Personal information | |||
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Full name | Muhammad Syafiq Safiuddin bin Abdul Shariff | ||
Date of birth | 16 July 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Brunei | ||
Position(s) | Defender, midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | DPMM FC | ||
Number | 2 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2018 | PIP | ||
2019 | DPMM | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2020 | Tabuan Muda | (2) | |
2021–2023 | Indera | (0) | |
2024– | DPMM | 14 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2019 | Brunei U19 | 8 | (0) |
2022– | Brunei U23 | 9 | (0) |
2024– | Brunei | 6 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 November 2024 |
Muhammad Syafiq Safiuddin bin Abdul Shariff (born 16 July 2002) is a Bruneian footballer who plays as a right-sided midfielder or wing-back for DPMM of the Singapore Premier League and the Brunei national team. [1]
Syafiq was a young talent under the Projek Ikan Pusu local grassroots football programme that won the national under-16 youth league in 2018. [2]
Syafiq afterwards joined Tabuan Muda, the league team made of Brunei youth internationals formed by the NFABD and finished second in the 2018–19 Brunei Premier League. [3] [4]
Syafiq joined two-time league winners Indera SC in 2021, becoming a regular starter in the 2023 season. [5] His team finished as runners-up behind runaway winners Kasuka. [6]
In March 2024, Syafiq linked up with DPMM as one of their new local signings for the upcoming 2024–25 Singapore Premier League. [7] He signed his contract on 8 May of that year. [8] He made his competitive debut for DPMM as a starter three days later in a 1–2 away victory against the Young Lions at Jalan Besar Stadium. [9]
As part of Tabuan Muda, Syafiq made a total of eight appearances for the Brunei under-19s at the 2019 AFF U-18 Youth Championship held in Vietnam in August of that year, as well as the 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification matches hosted by Cambodia the following month. [10] He featured in the Young Wasps' only victory of said matches, a 3–4 win over the Northern Mariana Islands on 2 November. [11]
In February 2022, Syafiq was selected for the Brunei under-23 squad competing at the 2022 AFF U-23 Championship in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. He featured in all three games. [12] The following year, Syafiq was involved in the same age group for two upcoming competitions namely the 2023 AFF U-23 Championship in Thailand in August 2023 and also the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualifying games in the month after. [13] He played in all but one game for the Young Wasps, making a total of six appearances.
Syafiq was called up for the Brunei national team to play at the newly created 2024 FIFA Series held in Saudi Arabia in March 2024. [1] He made his senior international debut as a starter in a 2–0 defeat at the hands of Bermuda on 22 March. [14] He made an impact on his second appearance against Vanuatu four days later when he headed in a Hakeme Yazid Said free-kick that cannoned off the post to score Brunei's first goal of the match, which was also his first international goal. The game finished 2–3 to the Wasps after a last-minute winner was produced from another of Hakeme's free-kicks. [15]
In June 2024, Syafiq made two appearances against Sri Lanka in two friendly matches held in Bandar Seri Begawan, all ending in 1–0 victories for the Wasps. [16] The following September, he joined up with the Wasps for the play-offs to the third qualifying round of the 2027 Asian Cup. [17] He played from the start in the second leg of the tie away in Macau where Brunei won 0–1 courtesy of an Azwan Ali Rahman strike in the tenth minute, winning 4–0 on aggregate. [18]
In November 2024, Syafiq boarded a plane to Krasnodar for Brunei's friendly match against Russia, their first ever opponents from UEFA. [19] He started the match on 15 November before limping off to an injury in the second half, the final score being 11–0 to the hosts. [20]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 26 March 2024 | King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | Vanuatu | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2024 FIFA Series |
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