Rizal Ghazali

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Rizal Ghazali
Personal information
Full name Mohd Rizal bin Mohd Ghazali [1]
Date of birth (1992-10-01) 1 October 1992 (age 31) [2]
Place of birth Baling, Kedah, Malaysia [3]
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Position(s) Right-back / Wing-back
Team information
Current team
Kedah Darul Aman
Number 15
Youth career
2010 Perlis U21
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2013 Perlis 20 (8)
2014–2021 Kedah Darul Aman 118 (1)
2022–2023 Sabah 40 (2)
2024 Kedah Darul Aman
International career
2016– Malaysia 19 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 June 2021

Mohd Rizal bin Mohd Ghazali (born 1 October 1992), simply known as Rizal, is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays for the Malaysia Super League club Sabah and Malaysia national team as a right-back but can also play as a wing-back. [4]

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Club career

Perlis

Rizal began his career with the Perlis youth team, Perlis President Cup. Later, he was promoted to the Perlis senior team in 2011 wearing number 15 jersey. [5] Rizal spent three seasons with Perlis senior team before signed with Kedah for the 2014 season. [6]

Kedah Darul Aman

On 17 October 2013, Rizal signed a contract with Kedah Darul Aman to play in 2014 season. He was registered with the number 34 jersey, before switching to jersey number 15 afterwards. [7] At the beginning of his appearances with Kedah Darul Aman, Rizal played as a winger. Somewhere in 2015, club's temporary coach, Ramon Marcote, has placed him as a right-back as Ramon feels that Rizal is better at that position. Therefore, he continues to serve as club's main right-back since then. [8]

Rizal scored a goal in the 2016 Malaysia Cup final which both team ended tied 1–1 after extra time. Kedah won 6–5 in the shootout and clinched the Malaysia Cup for the 2016. [9]

International career

Rizal made his first international appearance for Malaysia national team in a 0–0 draw friendly against Singapore on 7 October 2016. [10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 18 November 2022 [11]
MalaysiaLeague FA Cup Malaysia Cup Asia Total
SeasonClubLeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2011 Perlis Malaysia Super League 1550000155
2012 Malaysia Premier League 53000053
2013 00000000
Total2080000208
2014 Kedah Darul Aman Malaysia Premier League00000000
2015 1700000170
2016 Malaysia Super League18040111331
2017 1506080290
2018 2002010230
2019 18170100351
2020 100001020130
2021 200005000250
Total1181190361201752
2022 Sabah Malaysia Super League1801050240
2023 2322021273
Total412307100513
Career total179112204322024613

International

As of match played 15 June 2021 [12]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Malaysia 201650
201750
201810
201910
202110
Total130

Honours

Club

Kedah Darul Aman

Individual

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