# Shahrom Kalam

Muhammad Shahrom bin Abdul Kalam (born 15 September 1985) is a retired Malaysian footballer. He played mainly as a centre-back, but can also deployed at right-back.

## Club career
### Early career

Shahrom began his football career with under the strong guidance and encouragement of his parents and family, Abdul Kalam Suhaimi and Shariah Abdul Wahid and his 3 siblings. It was Shahrom's mother who first realised that Shahrom's intense passion to play football seriously when he was 7. Shahrom's mother acted as his unofficial coach, trainer and manager during his early days of playing football and he has never looked back since then. His mother who also managed and coached the rag tag street football team that Shahrom and a couple of his childhood friends were in.
Shahrom played all through his years in primary school years developing and polishing his talents. During his early secondary school years, Shahrom was recruited in Kuala Lumpur Football Academy which was based at the Cheras Football Stadium. His stint with Kuala Lumpur Football Academy opened many doors for Shahrom to polish his skills and talent on the field which ultimately resulted in him being recruited to join the illustrious Bukit Jalil Sports School.

### Kuala Lumpur, Shahzan Muda

Shahrom began his football career playing for Kuala Lumpur youth team before been promoted into the first team in 2005. Shahrom played for Malaysia Premier League side Shahzan Muda for 2007-08 season before returning to Kuala Lumpur in 2009.
In December 2011, Shahrom signed a contract with Perak.

### Selangor

Shahrom joined Selangor in the 2014 Malaysia Super League after his contract was terminated by Perak. He was immediately named captain by Mehmet Durakovic. In 2015, he led his team to the final match of the 2015 Malaysia Cup after defeating Pahang 2–0 in the Shah Alam Stadium. And later to clinch the cup by beating Kedah in final with 2–0 in the same venue.

### Perak

On 19 December 2016, Shahrom rejoins Perak for a second stint. He made his Malaysia Super League debut for Perak in a 1–1 draw against Pahang in Perak Stadium.

### Felcra

On 29 December 2017, Shahrom signed a contract with Malaysia Premier League club Felcra. Shahrom played the role of Captain and during his stint rallied to elevate Felcra as one of the best team in Malaysian Premier League 2018 thus qualifying Felcra for Malaysia Super League 2019. Felcra did not have the chance to prove their mettle in Malaysia Super League since the club was disbanded after even after they qualified to move from Malaysia Premier League to the Super League.

## International career

Shahrom made his debut for Malaysia national team, when he enters the friendly match against Hong Kong as a substitute on 3 June 2011.

## Managerial career

In June 2024, Shahrom was appointed as the head coach of Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro League club Gombak.
On 10 October 2024, he returned to his former club Selangor to become the assistant coach.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of 13 July 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Continental | Continental | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Shahzan Muda | 2007-08 | Malaysia Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Shahzan Muda | Total | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Kuala Lumpur | 2009 | Malaysia Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Kuala Lumpur | 2010 | Malaysia Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 0 |
| Kuala Lumpur | 2011 | Malaysia Super League | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | – | – | 31 | 1 |
| Kuala Lumpur | Total | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Perak | 2012 | Malaysia Super League | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Perak | 2013 | Malaysia Super League | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Perak | Total | Total | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Selangor | 2014 | Malaysia Super League | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| Selangor | 2015 | Malaysia Super League | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 1 |
| Selangor | 2016 | Malaysia Super League | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| Selangor | Total | Total | 46 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 76 | 1 |
| Perak | 2017 | Malaysia Super League | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 0 |
| Perak | Total | Total | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 0 |
| Felcra | 2018 | Malaysia Premier League | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 2 |
| Felcra | Total | Total | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 3 |
| Career Total | Career Total | Career Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |

### International

    As of 13 November 2017
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Malaysia | 2011 | 1 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 2016 | 12 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 2017 | 8 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 21 | 0 |

## Honours
### Club

Selangor
* Malaysia Cup: 2015

### International

Malaysia U-19
* AFF U-19 Youth Championship : 2003 runner-up