Kamarul Effandi

Kamarul Effandi bin Abdul Rahim (born 12 April 1987) is a Malaysian professional football player who plays for Langkawi City as a goalkeeper.

In this Malay name, there is no family name. The name Abdul Rahim is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Kamarul Effandi.

Kamarul Effandi
Personal information
Full name Kamarul Effandi bin Abdul Rahim
Date of birth (1987-04-12) 12 April 1987
Place of birth Perak, Malaysia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Langkawi City
Number 26
Youth career
2005–2007 Perak U-21
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 Perak 30 (0)
2012–2016 Sime Darby 28 (0)
2017–2019 Kuala Lumpur 13 (0)
2020– Langkawi City 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 March 2020

Club career

Early career

Born in Perak, Malaysia, Kamarul started his career with Perak youth team. He has been promoted to Perak first team for the 2008 season after helping the Perak youth team to win the Malaysia President Cup in 2007.[1]

Kamarul also represented the state team in Sukma Games 2010.[2] He was the Perak second choice goalkeeper, previously as understudy to Megat Amir Faisal and then deputising for Nasril Nourdin when Megat left Perak after 2010 season. He was released by Perak, together with Nasril, at the end of the 2012 season. Kamarul joined Sime Darby along with four other former Perak players for the 2013 season.

After three seasons with Sime Darby, he joined Malaysia Premier League side Kuala Lumpur FA in 2017. With Kuala Lumpur, he helped the team won the 2017 Malaysia Premier League title, and promotion to Malaysia Super League. He were Kuala Lumpur's main goalkeeper for the 2018 Malaysia Super League season, and were criticized for howlers that cost the team in the early stages of the league.[3] But Kamarul later improved with several good performances, including keeping a clean sheet in the win over defending champions Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C..[4]

Career statistics
As of 9 June 2017.
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Kuala Lumpur2017800030–110
2018501000–60
Total130103000170
Career total 0000000000
  1. The Malaysia FA Cup
  2. The Malaysia Cup

International career

Kamarul was also called to the Malaysia U-23 centralised training under K. Rajagopal in 2009.[5] However Kamarul never made any appearances at international level.

References
  1. Perak senarai 6 pemain muda; Utusan Online, 9 October 2007
  2. Senarai pemain & pegawai yang mewakili pasukan Perak dalam Sukma 2010; Seladang.net, 6 June 2010
  3. https://www.nst.com.my/sports/football/2018/02/333525/kl-goalkeeper-still-has-trust-his-coach-despite-horrible-mistake
  4. https://www.nst.com.my/sports/football/2018/02/334574/kl-keeper-kamarul-makes-critics-eat-their-words
  5. Rangkuman Berita 21 April 2009; Seladang.net, 21 April 2009


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