Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mohammad Hafiz bin Mohd Nor | ||
Date of birth | 22 August 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Singapore | ||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Full-back / Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Lion City Sailors | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011 | Tanjong Pagar United | 12 | (3) |
2012 | Home United | 5 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Tanjong Pagar United | 36 | (3) |
2014–2015 | Geylang International | 53 | (4) |
2016–2017 | Warriors | 29 | (3) |
2018– | Lion City Sailors | 116 | (25) |
International career‡ | |||
2013– | Singapore | 29 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 May 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 December 2022 (UTC) |
Mohammad Hafiz bin Mohd Nor (born 22 August 1988) is a Singaporean professional footballer who plays as a full-back or winger for Singapore Premier League club Lion City Sailors and the Singapore national team. Known for his pace, leadership skills and dribbling, Hafiz is regarded as one of the best full-backs in the league.
A late bloomer, Hafiz began his professional football career with Tanjong Pagar United in the S.League in 2011, at the age of 22. [1] After joining Home United in 2012, Hafiz return to Tanjong Pagar in the mid transfer for the remaining of the 2012 and 2013 S.League season. He won the S.League Goal of the Season award in 2013 and earned himself his first call-up for Singapore. [1]
After a one year stint with Tanjong Pagar United, it was announced that Hafiz would join Home United for the 2012 S.League season.
It was announced in 2014 that Hafiz would join Geylang International.
Hafiz joined Warriors in 2016 and that was where he was recalled up to the national team.
Hafiz rejoined Home United in 2017 and racked up his most productive season in the 2019 Singapore Premier League season with the Protectors, scoring 9 goals in all competitions. [2] In 2021, Hafiz was part of the winning squad that won the 2021 Singapore Premier League. In 2022, he was named the club vice captain. On 9 December 2023, Hafiz and club captain, Hariss Harun lifted the 2023 Singapore Cup after winning against defending champion, Hougang United 3–1. On 15 December 2023, Lion City Sailors announce that Hafiz has extended his contract with the club becoming the club longest serving player since its privatised era.
He received his first call-up to the Singapore in 2013, making his international debut in the 5–2 victory over Laos on 7 June 2013. [3] [4] He gained his second international cap against Cambodia on 28 July 2016, replacing Hafiz Sujad in the 68th minute. [5]
Hafiz had to wait a further 3 years again before gaining another call-up. [6] However, after winning his 3rd cap, he is set to be a fixture in the Singapore team to come as Head Coach Tatsuma Yoshida credits him with bringing energy and discipline to the Lions and is set to name Hafiz for a third straight start in the World Cup qualifier. [7] Hafiz then repaid the coach's faith as he scored his first goal for Singapore in his sixth cap when he scored the winner in a 2–1 win over Yemen in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification match. [8] He scored his second goal for the Lions when he unleashed a first-time volley off Nur Adam Abdullah's cross from the left in a 6–2 win over Myanmar in the final match of their Asian Cup third-round qualifiers.
In 2022, Hafiz was part of the national team for the 2022 AFF Championship. [9]
Club | Season | S.League | Singapore Cup | Singapore League Cup / Others | Asia | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Tanjong Pagar | 2011 | 12 | 3 | - | - | - | - | — | 12 | 3 | |
Total | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | |
Home United | 2012 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
Total | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
Tanjong Pagar | 2012 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 19 | 1 | |
2013 | 25 | 3 | - | - | 2 | 1 | — | 27 | 4 | ||
Total | 36 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 5 | |
Geylang International | 2014 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 33 | 5 | |
2015 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | — | 34 | 6 | ||
Total | 53 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 11 | |
Warriors | 2016 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | — | 22 | 3 | |
2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | |
Home United | 2018 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 38 | 9 |
2019 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 9 | |
Total | 43 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 67 | 18 | |
Lion City Sailors | 2020 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
2021 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
2022 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 3 | |
2023 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 2 | |
Total | 74 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 92 | 7 | |
Career Total | 216 | 24 | 27 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 278 | 35 | |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Singapore | |||
2013 | 1 | 0 | |
2016 | 1 | 0 | |
2019 | 4 | 1 | |
2021 | 4 | 0 | |
Total | 10 | 1 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 19 November 2019 | Al Muharraq Stadium, Muharraq, Bahrain | Yemen | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
2. | 14 June 2022 | Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | Myanmar | 6–2 | 6–2 | 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
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