Ahmad Zikri bin Mohd Khalili (born 25 June 2002) is a Malaysian footballer who plays for Selangor in the Malaysia Super League as a defender with play role as a left-back.[1][2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ahmad Zikri bin Mohd Khalili | ||
| Date of birth | (2002-06-25) 25 June 2002 (age 20) | ||
| Place of birth | Bandar Tun Razak, Pahang, Malaysia | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Selangor | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2015 | Malaysia Pahang Sports School | ||
| 2016 | Bukit Jalil Sport School | ||
| 2017–2019 | Mokhtar Dahari Academy | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | Selangor II | 10 | (0) |
| 2020– | Selangor | 7 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2017–2018 | Malaysia U16 | 4 | (1) |
| 2018–2020 | Malaysia U19 | 9 | (2) |
| 2021– | Malaysia U23 | 5 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 25, 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of October 28, 2021 | |||
Zikri was born in Bandar Tun Razak, Pahang. Alongside with his current teammates Sikh Izhan Nazrel, he also a part of the Malaysia Pahang Sports School and Bukit Jalil Sports School until together make a transfer to AMD (Mokhtar Dahari Academy).[1]
Alongside with current teammates Izhan, Zikri moved to Selangor after graduated from AMD. He choose Selangor as the reason for the next destination to develop his talents.[3] He represent academy club Selangor II and involved ten (10) matches for 2020 Malaysia Premier League season.
On 10 October 2020, Zikri make his senior debut and playing 90-minutes against FELDA United at Super League matches.[4] He also involved the match against Melaka United at Malaysia Cup tournament, help the team going through the quarter-finals with a win by 2–1.[5] On 2 December 2020, Selangor confirmed that Zikri would be definitely promoted to senior's first team for the 2021 season.[6]
Zikri has represented Malaysia at all youth level from the under 16-side to the under-19 sides. He represent the national team under-16 for the 2018 AFC U-16 Championship that took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[7] He played all matches on that tournament, but the squad failed to reach the knockout stage after their being eliminated at the group stage.[8]
Then, he later moved up to represent the under 19s squad for 2018 AFF U-19 Youth Championship in the Vietnam. Zikri almost played all matches at the tournament, including semi-finals and final matches.[9] However, the squad suddenly lost by the hand of Australia in the final by 1–0.[10] After that, he also be a part of the squad under 19s for 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification, which he involved three matches at the group stage and help the team to through the final tournament.
| Club | Season | League | Cup[lower-alpha 1] | League Cup[lower-alpha 2] | Continental[lower-alpha 3] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Selangor II | 2020 | Malaysia Premier League | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| Total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Selangor | 2020 | Malaysia Super League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| 2021 | Malaysia Super League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
Malaysia U19