Mohamed Faisal
Mohamed Faisal (born 4 August 1988) is a Maldivian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Maldivian club, Club Valencia and Maldives national football team. He holds the Most Valuable Player Award of SAFF Championship 2018.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 August 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Fenfushi, Maldives | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Club Valencia | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2009 | Club AYL | ||
| 2007 | → Victory (loan) | ||
| 2010–2012 | Victory | ||
| 2013 | Club Valencia | 19 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Club Eagles | 17 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Club Valencia | 35 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | New Radiant | 39 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Da Grande | 20 | (0) |
| 2020– | Club Valencia | 2 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009– | Maldives | 23 | (0) |
| 2010 | Maldives U23 | 0 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 January 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2019 | |||
Club career
Early career
Born in Fenfushi, Maldives, Faisal started his playing career with Club All Youth Linkage in 2006, where he helped the team gain promotion to top division from Third Division, during his four year at the club. During his first season, they gained promotion to Second Division as 2006 Third Division runner-ups, also winning the best goalkeeper award.
Faisal won Second Division and Dhivehi League both in 2007. He first claimed 2007 Second Division with Club AYL but failed to get promoted to first division in the play-off. He was then loaned to Victory Sports Club for the rest of the season as their first choice Imran Mohamed got injured, and won first division with them.
In 2008, Faisal earned another best goalkeeper award despite Club AYL were runner-ups of the 2008 Second Division. They also gained promotion to first division football, winning the play-offs.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 16 January 2021
| Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | President's Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Club AYL | 2006 | Third Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2007 | Second Division | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2008 | Second Division | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 3[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2009 | Dhivehi League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Victory (loan) | 2007 | Dhivehi League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Victory | 2010 | Dhivehi League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2011 | Dhivehi League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2012 | Dhivehi League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Valencia | 2013 | Dhivehi League | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Eagles | 2014 | Dhivehi League | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Valencia | 2016 | Premier League | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
| 2017 | Malé League | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| New Radiant | 2017 | Premier League | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |
| 2018 | Malé League | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Premier League | 12 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Da Grande | 2019–20 | Premier League | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Valencia | 2020–21 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Career totals | 112 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 129 | 0 | ||
- Appearances in 2008 Dhivehi League qualifiers
- Appearances in 2009 Dhivehi League qualifiers
International
- As of match played 21 June 2018
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maldives | |||
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 0 | |
Honours
Club
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International
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References
- Faisal out for 4 months at VFP (2012 injury)
- Faisal lodge complin against Valencia at FAM at Vnews
- Faisal leaves national team at Vnews
- Messi & Faisal to Eagles at Haveeru
- Eagles keeper Faisal injured at Sun (2015 injury)
- Faisal & Shaafy signs to Valencia at Vnews
- Faisal & Shaafy to Valencia at Avas
- Faisal was about to retire due to injuries but now he is performing at top level - Imran at Sun
- Keeper Faisa & Adhuham to NRSC at Mihaaru
- Keeper Faisal, Adhuham & Riley to New Radiant at Sun
- Riley, Sadey & Keeper Faisal joins New Rasiant at Vnews
External links
- Mohamed Faisal at National-Football-Teams.com
- Mohamed Faisal at FootballDatabase.eu
- Mohamed Faisal at Maldivesoccer.com