Mohamad Irfan bin Fazail (born 12 April 1991) is a Malaysian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sabah in the Malaysia Super League, on loan from Johor Darul Ta'zim.
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Full name | Mohamad Irfan bin Fazail | ||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1991-04-12) 12 April 1991 (age 31) | ||||||||||||
Place of birth | Pontian, Malaysia | ||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||
Current team |
Sabah FC (on loan from Johor Darul Ta'zim II) | ||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||
2004–2008 | Bukit Jalil Sports School | ||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
2008–2009 | Harimau Muda | ||||||||||||
2009–2013 | Harimau Muda A | ||||||||||||
2011 | → FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce (loan) | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||
2014– | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||
2015– | → Johor Darul Ta'zim II | ||||||||||||
2022– | → Sabah FC (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||
2007–2008 | Malaysia U17 | ||||||||||||
2008–2010 | Malaysia U19 | ||||||||||||
2010–2014 | Malaysia U23 | ||||||||||||
2016 | Malaysia | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 January 2022 |
Irfan Fazail was born in Pontian, Johor. He was raised in Johor Bahru and starting playing football for local clubs. He left Johor to attend the national Bukit Jalil Sports School. He later joined the SSBJ Football team in the President Cup Malaysia during his time with Bukit Jalil.
After he graduated from the Bukit Jalil Sports School, He joined Harimau Muda in 2008. Irfan, alongside Wan Zack Haikal Wan Noor and Mohd Fandi Othman, Harimau Muda became a powerful team and was crown the 2009 Premier League champions under the management of Ong Kim Swee.
When Harimau Muda was split into two teams, Irfan was chosen to be in the A team. Irfan and 25 other Harimau Muda A players were chosen by Azraai Khor to participate in an 8 month long, training camp in Zlaté Moravce, Slovakia.
In September 2011, Irfan had played for the Slovakian team, FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce for a 3-month loan from Harimau Muda A.[1][2] Irfan made his debut with the team in a 3–0 win against AS Trenčín, coming on the 86th minute replacing Martin Hruška.[3] Irfan returned to Harimau Muda A shortly after his national duty in the 2011 SEA Games. In total, Irfan manage to make 2 official appearance for Zlaté Moravce.
Irfan represented the Malaysia under-17 team at the 2007 AFF U-17 Youth Championship. He appeared in 4 matches and scored 5 goals, including a hat-trick in a 7–0 win against Brunei.[citation needed]
Irfan made his first appearance for the under-19 team in 2009 at the 2009 AFF U-19 Youth Championship.[4] Irfan appeared in 4 games but did not managed to score any goals.[citation needed] Malaysia finished in fourth place.[citation needed]
After Irfan made a big impact at Harimau Muda, he was again chosen to represent the under-19 team in the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship qualifiers. He appeared in 4 games and made 3 assists, and was also selected as the man of the match against Philippines in a 4–2 win.[citation needed] However, Malaysia did not qualify for the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship.[citation needed]
Irfan scored his first goal for the Malaysian Olympic Team against the Singapore under-23 in a 2–0 win.[citation needed]
Irfan made his debut for the senior national team on 6 September 2016, as a starter in the friendly match against Indonesia, which Malaysia lost 3–0.[5][6]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Zlaté Moravce | 2011 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
Johor Darul Ta'zim