Khairul Nizam

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Khairul Nizam
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Khairul Nizam playing for LionsXII in 2013
Personal information
Full name Muhammad Khairul Nizam bin Mohammad Kamal [1]
Date of birth (1991-06-25) 25 June 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth Singapore
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 GDT Circuit FC
Number 9
Youth career
Home United U-16
National Football Academy
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2011 Young Lions 48 (13)
2012–2015 LionsXII 20 (3)
2016–2017 Home United 30 (12)
2018–2019 Warriors FC 16 (3)
2020 Geylang International 9 (4)
2021 Hougang United 6 (0)
2022 Tanjong Pagar United 16 (5)
2023- GDT Circuit FC
International career‡
2010– Singapore 24 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Sea Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg Sea Games 2009 Football
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 Dec 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 November 2019

Mohammad Khairul Nizam bin Mohammad Kamal (born 25 June 1991) is a Singaporean professional footballer who plays as a winger or striker for Island Wide League club GDT Circuit FC. He is the younger brother of Khairul Amri who's also a professional footballer currently playing as striker or winger for Singapore Premier League club Tanjong Pagar United F.C.

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He was first spotted when he was playing for his alma mater Serangoon Secondary School where he won the Golden Boot Award in the 2007 National ‘B’ Division Football Championship, scoring all of his nine goals from open play. [3] He went on to represent an adidas squad from Singapore that played in a regional football tournament in Hong Kong later that year. [4]

Club career

Young Lions

Nizam began his professional football career with Under-23 side Young Lions in the S.League in 2009. He was one of the Young Lions players involved in an on-pitch fight with Beijing Guoan Talent players in their S.League match on 7 September 2010. He was charged by the Football Association of Singapore for gross misconduct and bringing the game into disrepute; he was banned for eight months and fined S$2,000 for his part in the brawl. [5]

LionsXII

In December 2011, the FAS announced that Nizam was to join the newly formed LionsXII for the 2012 Malaysia Super League.

A catalogue of injuries over three years limited him to just 20 games between 2012 and 2014. 2015 would prove to be a better year as Nizam featured 14 times in the Malaysian Super League for the LionsXII and scored three goals. [6]

Home United

In 2016, Nizam signed for Home United. He scored his first goal for Home United on his debut in the opening match of the 2016 season against Warriors in the Uniform Derby. However, injuries continued to curtail his career, with Nizam having gone through three knee surgeries since 2012 to repair his anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus. Nizam was eventually ruled out of the year end 2016 AFF Championship for the national team. [7]

He scored his first goal for the 2017 S.League season in a 6-1 dismantling of Garena Young Lions in Home's first league game of the season. [8] Subsequently, in just three starts and two substitute appearances at the start of 2017 for Home, he has racked up a goal and four assists, which led to a national recall. [7] In total, he racked up 8 goals in all competitions for the protectors in 2017. [9]

Warriors FC

For the 2018 S.League season, Nizam moved to Warriors FC after rejecting a contract extension at Home United. [9]

After Tanjong Pagar United

Nizam signed for Island Wide League club GDT Circuit FC for the 2023 Island Wide League season.

International career

Nizam was first called up to the Singapore senior squad in 2009 but did not feature against Thailand. He made his first international debut in a friendly match against Poland on 23 January 2010, replacing Faris Ramli in the 46th minute. Although earmarked as Singapore's next big thing, he has yet to find the back of the net for the Lions after 16 appearances. [7] [10] In his next two games for the Lions, against Afghanistan and Bahrain, Nizam found himself with opportunities to score in both games but somehow managed to miss them, leaving him still waiting to open his account after 18 caps. [11] [12] [13]

Others

Singapore Selection Squad

Nizam was selected as part of the Singapore Selection squad for The Sultan of Selangor’s Cup to be held on 6 May 2017. [14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 10 Oct 2021. Caps and goals may be incorrect.
ClubSeason S.League Singapore Cup Singapore
League Cup 		Asia Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Young Lions 2009 20520--—205
2010 236—10—246
2011 52—00—52
Total48132010004913
ClubSeason Malaysia
Super League 		Malaysia
FA Cup 		Malaysia Cup Asia Total
LionsXII 2012 [15] 1522000—172
2013 [16] 310010—41
2014 [17] 200000—20
2015 ????????????—????
Total203201000233
ClubSeason S.League Singapore Cup Singapore
League Cup 		Asia Total
Home United 2016 1953200—227
2017 3100005182
Total226320000309
Warriors FC 2018 632000—83
2019 100540000154
Total163740000237
Geylang International 2020 940000—94
Total9400000094
Hougang United 2021 600000—60
Total6000000060
Tanjong Pagar United 2022 165200000185
Total165200000185
Career total13734166200015841

Personal life

Khairul Nizam is the younger brother of forward Khairul Amri, and both have previously played alongside each other at LionsXII. [18]

Honours

Club

LionsXII

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The 2014 season is LionsXII's third in the Malaysia Super League.

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