Hussain Shareef (born 5 September 1998), is a Maldivian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Dhivehi Premier League club, Maziya and the Maldives national team.
Personal information | |||||||||||||
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Full name | Hussain Shareef | ||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1998-09-05) 5 September 1998 (age 24)[1] | ||||||||||||
Place of birth | Kinbidhoo, Maldives[2] | ||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||
Current team | Maziya | ||||||||||||
Number | 1 | ||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||
2015–2019 | Maziya | ||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
2016– | Maziya | 27 | (0) | ||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||
2019– | Maldives U23 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||
2018– | Maldives | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 April 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 June 2021 |
Hussain Shareef joined Maziya Academy in 2015,[3] breaking through to the first team for the 2016 season.[citation needed]
Upon the departure of Maziya goalkeeper Mauro Boerchio,[4] Shareef made his club debut on 28 May 2018, in the 2018 Malé League against United Victory, keeping a chean sheet in the 2-0 win.[5]
On 11 March 2020, Shareef made his AFC Cup debut against Chennai City at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in the 2–2 draw,[6][7] as their first choice Ovays Azizi was suspended after being cautioned in both legs of the 2020 AFC Cup play-offs against Bengaluru.[8]
In the 2020–21 season, Shareef kept 4 clean sheets in 5 Dhivehi Premier League games, conceding only one goal.[citation needed]
Shareef was first called up to the Maldives national team in November 2017, for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification third round game against Palestine.[9] He was also included in the coach Petar Segrt's final 20-men[10][11] for the 2018 SAFF Championship but was an unused substitute throughout the tournament, in which the Maldives were the eventual winners.[12]
He made his senior international debut on 3 November 2018, in a 3–0 defeat against Malaysia.[13]
After making his debut for the senior national team, Shareef was selected in the Maldives under-23 national team for the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification in Saudi Arabia.[14]
Hussain Shareef married his girlfriend Aishath Layaal on 20 December 2020.
Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | President's Cup | Continental[lower-alpha 1] | Other | Total | ||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Maziya | 2016 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 | Malé League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Premier League | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
2018 | Malé League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
Premier League | 16 | 0 | ||||||||||||
2019–20 | Premier League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
2020–21 | Premier League | 5 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
Total | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
Career totals | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Maldives U23 | |||
2019 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 3 | 0 | |
Maldives | |||
2018 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 1 | 0 |
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