "INDERA SPORTS CLUB: ISC PLAYERS 2017". Indera SC. Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  9. ^ "27/09/2017 DST Super League". Radio Televisyen Brunei. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  10. ^ "MS ABDB win DST Super League". Borneo Bulletin. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  11. ^ "DPMM FC sign new S League squad". Borneo Bulletin. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  12. ^ "Ikhsan Fandi wonder goal gives Young Lions 1-1 draw against DPMM". Fox Sports Asia. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  13. ^ "Adi Said re-joins DPMM FC after Malaysian league stint". Borneo Bulletin. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  14. ^ "Instagram".
  15. ^ "Sports School thrash Temburong". The Brunei Times. 16 May 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  16. ^ "Nat'l U-19s set for AFC meet". The Brunei Times. 6 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  17. ^ "South East Asian Games 2013 (Nay Pyi Taw)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  18. ^ "U-23s set for AFC tourney". The Brunei Times. 4 February 2015. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  19. ^ "Manager calls for total commitment". The Brunei Times. 26 May 2015. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  20. ^ "Brunei go down to M'sia". The Brunei Times. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  21. ^ "Cambodia put six goals past Brunei in friendly". Borneo Bulletin. 4 November 2015. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  22. ^ "Brunei off to winning start". The Brunei Times. 16 October 2016. Archived from the original on 27 October 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  23. ^ "Brunei end AFC U-23 C'Ship qualifiers with loss to Singapore". BruSports News. 24 July 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  24. ^ "National football team end SEA Games campaign". Borneo Bulletin. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  25. ^ "Minister urges national team to make impact at AFF Suzuki Cup qualifier". Borneo Bulletin. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  26. ^ "Timor Leste a step closer to reaching AFF Suzuki Cup". Fox Sports Asia. 2 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  27. ^ "Brunei win 1-0 against Timor Leste but miss out on AFF final round". Borneo Bulletin. 9 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  28. ^ "Brunei national team set to miss nine key players". Borneo Bulletin. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  29. ^ "REPORT: BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 0-7 INDONESIA". AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup. 26 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  30. ^ @fa.bruneidarussalam (9 October 2023). "Here's the 25 players that will be representing Brunei Darussalam in the World Cup Qualifiers". Retrieved 23 October 2023 – via Instagram.
  31. ^ @fa.bruneidarussalam (8 October 2024). "Here are the 23 players called up to represent Brunei Darussalam match against Timor Leste". Retrieved 22 October 2024 – via Instagram.
  32. ^ "Timor-Leste qualify for ASEAN Mitsubishi Electric Cup 2024". ASEAN Football Federation. 15 October 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  33. ^ "Football Union of Russia vs Brunei: Friendlies - BBC Sport - BBC Sport". BBC Sport. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  34. ^ "Sultan sees HBT stars as nucleus of national team". Borneo Bulletin. 6 April 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
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