Ibrahim Fazeel (born 9 October 1980) is a Maldivian footballer nicknamed "Oppo", who can play both as a midfielder and as a

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currently who plays for Llangefni Town FC He started his career while he was a student in Majeedhiyaa School in 1999. Fazeel played his first international match on 2 April 2000 against Syria (AFC Asian Cup Lebanon 2000) and scored first goal in the Golden jubilee international tournament against Bangladesh. He is the only player who scored for times in the semi-finals to take Maldives to the finals. After his international duty in 1999, he signed for his first club New lagoons in 2000. Between 2001 and 2003 he played for IFC which was the best club at that time. From 2004 to 2006 he changed to

New Radiant SC New Radiant Sports Club is a Maldivian professional football club based in Henveiru – Malé, Maldives. The club was founded on 19 August 1979 by Ahmed Waheed and his friend Ahammadhanik. New Radiant has won all domestic competitions bei ...

. In 2007, a new club named VB signed him for a record fee. In October 2007, he transferred to DPMM FC in Brunei along with fellow Maldivian

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and scored two goals for the team. In 2008, Fazeel lend his team to travel to final in SAFF Championship 2008 by scoring a goal against Sri Lanka. From 2008 to 2011 he played for Victory SC. Later in 2012, he played for

along with his National teammates Ashfaq and

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and played for BG Sports in 2013 and returned to his old team

He was one of the most important members of the Maldives national football team. At the

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, Fazeel helped the Maldives National Football Team by scoring a penalty kick which led the team to 3rd place against Afghanistan by 1–1 (8–7)

Club career

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club Bodorgan FC acquired the signature of Fazeel on 7 February 2016. On 20 January 2017,

Welsh Alliance The Welsh Alliance Football League (formerly the ''Lock Stock Welsh Alliance Football League'', for sponsorship reasons) was a association football, football league formed in 1984, and discontinued in 2020 following the reorganisation of the Wels ...

side Llangefni Town F.C. completed the signing of Fazeel.30 top January transfers in North Wales football
access date: 19 February 2017

Honours

Maldives *

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fazeel, Ibrahim 1980 births Living people Expatriate men's footballers in Brunei Maldivian men's footballers Maldives men's international footballers Maldivian expatriate men's footballers Maldivian expatriate sportspeople in Brunei New Radiant S.C. players Victory Sports Club players People from Malé DPMM FC players Men's association football forwards Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for the Maldives Llangefni Town F.C. players