Nazirul Naim

Nazirul Naim bin Che Hashim (born 6 April 1993) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays for Malaysia Super League club Kuala Lumpur City as a left-back.^[3][4]

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Che Hashim is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Nazirul Naim.

Nazirul Naim

Nazirul playing for Malaysia in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Nazirul Naim bin Che Hashim[1]
Date of birth	(1993-04-06) 6 April 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth	Kuala Kangsar, Perak, Malaysia
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	Kuala Lumpur City
Number	77
Youth career
2005–2007	Perak Youth
2007–2009	Bukit Jalil Sports School
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2011	Harimau Muda B	16	(0)
2011–2012	Harimau Muda A	31	(0)
2013	Ryūkyū	0	(0)
2014–2015	Harimau Muda A	35	(2)
2016–2021	Perak	91	(4)
2021–2022	Sabah	21	(0)
2023–	Kuala Lumpur City	0	(0)
International career‡
2007–2010	Malaysia U17	11	(0)
2011–2015	Malaysia U23	6	(1)
2015	Malaysia XI	1	(0)
2015–	Malaysia	21	(0)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Malaysia AFF Championship Runner-up 2018
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:15, 5 September 2022 (MYT) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:00, 11 December 2019 (MYT)

Born in Kuala Kangsar, Nazirul has earned an early education at Clifford Secondary School in Kuala Kangsar before he furthered his study in Bukit Jalil Sports School and began his football career there. Nazirul later progressed through the national youth set-up in Harimau Muda B and Harimau Muda A.^[5]

Club career

Harimau Muda

Born and raised in Kampung Sayong Lembah, Kuala Kangsar, Nazirul was absorbed into the Harimau Muda B programme squad when he was 17 years old. They were competing in the Malaysia Premier League. Earlier he was part of the Bukit Jalil Sports School team who has won the President Cup in 2010.^[6]

The following year Nazirul started playing for Harimau Muda A. They were competing in the Malaysia Super League as he made 14 league appearances during his season debut. In 2012, the team joined Singaporean S.League. Nazirul made 17 appearances in the 2012 S.League season.

F.C. Ryūkyū

On 25 March 2013, Nazirul signed a one-year contract with Japan Football League club F.C. Ryūkyū after a 2-week trial.^{[7][8][9][10]} Nazirul's contract with the club was, however, terminated prematurely due to him being plagued by injuries, and without playing in any official matches, he returned to Harimau Muda A.^[11][12]

Perak

On 2 December 2015, it has been announced that Nazirul signed a contract with Malaysia Super League side Perak from Harimau Muda after the program was disbanded by Football Association of Malaysia on November.^[13]

On 13 February 2016, Nazirul started in his first match for Perak in a 0-0 home draw against Kelantan.^[14]

International career

Youth

Nazirul has represented the Malaysia national team in many levels. At youth level, he was part of the Malaysia U-17 squad and Malaysia U-23 team.

Senior

Nazirul made his senior Malaysia national team debut coming on as a substitute for Zubir Azmi in a scoreless friendly against Bangladesh on 29 August 2015 at Shah Alam Stadium.^[15][16]

Career statistics

Club

As of 5 September 2022^[17]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Harimau Muda B	2010	Malaysia Premier League	?	?	?	?	–				?	?
	Total		?	?	?	?	–				?	?
Harimau Muda A	2011	Malaysia Super League	14	0	?	?	–				14	0
	2012	S.League	17	0	0	0	0	0	–		17	0
	Total		31	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	31	0
FC Ryukyu	2013	Japan Football League	0	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	0	0
Harimau Muda A	2014	NPL Queensland	10	0	0	0	0	0	–		10	0
	Total		10	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	10	0
Harimau Muda	2015	S.League	25	2	0	0	0	0	–		25	2
	Total		25	2	0	0	0	0	–	–	25	2
Perak	2016	Malaysia Super League	15	1	3	0	?	?	–		18	1
	2017	Malaysia Super League	20	0	1	0	9	0	–		30	0
	2018	Malaysia Super League	21	1	4	0	10	0	–		35	1
	2019	Malaysia Super League	20	1	5	1	1	0	1[a]	1	27	3
	2020	Malaysia Super League	5	0	–						5	0
	2021	Malaysia Super League	10	1	–						10	1
	Total		91	4	13	1	20	0	1	1	125	6
Sabah	2021	Malaysia Super League	6	0	–		6	0	–		12	0
	2022	Malaysia Super League	15	0	3	1	3	0	–		21	1
	Total		21	0	3	1	9	0	–		34	1
Kuala Lumpur City	2023	Malaysia Super League	0	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career Total			119	2	8	0	19	0	1	1	147	3

1. Appearance in AFC Champions League play-off round

International

As of 11 December 2018^[18]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Malaysia	2015	5	0
	2016	4	0
	2017	6	0
	2018	5	0
	2019	1	0
Total		21	0

Personal life

Nazirul was married to a part-time model, Nor Wahila Ali Tarmizi on 18 September 2016.^[19]

Honours

Club

Perak

• Malaysia FA Cup runner-up: 2019
• Malaysia Super League runner-up: 2018
• Malaysia Cup: 2018

International

Malaysia

• AFF Championship runner-up: 2018