[1][2] Representing the Maldives for much of his football career, Shah was captain of the team in 2003 and participated in the 1997 SAFF Championship[3] where he scored one goal facing Sri Lanka.
After his retirement, Shah served as deputy youth minister and General Secretary of the Football Association of Maldives.
[4] He then became deputy minister at the Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture and has experience being a football match official.
[4] Suffering a heart-attack in the early hours of February 20, 2017, Shah was admitted posthaste to the ICU of Indhira Gandhi Memorial Hospital;[4] Fortunately, his condition never retrograded with it only being a minor heart attack[5] and, three days later, the former footballer was taken out from the Critical Care Center at the hospital.
[3] Assuming the role of Advisor at the Ministry of Youth and Sports in 2013,[7] the former player was assigned the role of national team head coach for a 2007 friendly fronting Malaysia, also managing the Red Snappers in their 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification round against Yemen in which they won 2-0 and lost 3-0.