Sean Eugene Selvaraj (born 11 April 1996) is a

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who plays for Malaysia Super League club

Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan (, Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Nogoghi Sombilan'', ''Nismilan'') is a state in Malaysia which lies on the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It borders Selangor on the north, Pahang in the east, and Malacca and Johor to the s ...

Club career

Early year

Born in

, Sean played for Negeri Sembilan under-21 from 2013 to 2015. He also was one of the players representing the Negeri Sembilan football in sporting events (Sukma) in Sarawak.

Negeri Sembilan

In April 2016, Negeri Sembilan head coach, Gary Phillips confirmed that Sean would be definitely promoted to Negeri Sembilan's first team. He just made 9 appearances and scored two goals in Malaysia Premier League on two seasons (2016, 2017).

Selangor

On 4 December 2017, Sean signed a one-year contract with Malaysia Super League club

Selangor Selangor (; ), also known by its Arabic language, Arabic honorific Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity", is one of the 13 Malaysian states. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the east ...

on a free transfer.

Negeri Sembilan

In 2022 he returned to join the team

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on a free transfer after spent two years with the team in 2016 and 2017. Since 2022 he has been with the team for one years and has become an important player throughout 2022. He has helped the team secure fourth place in the Malaysia Super League in 2022. It is an impressive achievement as the team has just been promoted from the Malaysia Premier League in the previous year and had shocked the other Malaysia Super League teams because

was considered an underdog team. He has made 12 appearances and score 2 goals during his time with

since 2022 and made a total of 21 appearances and score 4 goals overall for Negeri Sembilan since 2016.

International career

On 1 July 2017, Sean was called up to the Malaysia U-23 for

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in 2017. Sean made his full debut on AFC qualification matches against Indonesia U-23 on 19 July 2017, playing 30 minutes in

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. The match ended with a 3–0 win for Malaysia.

Career statistics

Club

¹ Includes

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and

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Honours

Club

Selangor *

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runner-up:

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References

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* {{Negeri Sembilan FA squad 1996 births Living people Malaysian men's footballers Selangor F.C. players Negeri Sembilan FC players Malaysia Super League players Malaysian people of Indian descent Malaysian people of Kristang descent Footballers from Negeri Sembilan Men's association football wingers Men's association football forwards SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in football Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games