- Mohd Faizal Abu Bakar
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Faizal Abu Bakar Personal information Full name Mohd Faizal bin Abu Bakar Date of birth September 20, 1990 Place of birth Kuala Nerang, Kedah, Malaysia Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Playing position Midfielder Club information Current club 
Kedah FANumber 24 Youth career 2008 Kedah FA President Cup Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2008- Kedah FA8 (0) National team‡ 2009- Malaysia U-238 (0) 2010- Malaysia2 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of November 15, 2011Mohd Faizal Abu Bakar a.k.a sepet (born 20 September 1990 in Kuala Nerang, Kedah) is a Malaysian footballer currently playing as a midfielder for Kedah FA.[1]
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Career
Known as Faizal, a youngster from Kedah FA President Cup squad who has promoted to the senior squad by Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah after another Kedah's young talented such as Ahmad Shakir Mohd Ali left Kedah for Malaysian Young Tigers.
He made his senior debut for Kedah in a Malaysia Cup group stage match on July 15, 2008 where Kedah thrashed Sabah FA with furious 5-1 result.
National team
In November 2010, Faizal was called up to the Malaysia national squad by coach K. Rajagopal for the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup. He was in the Malaysia team that won the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup title for the first time in their history, although he never made any appearance in the tournament. Earlier in February 2010, he received his first appearance for Malaysia in the friendly match against Yemen.[2]
He was also playing for the Malaysia national under-23 football team. He was in the squad that competes in the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou.[3] He was also in the team that competes for the 2012 Olympic Qualification preliminary round against Pakistan, coming on as a substitute in injury time in the second leg on 9 March 2011.[4]
Honours
International
- 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup :Winner
References
- ^ Kedah won’t take two-goal lead for granted
- ^ "Malaysia Set To Face Japanese S-League Side Albirex Niigata". Goal.com. 3 March 2010. http://www.goal.com/en/news/14/asia/2010/03/03/1816707/malaysia-set-to-face-japanese-s-league-side-albirex-niigata. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
- ^ Biography at the Official Website of the 16th Asian Games
- ^ AFC Olympic qualification results
External links
Kedah FA – current squad 1 Helmi · 2 Victor · 3 Shahril Faizal · 5 Wan Zaim · 6 Shafizan · 7 Baddrol · 8 Shahrulnizam · 9 Azmi · 10 Zamri · 11 Fauzi · 12 Rozaidi · 13 Samransak · 14 Azlan · 15 Fadly · 16 Fazliata · 17 Thirumurugan · 18 Muhymeen · 19 Shafiq · 20 Khairul · 21 Sabre · 22 Al-Hafiz · 23 Farizal · 24 Faizal · 25 Hadi · Manager: Hj. Ahmad
Categories:- 1990 births
- Malaysian Malay people
- Malaysian footballers
- Malaysia international footballers
- Kedah FA players
- People from Kedah
- Living people
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