Mohamad Faris Shah bin Mohd Rosli (born 17 April 1995) is a Malaysian professional

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who plays as a

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for Malaysia Super League club

Penang Penang ( ms, Pulau Pinang, is a Malaysian state located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia, by the Malacca Strait. It has two parts: Penang Island, where the capital city, George Town, is located, and Seberang Perai on the Malay ...

Club career

Early career

Faris started his career with

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 ...

in 2013. He was also part of the squad for Malaysia U19 that competed in

2013 AFF U-19 Youth Championship The 2013 AFF U-19 Youth Championship was held from 9 September to 22 September 2013, hosted by Indonesia. 11 members of the ASEAN Football Federation were divided into two groups. Australia, originally drawn in Group A, withdrew on 8 September 2 ...

Harimau Muda

In 2014, he joined

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 ...

, which competed in the S.League and made 15 appearances and scored one goal in the league. He also made an appearance in the

2014 Singapore Cup The 2014 Singapore Cup is the 17th season of Singapore's annual premier club football tournament organised by Football Association of Singapore. Due to sponsorship reasons, the Singapore Cup is also known as the RHB Singapore Cup. Home United are ...

before they were knocked out by Tampines Rovers in penalty shoot-out. For the 2015 season he made six appearances and scored one goal before returning to his home ground team Kelantan after the Harimau Muda program was disbanded.

Kelantan

Faris first played and the captained of Kelantan U21 team before being promoted to the senior squad during second transfer window in 2016. He made his debut for Kelantan in

Malaysia Cup The Malaysia Cup ( ms, Piala Malaysia), formerly known as ''Malaya Cup'', is an annual association football, football tournament in Malaysia, held at the end of the calendar year. The cup was first held in 1921. Despite its prestige and popular ...

match against Selangor as substitute for Norhafiz Zamani in the 65th minute. His league debut for the team came on 23 July 2016 in a 0–0 draw against Pahang in

Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium The Sultan Muhammed IV Stadium ( ms, Stadium Sultan Muhammed IV) is a stadium in the state of Kelantan. It is located on Jalan Mahmood, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia, and the home of Kelantan FC and Kelantan United, a Malaysia football team. T ...

. Faris was sidelined throughout 2017 season due to injury.

Melaka United

In May 2018, Faris were transferred to

Melaka United Melaka United Football Club () was a defunct Malaysian professional football club based in Malacca that competes in the Malaysia Super League. They were owned by Kenteam Sdn Bhd which is one of nitrile glove producer in Malaysia. Previously, th ...

International career

Faris is also a member and captain of the Malaysia U23 team, who were competing in the

2016 Nations Cup The 2016 Nations Cup was the inaugural edition of the Nations Cup hosted in Malacca City, Malaysia from 3 to 5 June 2016. It was organised by MP & Silva with the under-21 teams of Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand as well as the Vietnam U-19 tea ...

and the runners-up for the competition after defeated by Thailand U23 1–2 in the final.

Career statistics

Club

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* * {{Penang F.C. squad Living people 1995 births Footballers from Kelantan Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian men's footballers Kelantan F.C. players Melaka United F.C. players Penang F.C. players Men's association football central defenders