Fazrul Nawaz bin Shahul Hameed (born 17 October 1985) is a

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who play as a striker for

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club

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Club career

Geylang United

Fazrul went to a trial by

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for

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players and was signed by the club in 2004. He left the club in 2006.

Young Lions

In 2006 to 2007, Fazrul signed for Young Lions.

Geylang United

He returned to Geylang in 2008. However, he was released by the club after a contractual dispute and it was reported in Malay newspapers that he had finally signed for

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after strong rumours that he would join Sengkang Punggol with his former team-mates Aide Iskandar,

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and

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. However these rumours have since been proven to be false and Fazrul has been clubless for half a year.

Gombak United

In May 2009,

coach

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had announced that Fazrul will be joining his team. He made an immediate impact on his new team, scored 7 goals in 15 appearances for his new club. The following season, he scored 18 goals in 31 games for Gombak United, becoming the highest born local top scorer in the league.

SAFFC

In 2011 he joined SAFFC. And decided to join Lionsxii in 2013. Over the two seasons spent at SAFFC, he scored 20 goals in 58 appearances for the club.

LionsXII

Fazrul left the Warriors for LionsXII in January 2013 to play in the Malaysia super league. However, he was released in December 2013 after scoring just 4 goals in an injury-stricken season.

Home United

He then signed for

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in 2014 and went on to score 14 goals in 34 games for the team, again becoming the highest local top scorer in that season.

Sabah FA

In December 2014, he signed a 12 months contract with the

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side,

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, however he was released 4 months later after suffering from an injury on his left knee. During his 4 months stay with the Malaysian club, he managed to score twice in 5 league appearances for the team.

Return to the Warriors

Following the end of his short stint with Sabah, Fazrul rejoined old club

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on the 2015 S.League June mid-window transfer deadline after recovering from an injury sustain in Malaysia. He scored two goals in first match after rejoining his old club, leading the Warriors to a 4-1 win over their uniformed rivals

. In his second match of the season, he scored the only goal in a 1-0 win over

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, sending the defending champions to second place in the table. Fazrul ended the season as the highest local-born scorer in the 2015 S.League season with 18 goals from 24 matches.

Tampines Rovers

In December 2015, Fazrul joined

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after turning down a new contract at his former club. He scored his first goal for Tampines in the second game of the season against

. Fazrul ended the season as the second highest local-born scorer with 7 goals.

Hougang United

In July 2018, Fazrul joined

on a record transfer fee of $50,000. In 2019, Fazrul became the captain of the team.

Personal life

Fazrul is married and has two sons and a daughter.

Career statistics

Club

;Notes

International career

Fazrul made his international debut for

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on 4 June 2005, against

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, coming on as a substitute for

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, who had broken his nose. In the second leg of the 2007 AFF Championship semi-final, Fazrul scored the fourth out of five successfully converted penalties for Singapore in a

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win over Malaysia. In the 2007 South East Asian Games, Fazrul's performance in the group stages was largely criticised by the fans and the media. More criticism arose when he failed to score a penalty against

. If he had scored, Singapore would have avoided favourites

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in the semi-final match, which Singapore eventually lost 3–0, ending the nation's hopes for a gold or silver medal. In the Bronze Medal placing match, Fazrul made amends for his poor performance by scoring a

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in a 5–0 victory against

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, winning the bronze medal for Singapore. Due to an injury to his

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, sustained in a league match against

, Fazrul was forced to miss the

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, in which Singapore were knocked out in the semi-finals by Vietnam. Prior to winning his 78th cap against

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in a 0-3 defeat, Fazrul has amassed 9 goals in 77 appearances. He scored his 10th international goal in his 80th Singapore cap in a friendly against

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on 24 March 2016. He notched his 11th goal for Singapore and the last of Head Coach

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's reign in charge of Singapore.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Singapore's goal tally first.''

Personal life

His father was a national boxer who also won a Bronze Medal in a

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competition in the 1970s.

Honours

Club

LionsXII *

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: 2013

International

Singapore *

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: 2007, 2012 *

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Bronze Medalist: 2007

References

External links

* * http://www.sleague.com/Web/Main.aspx?ID=,887925d1-1861-49fe-945d-b5b80365ea9e&NLT=300&AID=5eae973d-5d5f-4153-aced-38e93e03e7bd * https://web.archive.org/web/20130318012931/http://kallangroar.com/news/exclusive-interviews/exclusive-inside-fazrul-nawaz/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055140/http://voxsports.co/football/fazrul-winner-reignites-lionsxii-cup-dream-sundram-warns-against-complacency * https://web.archive.org/web/20130921142000/http://www.goal.com/en-sg/match/120570/lionsxii-vs-sarawak-fa/report?ICID=CP_3205 * https://web.archive.org/web/20141006074806/http://www.affsuzukicup.com/news/singapore-4-laos-3 {{DEFAULTSORT:Fazrul Nawaz 1985 births Living people Singaporean Muslims Singaporean people of Indian descent Singaporean footballers Singapore international footballers Singaporean expatriate footballers Association football forwards Geylang International FC players Gombak United FC players Warriors FC players Home United FC players LionsXII players Singapore Premier League players Malaysia Super League players Young Lions FC players Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games Southeast Asian Games bronze medalists for Singapore Southeast Asian Games medalists in football Competitors at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Singapore