Afiq Fazail

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Afiq Fazail
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Afiq with Johor Darul Ta'zim in 2024
Personal information
Full name Muhammad Afiq bin Fazail
Date of birth (1994-09-29) 29 September 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Pontian, Malaysia
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) [1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Johor Darul Ta'zim
Number 4
Youth career
2012–2013 Johor U19
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014 Harimau Muda B 21 (0)
2015–2016 Johor Darul Ta'zim II 30 (1)
2017– Johor Darul Ta'zim 113 (5)
International career‡
2014 Malaysia U21 1 (0)
2017– Malaysia 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2023

Muhammad Afiq bin Fazail (born 29 September 1994) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Malaysia Super League club Johor Darul Ta'zim. [2] [3]

Contents

Afiq has individually won 2 FAM Football Awards 'Best Midfielder Award' in 2022 and 2023 where he was also included in the 'Team of the Season'.

Club career

Harimau Muda B

In January 2014, Afiq played for Harimau Muda B which took part in the Singapore 2014 S. League. He make his debut for the club on 24 February 2024 in a league match against Tanjong Pagar United. He racked up 22 appearances and getting two assists in all competition throughout the season.

Johor Darul Ta'zim

Afiq return to Johor in 2015 where he signed with Johor Darul Ta'zim and played his debut season with the Johor Darul Ta'zim II team in the Malaysia Premier League appearing in 12 league matches. [4]

In November 2016, Afiq was promoted to Johor Darul Ta'zim main team after spending 2 seasons for the feeder team. [5] He make his debut on 21 January 2017 in a league match against Felda United where he came off the bench in the last 10th minute of the game.

On 20 April 2019, Afiq scored his first goal for the club against PKNS in a 3–1 league win.

International career

Afiq played for Malaysia U21 in 2014. He started in a friendly match against Indonesia U23 in a match which Malaysia U21 lost 3–0. [6]

Afiq made his debut with the Malaysia senior team on 10 November 2017 against North Korea in a 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification match. [7]

On 21 November 2023, Afiq make his fifth cap after four years in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Chinese Taipei.

Afiq was included in the nation 2023 AFC Asian Cup squad held in Qatar. On 15 January 2024, he make his first tournament start against Jordan.

Personal life

Afiq is the younger brother of Malaysian international Irfan Fazail who is also a professional footballer playing for another Malaysia Super League club, Sabah. [8]

Statistics

Club

As of 12 December 2023 [9] [10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [a] League CupContinental [b] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Harimau Muda B 2014 S.League 2101000−220
Total2101000−220
Johor Darul Ta'zim II 2015 Malaysia Premier League 1200040−160
2016 Malaysia Premier League1811030−221
Total3011070−381
Johor Darul Ta'zim 2017 Malaysia Super League 170408040330
2018 Malaysia Super League91002060171
2019 Malaysia Super League2010010050341
2020 Malaysia Super League111001020141
2021 Malaysia Super League170–11040320
2022 Malaysia Super League1615 [c] 16060332
2023 Malaysia Super League180204060300
Total10841114203301945
Career Total15951314903302546
  1. ↑ Including Singapore Cup
  2. ↑ Including AFC Cup and AFC Champions League
  3. ↑ 4 appearances at the 2022 Malaysia FA Cup and 1 appearances at the 2022 Piala Sumbangsih

International

As of 4 September 2024 [11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Malaysia 201710
201810
201920
202310
202420
Total70

Honours

Club

Johor Darul Ta'zim

International

Malaysia

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ "Afiq Fazail - Johor Darul Takzim - Stats - titles won". www.footballdatabase.eu.
  2. ↑ JDT stabilkan kewangan kelab - Selain Nazmi, pasukan turut akan menampilkan dua muka baharu iaitu pemain JDT II, Muhammad Afiq Fazail, 22, (Malay) Retrieved from Sinar Harian
  3. ↑ "MSL2017 Most Promising Players". Goal.com. 27 November 2017.
  4. ↑ MOHD AFIQ FAZAIL PLAYER STATS (2015) - Football Malaysia.
  5. ↑ Harian, Sinar (26 December 2018). "Edisi". Sinarharian.
  6. ↑ Timnas U-23 Indonesia Kalahkan Timnas U-21 Malaysia 3-0 - Detik, 5 March 2014.
  7. ↑ Debutant Afiq calls for stronger second match - Goal.com, 11 November 2017.
  8. ↑ Afiq Fazail mahu buktikan kemampuan sendiri - Pemain JDT 2 Afiq Fazail tidak mahu dibandingkan dengan abangnya Irfan Fazail. (Malay) Retrieved from Astro Awani
  9. ↑ Afiq Fazail at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  10. ↑ MOHD AFIQ FAZAIL - Malaysia Football League
  11. ↑ "Fazail, Afiq". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
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