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Aidil Sharin Sahak

Aidil Sharin Sahak

Singaporean footballer and coach

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Sahak is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Aidil Sharin.

Aidil Sharin Sahak (born 9 July 1977) is a former Singaporean football player and professional football head coach. He is the currently head coach for the Malaysia Super League club Kuching City.

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Club career

Home United

Aidil Sharin started his career professional career with Home United in 1997.

Tanjong Pagar United

After spending one season at Home United, Aidil Sharin joined his former academy team, Tanjong Pagar United ahead of the 1998 S.League season. In his first season, he won a cup double helping the club to win the 1998 Singapore Cup and the 1998 Singapore FA Cup.

Return to Home United

In 1999, Aidil Sharin returned to Home United.

Tampines Rovers

Aidil Sharin joined Tampines Rovers in 2001 after spending two season at Home United.

Third Spell at Home United

Aidil Sharin then returned to Home United for the third time of his career in 2002. In the 2003 season, he helped the club to a double winning the 2003 S.League and the 2003 Singapore Cup. In 2005, he also won the 2005 Singapore Cup.

SAFFC

After spending five season at Home United, Aidil Sharin joined Uniform Derby rivals, SAFFC for the 2007 season. In his first season, he steered the club to his third double by winning the 2007 S.League and the 2007 Singapore Cup which he became the first and only player to win a double for third Singaporean club. Aidil Sharin then announced his retirement at the end of the season.

Coaching career

Home United

In 2012, Aidil Sharin joined Lee Lim-saeng as his assistant coach at Home United and under Philippe Aw as his assistant coach until 2016. On 4 August 2016, Aidil Sharin was promoted to the head coach role after Philippe was relief of his duties. He led Home United to 2nd place in the 1st season of the Singapore Premier League in 2018. He also led the club to the 2017 AFC Cup Zonal finals[1] and 2018 AFC Cup Inter-zone play-off semi-finals.[2]

Kedah Darul Aman

On 8 October 2018, Aidil Sharin had been appointed as Kedah Darul Aman head coach[3] for the 2019 Malaysia Super League season.[4] On his debut on 2 February 2019, the side won 2–0 against PKNP through a Shakir Hamzah and Jonathan Bauman goal.[5] On 8 March 2019, Aidil Sharin experienced his first defeat in charge of Kedah as the club fell to a 1–0 defeat at the hands of Pahang.[6] Kedah finished in fourth position in the Malaysia Super League in his first season in charge, one position higher than the previous season.[7] On 27 July 2019, he led Kedah to win the 2019 Malaysia FA Cup after a 1–0 win over Perak in the final.[8][9] The following 26 October, the team reached the final of the 2019 Malaysia Cup following a 8–8 aggregate win over Sri Pahang,[10] only to be beaten 3–0 by Johor Darul Ta'zim in the decisive game at Bukit Jalil National Stadium.[11]

Aidil Sharin became the first Singaporean head coach to manage a non-Singaporean team in the AFC Champions League when he guided Kedah into the 2020 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs round which they thrash Hong Kong club, Tai Po 5–1 in the preliminary round 2 and thus seeing them advance to face FC Seoul in the play-off round which subsequently ended up as a 4–1 defeat at the Seoul World Cup Stadium.[12]

On 17 October 2022, it was announced that Kedah Darul Aman had parted ways with Aidil Sharin.[13] Aidil Sharin departed Kedah Darul Aman with a record of 55 wins, 20 draws, and 35 defeats in 110 games with a win percentage of 50%. During the four years that he was the head coach, Aidil Sharin guided Kedah to several highs, including emerging as 2019 Malaysia FA Cup champions, 2019 Malaysia Cup runners-up, 2020 and 2021 Malaysia Super League runners-up as well as reaching the 2022 AFC Cup ASEAN Zone semi-finals.[13]

Persikabo 1973

On 7 January 2023, Aidil was announced as the new head coach of Indonesian Liga 1 team, Persikabo 1973 on an initial 5-month contract.[14][15] He is the first Singaporean to coach an Indonesian team since Fandi Ahmad coached Pelita Jaya from 2006 to 2010.

Aidin Sharin leaves the club by mutual agreement, on 23 July 2023, citing family matters as the reason for his departure.[16][17]

Kuching City

Aidil Sharin returned to Malaysia when Kuching City announced him as their new head coach on 2 August 2023.[18] He will join fellow countrymen, Fandi Ahmad who is coaching Sri Pahang in the 2023 Malaysia Super League. Aidil Sharin took over a Kuching City at the time on the lower end of the 2023 Malaysia Super League which is on a 17-game winless run.[19] He guided the club to a great run in the 2023 MFL Challenge Cup winning 4–0 on aggregate against his former club, Kedah Darul Aman in the quarter-finals, a 3–1 on aggregate against Kelantan United in the semi-finals which saw the club first ever cup final in their history.

Personal life

Aidil is the younger brother of former Singapore national footballer, Aide Iskandar.

Managerial statistics

As of match played 17 December 2023
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Honours

Player

Tanjong Pagar United

Home United

SAFFC

Coach

Kedah
Kuching City

References

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