Sharul Nazeem bin Zulpakar (born 16 November 1999) is a Malaysian professional

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who plays as a

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for Malaysia Super League club Selangor and the Malaysia national team.

Club career

Early year

Sharul was born in Gombak, Selangor. He took his first steps in football to represent local club in third division league, Marcerra United in 2017. The following year, he joined Selangor youth team, and then promoted to the Selangor II, where he managed to play in the first team as a captain, and play all matches at

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season, with help the team to reach the seventh-place (7th) in the league.

Selangor

Sharul was the part of the senior's team after being called by Selangor II team head coach,

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, to represent for

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tournament. On 2 December 2020, Selangor confirmed that Sharul would be definitely promoted to senior's first team for the 2021 season. He made his debut for the club on 6 April 2021, playing full 90-minutes with a 1–2 loss against

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in Super League matches. On 3 August 2021, Shahrul scored his first goal for the club against

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in 2–0 win at

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matches.

International career

Youth

Sharul has represented Malaysia youth level from the under 19-side to the under-23 sides. He never makes any appearance during that time.

Senior

In October 2021, Sharul receives his first callup for senior team ahead of friendly against Jordan and Uzbekistan but he pulled up because of hamstring injury. On 10 March 2022, he received another callup for senior team from new appointed headcoach Kim Pan Gon ahead friendly matches against Philippines and Singapore. He however didn't make it into the finalised squad. On 25 September 2022, Sharul made his debut for the national team in a penalty shoot-out defeat against Tajikistan in

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final.

Career statistics

Club

International

''As of 9 September 2023''

Honours

Selangor *

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runner-up:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sharul Nazeem Living people Malaysian men's footballers Selangor F.C. players Malaysia Premier League players Malaysia Super League players Malaysian people of Malay descent Footballers from Selangor Men's association football forwards 1999 births