Muhammad Zulkhairi bin Zulkeply (born 2 May 1995) is a Malaysian professional football player who plays as a

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for KSR SAINS.

Club career

Kedah

On 23 December 2019, Zulkhairi Zulkeply agreed to join Malaysia Super League side Kedah. He made his debut for the club in

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playing against

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on 28 January 2020.

Negeri Sembilan

In 2021 he joined the team

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on a free transfer. He has been with the team for two 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 as

was considered an underdog team. He has made 16 appearances during his time with

International career

Zulkhairi was part of

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 ...

squad.

Career statistics

Club

References

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* {{Soccerway, muhd-zulkhairi-bin-zulkeply/439149 Living people 1995 births Footballers from Penang Malaysian men's footballers Malaysia men's youth international footballers UiTM United players Penang F.C. players Kedah Darul Aman F.C. players Negeri Sembilan FC players Men's association football defenders