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.
Coaching career
Home United
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 AFC Cup ASEAN Zonal Final Runner-up medal in 2017 and the Winners medal in 2018.
Kedah Darul Aman
On 8 October 2018, Aidil had been appointed as Kedah Darul Aman head coach for the Malaysia Super League 2019 season. On his debut on 2 February 2019, the side won 2-0 against PKNP through a Shakir Hamzah and Jonathan Bauman goal. 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. Kedah finished in fourth position in the Malaysia Super League in his first season in charge, one position higher than the previous season. On 27 July 2019, he led Kedah to win Malaysia FA Cup title, after a 1–0 win over Perak in the final. The following 26 October, the team reached the final of the Malaysia Cup following a 8–8 aggregate win over Sri Pahang, only to be beaten 3–0 by Johor Darul Ta'zim in the decisive game at Bukit Jalil National Stadium.
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.
On 17 October 2022, it was announced that Kedah Darul Aman had parted ways with Aidil Sharin. 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 Super League runners-up as well as reaching the 2022 AFC Cup ASEAN Zone semi-finals.
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. 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.
Kuching City
Aidil Sharin returned to Malaysia when Kuching City announced him as their new head coach on 2 August 2023. 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 and on a 17-game winless run.
Personal life
Aidil is the younger brother of former Singapore national footballer, Aide Iskandar.