Ahmed Waseem Razeek (born 13 September 1994) is a professional

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who currently plays as a

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for

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club Eastern District. Born in Germany, he represents the Sri Lanka national team.

Club career

Early career

Razeek began playing football with NFC Rot-Weiß Neukölln, before moving to the youth program of Union Berlin via Tasmania Gropiusstadt and

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Union Berlin

He made his debut for Union Berlin II, who played in the

Regionalliga Nordost The Regionalliga Nordost is the fourth tier of German football in the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Thuringia. These comprise the states of former East Germany as well as West Berlin. It i ...

, during the 2012–13 season. He finished the season with one goal in six matches. During the 2013–14 season, he split time between the first and second teams. For the reserve team, he again scored a goal in six matches. He signed a professional contract for the 2013–14 season and made his professional debut on 19 April 2014 when he was subbed in for

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in a

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match against

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. This proved to be his only appearance for the first team as all of his appearances in the 2014–15 season was made with the second team. He finished the season with five goals in 21 appearances. This proved to be his last season with Union Berlin II. Union Berlin dissolved their second team.

1. FC Magdeburg

Razeek signed a two-year contract with newly promoted

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side

1. FC Magdeburg 1. FC Magdeburg is a German association football club based in the city of Magdeburg. The club was founded in 1965 and spent all but one season in East Germany top flight, the DDR-Oberliga, winning three championships and seven cup titles. It ...

. He made his debut against Rot-Weiß Erfurt on 24 July 2015. He was sent–off against

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on 16 August 2015 after receiving his second yellow card. He finished the 2015–16 season with two goals in 23 appearances. He then finished the 2016–17 season with two goals in 13 appearances.

Rot–Weiss Erfurt

He played for Rot–Weiss Erfurt during the 2017–18 season. He scored three goals in 30 appearances.

Berliner AK 07

Shortly before the 2019–20 season, Razeek joined

club

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. During his one season at the club, he made 12 league appearances, scoring three goals.

Gokulam Kerala

On 24 March 2022, Razeek signed with

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defending champions

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. Razeek scored on his debut for the club, on 9 April 2022, against

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, which ended in a dominating 5–0 win. His team Gokulam Kerala clinched I-League title in 2021–22 season, defeating Mohammedan Sporting 2–1 in the final game at the Salt Lake Stadium on 14 May, and became the first club in fifteen years to defend the title.

Eastern District

In January 2023, Razeek joined Hong Kong First Division League club Eastern District.

International career

He made his senior national team debut on 19 November 2019, in an

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match against

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. He scored a brace on 5 June 2021, in a

match against

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Gokulam Kerala *

: 2021–22 Individual *

2021 Four Nations Football Tournament The 2021 Four Nations Football Tournament ( si, 2021 සිව් ජාතීන්ගේ පාපන්දු තරඟාවලිය), alternatively known as the Mahinda Rajapaksa Cup, was an international association football friendly to ...

top scorer (7 goals)

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Razeek, Ahmed Waseem 1994 births Living people Footballers from Berlin German people of Sri Lankan descent German men's footballers Sri Lankan men's footballers Men's association football midfielders 1. FC Union Berlin players 1. FC Magdeburg players FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt players Berliner AK 07 players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Sri Lanka men's international footballers Gokulam Kerala FC players Sri Lankan expatriate men's footballers Sri Lankan expatriate sportspeople in India Expatriate men's footballers in India I-League players Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong Hong Kong First Division League players