Khairul Fahmi Che Mat

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Che Mat is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Khairul Fahmi.

Khairul Fahmi

Personal information
Full name	Khairul Fahmi bin Che Mat
Date of birth	(1989-01-07) 7 January 1989 (age 35) [1]
Place of birth	Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia [2]
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Sabah
Number	19
Youth career
2002–2004	Sekolah Sukan Bandar Penawar
2005–2006	Sekolah Sukan Bukit Jalil
2007–2008	Harimau Muda
2008	PKNS U-21
2008–2009	Kelantan U-21
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2008	Harimau Muda	1	(0)
2009–2018	Kelantan	159	(0)
2018–2021	Melaka United	58	(0)
2022–	Sabah	31	(0)
International career‡
2010–2012	Malaysia U23	28	(0)
2011–2012	Malaysia XI	3	(0)
2010–2021	Malaysia	61 [3]	(0)
Medal record Men's Football Representing   Malaysia AFF Championship Winner 2010 Runner-up 2014 Runner-up 2018 Sea Games 2011
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 July 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:51, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

Khairul Fahmi bin Che Mat P.B. ^[4] (born 7 January 1989 in Kota Bharu, Kelantan) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Malaysia Super League club Sabah. ^{[5] [6]} He is also a former member of Malaysia national team.

Khairul Fahmi has individually won 5 FAM Football Awards 'Best Goalkeeper Award' in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2016. He has also won back-to-back Malaysia Super League title with Kelantan in the 2011 and 2012 season.

Club career

Early career

At his youth, Khairul Fahmi began his football career playing for Sekolah Sukan Bandar Penawar (SSBP) and Sekolah Sukan Bukit Jalil (SSBJ). During his school year, he was selected as the second choice goalkeeper for Malaysia U-17 at the 2004 AFC U-17 Championship. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

Harimau Muda

Khairul Fahmi was later chosen to be in the Harimau Muda team for the 2007–08 Malaysia Premier League. Khairul Fahmi appeared in a match against ATM FA which Harimau Muda lose 2-1. ^[10] Halfway through the season, he was dropped from Harimau Muda. ^[11] He signed with PKNS until the end of 2008 season. ^[11]

PSV Eindhoven Youth team trials

Khairul Fahmi had also impressed the Dutch club, PSV Eindhoven and went for a-week trials with the club's Under-19 and Under-23 teams. He went there with his teammate, Asraruddin Putra after they showed excellent performances in the 2007 Champions Youth Cup. ^[12]

Kelantan

In 2008, Khairul Fahmi returned to Kelantan as a loan player from PKNS for the 2008 Malaysia Cup. ^[11] In 2009 he signed a permanent deal with Kelantan and registered as the third goalkeeper for Kelantan but he did not made any appearances for the senior side. ^[11]

In 2010, he finally have the chances with the senior squad due to Halim Napi retirement and a blunder from Syed Adney during their match against Kedah in 2010 Malaysia Super League. ^{[13] [14]} He made his league debut on 6 March 2010 in a 1-0 away win against T-Team. ^{[15] [16]} In his debut season, he won the 2010 Malaysia Cup. ^[17] He also won The Best Young Player and Best Goalkeeper awards at the 2010 Anugerah Bola Sepak Kebangsaan 100Plus-FAM. ^[18]

In 2011, Khairul Fahmi retain as Kelantan first choice goalkeeper. He ended the season with Kelantan winning their first league title, making 24 appearances and he also won the Best Goalkeeper Award for the second consecutive time. ^{[19] [20]}

In 2012, Khairul Fahmi continue his fine form which saw Kelantan won their first ever treble in the Malaysian League. ^[20] He also won the Best Goalkeeper Award for the third time in a row. ^[20] Khairul Fahmi played in all Kelantan seven 2013 AFC Cup fixtures.

Melaka United

On 7 May 2018, Khairul Fahmi signed a six-month contract with Melaka United until the end of the current season. ^[21] On 12 May 2018, Khairul Fahmi made his debut for Melaka United in a 0–0 draw against Perak.

On 8 February 2021, he extended his contract with the club until the end of the 2021 season. ^[22]

Sabah

In January 2022, Khairul Fahmi signed with Sabah ahead of the 2022 Malaysia Super League season. He make his debut for the club in a league match against Negeri Sembilan on 4 March 2022.

In 2023, Khairul Fahmi played in Sabah first ever AFC Cup tournament on 9 November 2023. He goes on to featured four time in the 2023–24 AFC Cup campaign.

International career

Youth

Khairul Fahmi made his first appearance for Malaysia U23 at the 2010 Asian Games. He helped his team qualify into the second round but later lost to Iran, 1–3. ^[23] Khairul Fahmi became Malaysia's hero when he saved two penalties and they won 4–3 in the penalty shootout after a 1–1 draw against Indonesia to ensure Malaysia retained the prestigious SEA Games gold medal. Khairul Fahmi also helped his team qualify into the Men's Asian Qualifiers Preliminary Round 3 of 2012 Summer Olympics Qualification. However, Malaysia failed to win any matches in the group stage.

Senior

Khairul Fahmi made his debut against Oman on 3 September 2010 replacing Sharbinee Allawee during the second half. He kept a clean sheet for the entire second half after Malaysia conceding 3 goals in the first half of the match.

In November 2010, Khairul Fahmi was called up to the Malaysia national team by coach K. Rajagopal for the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup. Khairul kept a clean sheet against Thailand on a 0–0 draw. He also kept a clean sheet against Vietnam twice in the semi-finals. In the first leg of the finals, Khairul Fahmi played well against the Indonesians. The match ended a 3–0 win to Malaysia, thus earning another clean sheet to him. ^[24] In the second leg of the finals held in Indonesia, Khairul Fahmi gave another outstanding performance by making numerous saves including a brilliant penalty save early in the match. The save proved to be a pivotal moment in the match in which Malaysia scored an away goal. Malaysia won on 4–2 aggregate and lifted the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup title for the first time. ^[25]

Khairul Fahmi was selected for the 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup. On 26 November 2012, Malaysia's opening group match against Singapore ended up with the Malaysian side losing 0–3. The Lions scored the first goal through their captain, Shahril Ishak at the 32nd-minute. Six minutes later, Ishak once again scored a goal for the Lions as a result of Khairul Fahmi's blunder at goal. In the second half, veteran Singaporean forward Aleksandar Đurić completed the rout against the Tigers with the third and final goal of the game. The match resulted in 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup holders Malaysia losing its first group match of the tournament, and Khairul Fahmi was subsequently dropped for the rest of the Tigers' campaign.

Khairul Fahmi was selected for the 2018 AFF Suzuki Cup where he played in the first three group stage matches against Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. However in the next match on 24 November 2018, he was dropped in the last group stage match where he was benched for Farizal Marlias until the Final.

In December 2021, Khairul Fahmi was selected as Malaysia main goalkeeper in the 2020 AFF Suzuki Cup where he played in all of the matches.

However, since Kim Pan-Gon was made in charge of the Malaysian national team in 2022, he was deemed too short to play in goal, losing his spot to taller and younger goalkeepers .

Career statistics

Club

As of 8 July 2023 ^{[26] [27]}

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup [lower-alpha 1]		League Cup [lower-alpha 2]		Asia [lower-alpha 3]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Harimau Muda	2007–08 [26]	Malaysia Premier League	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
	Total		1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
Kelantan	2009 [26]	Malaysia Super League	0	0	—		0	0	—		0	0
	2010 [26]	Malaysia Super League	15	0	0	0	8	0	—		23	0
	2011 [26]	Malaysia Super League	24	0	6	0	3	0	—		33	0
	2012 [26]	Malaysia Super League	20	0	4	0	10	0	6	0	40	0
	2013 [26]	Malaysia Super League	22	0	6	0	11	0	7	0	46	0
	2014 [26]	Malaysia Super League	22	0	4	0	7	0	4	0	37	0
	2015 [26]	Malaysia Super League	19	0	7	0	6	0	—		32	0
	2016 [26]	Malaysia Super League	22	0	2	0	6	0	—		30	0
	2017 [26]	Malaysia Super League	11	0	1	0	1	0	—		13	0
	2018 [26]	Malaysia Super League	4	0	2	0	—		—		6	0
	Total		159	0	32	0	52	0	17	0	260	0
Melaka United	2018 [26]	Malaysia Super League	11	0	0	0	6	0	—		17	0
	2019 [26]	Malaysia Super League	20	0	1	0	4	0	—		25	0
	2020 [26]	Malaysia Super League	9	0	0	0	1	0	—		10	0
	2021 [26]	Malaysia Super League	18	0	—		9	0	—		27	0
	Total		58	0	1	0	20	0	—		79	0
Sabah	2022 [26]	Malaysia Super League	22	0	0	0	0	0	—		22	0
	2023 [26]	Malaysia Super League	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
	Total		31	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	33	0
Career total			249	0	35	0	72	0	17	0	373	0

International

As of 19 December 2021 ^{[3] [28]}

National team Year Apps Goals Malaysia 2010 7 0 2011 3 0 2012 6 0 2013 6 0 2014 8 0 2015 7 0 2016 8 0 2018 9 0 2019 2 0 2021 5 0 Total 61 0

International appearances and goals [3] 1Appear as substitute. # Date Venue Opponent Result Clean Sheet Competition 2010 1. 3 September Al-Wakrah, Qatar   Oman 3–0 (L) 11 Friendly 2. 4 December Jakarta, Indonesia   Thailand 0–0 (D) 2 AFF Suzuki Cup 2010 3. 7 December Jakarta, Indonesia   Laos 5–1 (W) AFF Suzuki Cup 2010 4. 15 December Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia   Vietnam 2–0 (W) 3 AFF Suzuki Cup 2010 5. 18 December Jakarta, Indonesia   Vietnam 0–0 (D) 4 AFF Suzuki Cup 2010 6. 26 December Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia   Indonesia 3–0 (W) 5 AFF Suzuki Cup 2010 7. 29 December Jakarta, Indonesia   Indonesia 2–1 (L) AFF Suzuki Cup 2010 2011 8. 9 February Selangor, Malaysia   Hong Kong 2–0 (W) 6 Friendly 9. 28 July Selangor, Malaysia   Singapore 1–1 (D) 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 10. 7 October Canberra, Australia   Australia 5–0 (L) Friendly 2012 11. 29 February Manila, Philippines   Philippines 1–1 (D) Friendly 12. 8 June Jalan Besar, Singapore   Singapore 2–2 (D) Friendly 13. 12 June Selangor, Malaysia   Singapore 2–0 (W) 7 Friendly 14. 3 November Hanoi, Vietnam   Vietnam 1–0 (L) Friendly 15. 14 November Shah Alam, Malaysia   Hong Kong 1–1 (D) Friendly 16. 25 November Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia   Singapore 0–3 (L) 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup 2013 17. 6 February Doha, Qatar   Qatar 2–0 (L) 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification 18. 22 March Shah Alam, Malaysia   Yemen 2–1 (W) 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification 19. 15 October Shah Alam, Malaysia   Bahrain 1–1 (D) 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification 20. 15 October Kuwait City, Kuwait   Kuwait 0–3 (L) Friendly 21. 15 November Manama, Bahrain   Bahrain 1–0 (L) 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification 22. 19 November Shah Alam, Malaysia   Qatar 0–1 (L) 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification 2014 23. 5 March Al Ain, UAE   Yemen 1–2 (W) 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification 24. 27 April Cebu, Philippines   Philippines 0–0 (D) 8 Friendly 25. 20 October Shah Alam, Malaysia   Cambodia 4–1 (W) Friendly 26. 16 November Hanoi, Vietnam   Vietnam 3–1 (L) Friendly 27. 23 November Jalan Besar, Singapore   Myanmar 0–0 (D) 9 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup 28. 26 November Jalan Besar, Singapore   Thailand 2–3 (L) 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup 29. 29 November Kallang Stadium, Singapore   Singapore 3–1 (W) 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup 30. 7 December Shah Alam Stadium, Malaysia   Vietnam 1–2 (L) 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup 2015 31. 6 June Shah Alam Stadium, Malaysia   Hong Kong 0–0 (D) 101 Friendly 32. 11 June National Stadium, Malaysia   East Timor 1–1 (D) 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 33. 29 August Shah Alam Stadium, Malaysia   Bangladesh 0–0 (D) 11 Friendly 34. 3 September Dubai, UAE   United Arab Emirates 10–0 (L) 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 35. 8 September Shah Alam Stadium, Malaysia   Saudi Arabia 1–2 (L) 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 36. 13 October National Stadium, East Timor   East Timor 0–1 (W) 12 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 37. 12 November Amman International Stadium, Jordan   Palestine 6–0 (L) 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 2016 38. 24 March King Abdullah Sports City, Saudi Arabia   Saudi Arabia 2–0 (L) 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 39. 26 June Prince Charles Park, Fiji   Fiji 1–1 (D) Friendly 40. 6 September Manahan Stadium, Indonesia   Indonesia 3–0 (L) Friendly 41. 11 October Shah Alam Stadium, Malaysia   Afghanistan 1–1 (D) Friendly 42. 14 November Shah Alam Stadium, Malaysia   Papua New Guinea 2–1 (W) 131 Friendly 43. 20 November Thuwunna Stadium, Myanmar   Cambodia 3–2 (W) 2016 AFF Suzuki Cup 44. 23 November Thuwunna Stadium, Myanmar   Vietnam 0–1 (L) 2016 AFF Suzuki Cup 45. 26 November Thuwunna Stadium, Myanmar   Myanmar 1–0 (L) 2016 AFF Suzuki Cup 2018 46. 1 April Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Malaysia   Bhutan 7–0 (W) 14 Friendly 47. 5 July KLFA Stadium, Malaysia   Fiji 1–0 (W) 15 Friendly 48. 10 September Phnom Penh, Cambodia   Cambodia 1–3 (W) Friendly 49. 12 October Colombo, Sri Lanka   Sri Lanka 1–4 (W) 161 Friendly 50. 16 October Melaka, Malaysia   Kyrgyzstan 0–1 (L) Friendly 51. 3 November Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia   Maldives 3–0 (W) 17 Friendly 52. 8 November Phnom Penh, Cambodia   Cambodia 0–1 (W) 18 2018 AFF Suzuki Cup 53. 12 November Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia   Laos 3–1 (W) 2018 AFF Suzuki Cup 54. 16 November Hanoi, Vietnam   Vietnam 2–0 (L) 2018 AFF Suzuki Cup 2019 55. 20 March Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia   Singapore 0–1 (L) Friendly 56. 23 March Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia   Afghanistan 2–1 (W) Friendly 2021 57. 20 March Amman, Jordan   Uzbekistan 1–5 (L) Friendly

Exhibition matches / Malaysia XI

#	Date	Location	Head coach	Opponent	Result	Team
1.	13 July 2011	National Stadium, Bukit Jalil	K. Rajagopal	Arsenal	0–4 (L)	Malaysia XI
2.	16 July 2011	National Stadium, Bukit Jalil	K. Rajagopal	Liverpool	3–6 (L)	Malaysia XI
3.	30 July 2012	National Stadium, Bukit Jalil	K. Rajagopal	Manchester City	1–3 (L)	Malaysia XI

Personal life

Khairul Fahmi is the fourth of five siblings. He received his early education at the Sekolah Kebangsaan Tapang, Kota Bharu. Then he entered Sekolah Sukan Bandar Penawar, Johor Bahru. After that he furthered Bukit Jalil Sports School (National Sports School). He was active in sports and has represented the school since primary school. On 28 December 2012, Khairul Fahmi married Nur Eilunie Natasha Jaafar. ^[29] They have a daughter named Kayla Elayna, and a son named Khaleel Emir. ^[30]

Honours

Clubs

Kelantan

• Malaysia Super League: 2011, 2012
• Malaysia Cup: 2010, 2012
• Malaysia Charity Shield: 2011
• Malaysia FA Cup: 2012, 2013
• Malaysia FA Cup runner-up: 2015

International

• AFF Suzuki Cup:

Winners: 2010

Runner-up: 2014, 2018

• 2011 Southeast Asian Games – Football:

Gold Medal: 2011

Individuals

• Best Young Players: 2010
• Malaysia Super League 'Best Goalkeeper Award': 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, ^[31] 2016
• Goal.com Asian Under-23 Best XI for 2011 ^[32]
• Goal.com readers' Asian Best XI of 2011 ^[33]
• Goal.com readers' Asian Best Goalkeeper of 2011 ^[34]

Notes

1. Appearances in Malaysia FA Cup
2. Appearances in Malaysia Cup
3. Appearances in AFC Cup

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External links

• Khairul Fahmi Che Mat at National-Football-Teams.com
• Khairul Fahmi Che Mat at Soccerway
• Khairul Fahmi Che Mat at Goal

Sporting positions
Preceded by G. Puaneswaran	Melaka United captain 2018, 2020, 2021	Succeeded by