Wan Zack Haikal bin Wan Noor (born 28 January 1991) is a Malaysian professional

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who plays as a striker or

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, for

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in the

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. He is also a member of the Malaysia national team.

Club career

Kuala Lumpur President Cup Team

Wan Zack Haikal was born in

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, Pahang. He attended a SMK Kuala Lanar, project school of

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and later was chosen to join the

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President Cup Team in 2005 at the age of 14. Even though the Kuala Lumpur President Cup Team did not manage to reach the finals, Wan Zack became the top scorer with 11 goals.

Felda United

After playing 2 years for the

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President Cup Team, He was later scouted by former national team player, Reduan Abdullah and Reduan gave Wan Zack a one-year contract with the newly created

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in 2008 under the management of K. Rajagopal and scored 1 league goal in his first stint. He return to Felda United in first half of the 2009 season, scoring 3 league goals. In the second half of the season, he rejoined Harimau Muda under the management of Ong Kim Swee.

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won the 2009 Premier League with Wan Zack contributed 2 league goals. During the 2010 season, he briefly played in the Malaysia Premier League before a training camp in Slovakia. Harimau Muda was split into two teams and he was chosen to be in the A team. Wan Zack and 25 other

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players were chosen by Azraai Khor to participate in an 8-month long, training camp in

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, Slovakia.

FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce (loan)

In September 2011,

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n club

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have confirmed the signings of Wan Zack. He joins the club on loan for 3 months until 30 October from

. Struck by a 4-month injury during a national duty for the national Olympic team, Haikal failed to make an appearance during his loan, only appearing in 1 unofficially friendly match with

Return to Harimau Muda

After his loaned finished, he returned to his club,

which was then competing in S. League. Previously, the team was competing in the

for the 2011 season.

FC Ryukyu

Malaysian media reported in early March 2012 that Wan Zack, along with teammate Wan Zaharulnizam Zakaria is to attend trial with

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side FC Ryukyu after impressing the Japanese side talent spotter during Malaysia's 2–0 defeat to Japan in the 2012 Olympic qualifiers match in Tosu. They successfully completed the 2-week trial with the Japanese club in July. In March 2013, Wan Zack was officially offered a two-year contract, but Wan Zaharulnizam did not. Instead, 19-year-old Nazirul Naim Che Hashim was offered a contract instead. Wan Zack and Nazirul officially signed a two-year playing contract with FC Ryukyu in early April 2013. Wan Zack made his full debut in a 2–1 win against Sagawa Printing, playing 80 minutes before being subbed off.

Kelantan

Malaysian media reported in early March 2014 that Wan Zack will join

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in April. He made his debut in the 2014 Malaysia Cup against Kedah on 3 October 2014. In 2015 he played 20 league matches scoring 2 goals. Overall he played 33 matches and scored 4 goals in all competition with Kelantan during 2015 season.

Felda United

After his contract with Kelantan is become to end, Wan Zack switch sides and joined

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Selangor

After succeeded in helping FELDA United to become the 2018 Malaysia Premier League champions, Wan Zack signed a one-year contract, with the option for a second year, with

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. He joined the squad along with new coach B. Sathianathan, and other teammates K. Prabakaran, Azreen Zulkafali and

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. However he missed the rest of season after suffering an

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injury. He made a return after almost 2 years in August 2020.

Perak

Wan Zack was released by Selangor after the end of 2021 season. He signed with Perak in 2022.

International career

2012 AFF Suzuki Cup

Wan Zack was called up for 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup. He played his first

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match against

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after coming off the bench. Unfortunately, Malaysia loses 3–0 on home ground. Wan Zack played a big role in a match against Laos in which he provided a goal and an assist to help Malaysia win 4–1 on 28 November 2012 at the National Stadium, Bukit Jalil. Wan Zack showed excellent performance against

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in the third match. He provided an assist to teammate Mahali Jasuli. Later, Wan Zack was injured in that match but Malaysia won 2–0 to progress to the semi-final. Wan Zack does not play on two semi-final match against

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due to injury. Malaysia failed to progress to final after losing 1–3 on aggregates.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Malaysia's goal tally first.''

Honours

;Harimau Muda A *

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: 2009 * International U-21 Football Tournament Thanh Nien Cup : 2012 ;Kelantan FA * Malaysia FA Cup: Runner-up 2015 ;Felda United *

Third place :

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;Individual * FAM Best Young Players Awards: 2011 * Merdeka Tournament's Most Valuable Player: 2013 * S League Yeo's People's Choice Awards: 2012 * YEO's Young Player of the Year: 2012 *Goal.com Asian Best XI: November 2012

References

External links

* * {{Perak F.C. squad 1991 births Footballers from Pahang Living people Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian men's footballers Malaysia men's international footballers Malaysian expatriate men's footballers Malaysian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce players Malaysian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate men's footballers in Japan FC Ryukyu players J3 League players Japan Football League players Kelantan F.C. players FELDA United F.C. players Perak F.C. players Selangor F.C. players Malaysia Super League players Men's association football wingers Singapore Premier League players

Club career

Kuala Lumpur President Cup Team

Felda United

FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce (loan)

Return to Harimau Muda

FC Ryukyu

Kelantan

Felda United

Selangor

Perak

International career

2012 AFF Suzuki Cup

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

Honours

See also

References

External links