Mohamad Irfan bin Fazail (born 12 April 1991) is a Malaysian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for

Sabah Sabah () is a state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah borders the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and the North Kalimantan province of Indonesia to the south. The Federal Territory o ...

Club career

Irfan Fazail was born in Pontian, Johor. He was raised in Johor Bahru and starting playing football for local clubs. He left Johor to attend the national

Bukit Jalil Sports School The Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS) ( ms, Sekolah Sukan Bukit Jalil, SSBJ) is the first sports school in Malaysia. The school is located at the National Sports Complex compound in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur. Sekolah Sukan Bukit Jalil was ope ...

. He later joined the SSBJ Football team in the President Cup Malaysia during his time with Bukit Jalil. After graduating from the Bukit Jalil Sports School, Fazail 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 ...

in 2008. With the team, he won the 2009 Premier League under the management of

Ong Kim Swee Ong Kim Swee () is a Malaysian football manager and former footballer, who is the Head coach of Malaysia Super League club Sabah. He spent most of his career playing for East Malaysian teams, notably Sarawak and Sabah during the mid 1990s. Ong ...

. When Harimau Muda was split into two teams, Irfan was chosen to be in the A team. In 2011, Irfan played for the Slovakian team

FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce – Vráble is a Slovak football team, based in the town of Zlaté Moravce. The club was founded on 22 January 1995. History From the club's establishment in 1995 until 2004, they played in various regional competition ...

on a three-month loan from Harimau Muda A. Irfan made his debut with the team in a 3–0 win against

AS Trenčín AS Trenčín () is a Slovak sports club in the town of Trenčín, most known for its football department. The first team currently plays in the Fortuna Liga after winning the 2010–11 Slovak First League. The club plays its home games at th ...

, coming on in the 86th minute after replacing Martin Hruška. Irfan returned to Harimau Muda A shortly after his national duty in the

2011 SEA Games The 2011 Southeast Asian Games, ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia Tenggara 2011) officially known as the 26th Southeast Asian Games, or the 26th SEA Games, and commonly known as Jakarta-Palembang 2011, was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held from ...

. In total, Irfan made two official appearances for Zlaté Moravce.

International career

Irfan represented the Malaysia under-17 team at the

2007 AFF U-17 Youth Championship The 2007 AFF U-17 Youth Championship was played for the third time in 2007. It was held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia from 19 August to 1 September 2007. Nine nations took part, all from the ASEAN region. No guest nations were invited. The nine teams ...

. He appeared in four matches and scored five goals, including a

hat-trick A hat-trick or hat trick is the achievement of a generally positive feat three times in a match, or another achievement based on the number three. Origin The term first appeared in 1858 in cricket, to describe H. H. Stephenson taking three wic ...

in a 7–0 win against

Brunei Brunei ( , ), formally Brunei Darussalam ( ms, Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawi: , ), is a country located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Apart from its South China Sea coast, it is completely surrounded by t ...

. Irfan made his first appearance for the under-19 team in 2009 at the 2009 AFF U-19 Youth Championship. Irfan appeared in 4 games but did not managed to score any goals. Malaysia finished in fourth place. After Irfan made a big impact at

, he was again chosen to represent the under-19 team in the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship qualifiers. He appeared in 4 games and made 3 assists, and was also selected as the man of the match against

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

in a 4–2 win. However, Malaysia did not qualify for the

2010 AFC U-19 Championship The 2010 AFC U-19 Championship was the 36th edition of the tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation. Qualification for the tournament started in October 2009 with the finals tournament being hosted in October 2010. The AFC reco ...

. Irfan scored his first goal for the Malaysian Olympic Team against the Singapore under-23 in a 2–0 win. Irfan made his debut for the senior national team on 6 September 2016, as a starter in the

friendly match An exhibition game (also known as a friendly, a scrimmage, a demonstration, a preseason game, a warmup match, or a preparation match, depending at least in part on the sport) is a sporting event whose prize money and impact on the player's or ...

against

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

, which Malaysia lost 3–0.

References

External links

* {{Soccerway, mohamad-irfan-bin--fazail/176678 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Johor Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian footballers Men's association football midfielders Malaysia men's youth international footballers Malaysia men's international footballers Malaysian expatriate footballers Malaysian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Expatriate footballers in Slovakia FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce players Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. players Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C. players Sabah F.C. (Malaysia) players Slovak Super Liga players Malaysia Premier League players Malaysia Super League players SEA Games gold medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in football Competitors at the 2011 SEA Games Competitors at the 2013 SEA Games