Muhammad Shariff bin Abdul Samat (5 January 1984 – 10 February 2020) was a Singaporean international footballer.

He was brought into the Tampines Rovers squad from the Young Lions after a stint with Sembawang Rangers FC, largely as a back-up player for the 2007/2008 highlighting season.

However, due to teammate Sead Muratovic's failure to pass the annual fitness test, he became a major part of the first team's fixture in the S-League.

[4] Shariff put in an outstanding performance against the Protectors, his clearance off the line of Masato Fukui's shot being heralded as the turning point of the game by Woodlands coach, Salim Moin, during the post-match conference.

[7] In 2008, under Radojko Avramović, Shariff was called up for matches against North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Australia and the United Arab Emirates.

[9] The case was re-enacted in local crime show True Files, which features the death of Sulaiman and the murder trial of the Salakau gang members.