He was 68.

Youth and Sports Minister Reezal Merican Naina Merican tweeted about the passing of Shah and extended his condolences to the family.

Shah had played as a midfielder in both the national and Selangor teams.

National Athlete Welfare Foundation (Yakeb) representatives, who managed to visit Shah, who had suffered from diabetes and hypertension, before his death, also extended their condolences and sympathy to his family.

The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) also paid tribute to Shah, who formed a partnership with the late Mokhtar Dahari, and the Isa and Ali Bakar brothers during the Pestabola Merdeka and SEAP Games in 1975.

“As talented as his brother Zulkifli in dribbling from sideline to sideline, Mohd Shah was also famous for his speed and back heel tricks. He was also great in sniffing out opportunities and it was his single goal that helped Selangor emerge as the champion of the Burnley Cup in 1970,” FAM said in a posting on its official Facebook page.

“Mohd Shah was also one of the players selected to play against Arsenal when the English Premier League club visited Malaysia in May 1975. The national team won 2-0 at the Merdeka Stadium on May 11 and was held to a 1-1 draw in another match at the Bandaraya Stadium in Penang on May 17.”

Shah had also helped Selangor win the Malaysia Cup five times and scored a goal in the 1971 and 1972 finals.

He also coached the Selangor junior team to win the President Cup in 1994 and 1995 and served as an assistant to head coaches such as M Chandran, Bernd Schumm, Ken Worden, Ken Shellito, K Rajagobal and Steve Wicks.