Nazirul Naim
{{Short description|Malaysian footballer (born 1993)}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2021}}
{{EngvarB|date=September 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}
{{Malay name|Nazirul Naim|Che Hashim|note=off}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Nazirul Naim
| image = Nazirul Naim Che Hashim.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Nazirul playing for Malaysia in 2017
| fullname = Nazirul Naim bin Che Hashim{{Cite web |title=Nazirul Naim profile |url=https://www.footballmalaysia.com/portal/player_details.php?userid=204 |publisher=Football Malaysia |accessdate=24 July 2018}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|4|6}}
| birth_place = Kuala Kangsar, Perak, Malaysia
| height = 1.66mNazirul Naim - Eurosport Asia https://asia.eurosport.com/football/nazirul-naim_prs306272/person.shtml
| currentclub = Kuala Lumpur City
| clubnumber = 77
| position = Left-back
| youthyears1 = 2005–2007
| youthclubs1 = Perak Youth
| youthyears2 = 2007–2009
| youthclubs2 = Bukit Jalil Sports School
| years1 = 2010–2011
| clubs1 = Harimau Muda B
| caps1 = 16
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2011–2012
| clubs2 = Harimau Muda A
| caps2 = 31
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2013
| clubs3 = Ryūkyū
| caps3 = 0
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2014–2015
| clubs4 = Harimau Muda A
| caps4 = 35
| goals4 = 2
| years5 = 2016–2021
| clubs5 = Perak
| caps5 = 91
| goals5 = 4
| years6 = 2021–2022
| clubs6 = Sabah
| caps6 = 21
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2023–
| clubs7 = Kuala Lumpur City
| caps7 = 0
| goals7 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2007–2010
| nationalteam1 = Malaysia U17
| nationalcaps1 = 11
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2011–2015
| nationalteam2 = Malaysia U23
| nationalcaps2 = 6
| nationalgoals2 = 1
| nationalyears3 = 2015
| nationalteam3 = Malaysia XI
| nationalcaps3 = 1
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| nationalyears4 = 2015–
| nationalteam4 = Malaysia
| nationalcaps4 = 21
| nationalgoals4 = 0
| club-update = 11:15, 5 September 2022 (MYT)
| nationalteam-update = 11:00, 11 December 2019 (MYT)
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's football}}
{{Medal|Country|{{fb|MAS}}}}
{{Medal|Comp|AFF Championship}}
{{Medal|RU|2018|}}
}}
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.{{Cite news |date=6 October 2015 |title=Leftback Nazirul wants to keep place in national team |publisher=The Star Malaysia |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/football/2015/10/06/leftback-nazirul-wants-to-keep-place-in-national-team |accessdate=26 August 2016}}{{Cite news |date=20 February 2016 |title=Perak, Sarawak, Faiz jadi tumpuan |work=Utusan Malaysia |url=http://www.utusan.com.my/sukan/bola-sepak/perak-sarawak-8232-faiz-jadi-tumpuan-1.192301 |accessdate=26 August 2016}}
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.{{Cite news |date=20 September 2015 |title=Biodata Nazirul Naim Che Hashim |publisher=Blogger Bola Malaysia |url=http://bloggerbolamalaysia.blogspot.my/2015/11/biodata-nazirul-naim-che-hashim.html |accessdate=26 August 2016}}
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.Kenali kapten skuad bawah-23 tahun kita, Naim http://www.fam.org.my/news/kenali-kapten-skuad-bawah-23-tahun-kita-naim
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.FC Ryuku: Wan Zack Ikat Kontrak Dua Tahun, Naim Setahun http://www.mstar.com.my/sukan/bola-sepak/2013/03/25/fc-ryuku-wan-zack-ikat-kontrak-dua-tahun-naim-setahun/{{Cite web |last=Ridzuan |first=Ahmad |date=2015-08-01 |title=Mengikut Media Jepun Inilah Sebab Sebenar Wan Zack Meninggalkan FC Ryukyu |url=https://semuanyabola.com/mengikut-media-jepun-inilah-sebab-sebenar-wan-zack-meninggalkan-fc-ryukyu/ |access-date=2024-02-12 |website=SEMUANYA BOLA |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=31 March 2013 |title=【お知らせ】マレーシアU-23代表選手２名（ワンザック・ナイム）ＦＣ琉球へ入団 |url=http://www.fcryukyu.com/information/?id=1364476853 |url-status=dead |publisher=FC Ryukyu Official |accessdate=12 March 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502150511/http://fcryukyu.com/information/?id=1364476853 |archivedate=2 May 2013 |df=dmy-all}}{{Cite web |title='Pisang tak akan berbuah dua kali' |url=https://peraktoday.com.my/2013/03/pisang-tak-akan-berbuah-dua-kali/ |access-date=2024-02-12 |website=peraktoday.com.my |language=en-US}} 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.Nazirul masih terkejut http://www.sinarharian.com.my/nasional/nazirul-masih-terkejut-1.139804FC Ryukyu mahu ambil lebih ramai pemain Malaysia http://www.astroawani.com/berita-sukan/fc-ryukyu-mahu-ambil-lebih-ramai-pemain-malaysia-26377
=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.{{Cite web |date=2015-12-02 |title=Confirmed: Perak FA unveil official squad for 2016 - Fourthofficial.com |url=https://fourthofficial.com/2015/25421/confirmed-perak-fa-unveil-official-squad-for-2016/ |access-date=2024-02-12 |website=fourthofficial.com |language=en-US}}
On 13 February 2016, Nazirul started in his first match for Perak in a 0-0 home draw against Kelantan.{{Cite web |title=Perak vs. Kelantan - 13 February 2016 - Soccerway |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2016/02/13/malaysia/super-league/perak/kelantan-fc/2192254/ |access-date=2024-02-12 |website=int.soccerway.com}}
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.{{Cite news |date=29 August 2015 |title=Malaysia extend winless run after draw with Bangladesh |publisher=New Straits Times |url=http://www.nst.com.my/news/2015/09/malaysia-extend-winless-run-after-draw-bangladesh |accessdate=26 August 2016}}Persahabatan Malaysia 0—0 Bangladesh http://www.fam.org.my/news/persahabatan-malaysia-0-0-bangladesh
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|5 September 2022|{{Soccerway|nazirul-naim-bin-che-hashim/177791}}}}
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | |||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| rowspan="2"|Harimau Muda B | 2010 | Malaysia Premier League | |? | ? | ? | ? | colspan="4"|– | ? | ? | ||
| colspan="2"|Total||?||?||?||?||colspan="4"|–||?||? | |||||||||||
| rowspan="3"|Harimau Muda A | 2011 | Malaysia Super League | |14 | 0 | ? | ? | colspan="4"|– | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2012 | S.League | |17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 17 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total||31||0||0||0||0||0||–||–||31||0 | |||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|FC Ryukyu | 2013 | Japan Football League | |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 |
| colspan="2"|Total||0||0||0||0||0||0||–||–||0||0 | |||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Harimau Muda A | 2014 | NPL Queensland | |10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 10 | 0 |
| colspan="2"|Total||10||0||0||0||0||0||–||–||10||0 | |||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Harimau Muda | 2015 | S.League | |25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 25 | 2 |
| colspan="2"|Total||25||2||0||0||0||0||–||–||25||2 | |||||||||||
| rowspan="7"|Perak | 2016 | Malaysia Super League | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ? | ? | colspan="2"|– | 18 | 1 |
| 2017 | Malaysia Super League | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 30 | 0 | |
| 2018 | Malaysia Super League | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 35 | 1 | |
| 2019 | Malaysia Super League | 20 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1{{efn|Appearance in AFC Champions League play-off round}} | 1 | 27 | 3 |
| 2020 | Malaysia Super League | 5 | 0 | colspan="6"|– | 5 | 0 | |||||
| 2021 | Malaysia Super League | 10 | 1 | colspan="6"|– | 10 | 1 | |||||
| colspan="2"|Total||91||4||13||1||20||0||1||1||125||6 | |||||||||||
| rowspan="3"|Sabah | 2021 | Malaysia Super League | 6 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 6 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 12 | 0 | |
| 2022 | Malaysia Super League | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 21 | 1 | |
| colspan="2"|Total||21||0||3||1||9||0||colspan="2"|–||34||1 | |||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Kuala Lumpur City | 2023 | Malaysia Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 |
| colspan="2"|Total||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 | |||||||||||
| colspan="3"|Career Total||119||2||8||0||19||0||1||1||147||3 |
{{Notelist}}
=International=
{{updated|11 December 2018}}{{NFT player |id=60255 |name=Che Hashim, Nazirul Naim |accessdate=11 December 2018}}
| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="5"|Malaysia
|2015 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total | 21 | 0 |
Personal life
Nazirul was married to a part-time model, Nor Wahila Ali Tarmizi on 18 September 2016.Nazirul Naim akhiri zaman bujang http://www.utusan.com.my/berita/nasional/nazirul-naim-akhiri-zaman-bujang-1.384463
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
References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|nazirul-naim-bin-che-hashim/177791}}
{{Kuala Lumpur City F.C. squad}}
Category:Malaysian people of Malay descent
Category:Footballers from Perak
Category:Malaysian men's footballers
Category:21st-century Malaysian sportsmen
Category:Malaysia men's international footballers
Category:Malaysian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Malaysian expatriate sportspeople in Japan
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Japan
Category:Malaysia Super League players
Category:Sabah F.C. (Malaysia) players
Category:Kuala Lumpur City F.C. players
Category:Men's association football fullbacks