![]() Xavier with Timor-Leste national team in 2024 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Olagar Fernando Malik Xavier | ||
Date of birth | 18 May 2003 | ||
Place of birth | Ainaro, Timor-Leste | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Master 7 | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021–2023 | Ponta Leste | ||
2023–2024 | Siem Reap | 11 | (5) |
2025– | Master 7 | 4 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2023– | Timor-Leste | 13 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 March 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 December 2024 |
Olagar Fernando Malik Xavier (born 18 May 2003) is a Timorese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Lao League 1 club Master 7 and the Timor-Leste national team.
As a youth, Xavier played for Ponta Leste of the Liga Futebol Timor-Leste.
On 15 September 2023, it was announced that Xavier had joined second tier Cambodian club Siem Reap which plays in the Cambodian League 2. [1] [2] [3]
On 25 April 2024, Xavier moved to Bhutan Premier League club Thimphu City making him the first Timorese footballer to play in the league. On 14 May, he scored a goal in a 3–1 league win against Tensung.
Xavier made his senior international debut on 27 January 2022 in a friendly with Indonesia. Later that year, he was part of the Timor-Leste squad that competed in 2022 AFF Championship qualification. [4] In August 2023, he competed for his nation in the 2023 AFF U-23 Championship. He scored the team's only goal in the competition in a 1–3 defeat to Malaysia in the final match of the group stage. [5]
Xavier scored his first senior international goal on 11 December 2024 at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium against Malaysia during the 2024 ASEAN Championship.
Timor-Leste national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2022 | 3 | 0 |
2023 | 2 | 0 |
2024 | 8 | 1 |
Total | 13 | 1 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 11 December 2024 | Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | ![]() | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2024 ASEAN Championship |