Shielded electrical connector

An electrical connector comprising:

• an insulative housing having a main body defining a plurality of contact passageways each receiving an electrical contact therein, two front arms respectively extending forwardly from two sides of a front face of the main body;
• and
• a metallic shield covering a top face of the main body and the front arms and a space between the front face and the two front arms, the metallic shield forming two soldering pads located respectively beside the two front arms and adapted for being soldered to a printed circuit board by surface mounting technology, and two fingers being respectively fitted into two recesses defined in the front arms for preventing an upper movement of the soldering pads relative to the housing;
• wherein each side plate of the metallic shield comprises a front piece partially covering a corresponding front arm of the insulative housing,
• wherein the front pieces form the fingers to be received in the recesses of the front arms;
• wherein the insulative housing comprises a pair of rear shoulders at left and right sides of the main body, and each side plate of the metallic shield comprises a rear piece spaced from the front piece and partially covering one corresponding rear shoulder;
• wherein the rear pieces of the metallic shield form bending portions and the rear shoulders have side walls defining slots for receiving the bend portions;
• wherein the front pieces each comprise a soldering pad coplanar with a bottom surface of the front arms.