Muhammad Jafri bin Muhammad Firdaus Chew (born 11 June 1997) is a

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

n professional footballer who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the Malaysia U-23 national team. Jafri Firdaus Chew came up through Blue football academy (now known as the Assumption- Bintang Biru Football Academy). He started his footballing career with

Harimau Muda B Harimau Muda B was the club name for the former Malaysia Under-21 National Football Team and was managed by the Football Association of Malaysia. The national team played as a club under the name Harimau Muda B which took part in Malaysia Premi ...

in 2013. On 25 November 2015, it was confirmed that the

Harimau Muda Harimau Muda is a former Malaysia national under-22 football team. The squad is the feeder team for senior national football team. The club is managed by the Football Association of Malaysia. After winning the Premier League in 2009, the cl ...

has disbanded by

Football Association of Malaysia The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM, ms, Persatuan Bola Sepak Malaysia) is the national governing body of football in Malaysia responsible for organising the Malaysia national football team within the country. The Football Association of ...

which means all the player from

Harimau Muda A Harimau Muda A was the club name for the former Malaysia Under-22 National Football Team, representing Malaysia in international football (soccer), football competitions such as the AFC U-22 Asian Cup, Champions Youth Cup as well as other under ...

and

Harimau Muda C Harimau Muda C is the team name for the former Malaysia national under-19 club. Football Association of Malaysia managed the Malaysia U-19 team as a football club that took part in Malaysia FAM League from 2013 season. The C team is for under-1 ...

will be returned to their own state. He also has been called by

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, the Malaysian Under-19 National Coach for preparation of the

2016 AFF U-19 Youth Championship The 2016 AFF U-19 Youth Championship was the 14th edition of the AFF U-19 Youth Championship, organised by the ASEAN Football Federation, and known for sponsorship reasons as the AFF Vietcombank U19 Championship. It was hosted by Vietnam for the s ...

which was held in Hanoi, Vietnam from 11 to 24 September 2016. This makes him joined

Penang FA Penang Football Club (or simply known as Penang FC) is a Malaysian professional football club based in George Town, Penang, that competes in the Malaysia Super League. Unofficially founded in 1920, officially as Football Association of Penang ...

to play for Penang U-19 and impressed from an early stage. His performances earned him a start in first team. He made his first team debut for

in 2016, while Chew represented his country Malaysia U-22 national team international, having previously represented his country at under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels.

Club career

Penang FA

Since Harimau Muda has disbanded by FAM which means all the player from

and

has to returned to their own state. Jafri Firdaus Chew are with

for the Penang U21, before being promoted to first team in year 2016 to play in the top division of Malaysian football, the Malaysia Super League. On 28 October 2017, Jafri has scored his first senior goals on his 24th appearance for Penang FA in the

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match against

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in a 1–3 defeat.

PKNS

On 5 November 2017, Jafri signed with PKNS for 2018 Malaysia Super League.

Career statistics

Club

Malaysia Under-23

Honours

International

Malaysia U-23 *

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: Silver Medal:

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on Soccer Punter 1997 births Living people Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent Sportspeople from Penang People from Penang Malaysian footballers Malaysia men's international footballers Penang F.C. players Malaysia Super League players Men's association football forwards SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in football Competitors at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games Malaysia men's youth international footballers 21st-century Malaysian people {{Malaysia-footy-bio-stub