Zulkiffli Hassim
{{short description|Singaporean footballer}}
{{BLP sources|date=July 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Zulkiffli Hassim
| fullname = Muhammad Zulkiffli bin Hassim{{Soccerway|zulkiffli-hassim/79788|Zulkiffli Hassim}}
| image =
| image_size = 200
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|3|26|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Singapore
| height = {{height|m=1.72}}
| position = Forward
| currentclub = Yishun Sentek Mariners
| clubnumber = 12
| youthyears1 = 2007
| youthclubs1 = Woodlands Wellington
| youthyears2 = 2009
| youthclubs2 = Gombak United
| years1 = 2009–2011
| clubs1 = Gombak United
| caps1 = 57
| goals1 = 7
| years2 = 2012–2016
| clubs2 = Balestier Khalsa
| caps2 = 76
| goals2 = 13
| years3 = 2017
| clubs3 = Yishun Sentek Mariners
| years4 = 2019
| clubs4 = Warriors F.C.
| caps4 = 9
| goals4 = 2
| years5 = 2020
| clubs5 = Tanjong Pagar United
| caps5 = 8
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2022–
| clubs6 = Yishun Sentek Mariners
| club-update = 12:02, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
}}
Zulkiffli Hassim (born 26 March 1986) is a Singaporean professional footballer who currently plays for Yishun Sentek Mariners. He plays as a forward.
Career
=Gombak United=
Zulkiffli played for Woodlands Wellington and Gombak United reserve teams in the Prime League in his early days. In late 2009, Zulkiffli was called up to play for the Bulls' first team in the S.League and became a regular in 2010 and 2011.
=Balestier Khalsa=
However, as Gombak United had plans to sit out of the S.League from 2013 onwards due to lack of financial resources,{{cite web | url=http://axrosstheline.com/2012/11/gombak-united-to-sit-out-2013-s-league.htmlItemid=0 | title=Gombak United to sit out of 2013 S.League | publisher=Axrosstheline.com | access-date=7 July 2014 | website=axrosstheline.com}} Zulkiffli joined Balestier Khalsa in 2012 and has remained with the Tigers since then.
Zulkiffli suffered one of his grey periods in the footballing career as he was handed a five-match ban and a suspended fine for making offensive remarks against Woodlands Wellington defender Fabien Lewis. Zulkiffli had clashed with Lewis when their respective teams met at Toa Payoh Stadium for a S.League fixture on 18 March 2012, which ended 2–0 in favour of the Tigers. It was concluded that Hassim made "remarks of an offensive and racist nature" to Lewis, a Trinidadian of African descent.{{cite web | url=http://www.sleague.com/news-features/news/2012/april/tigers-back-zulkiffli-to-recover-from-ban | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415004356/http://www.sleague.com/news-features/news/2012/april/tigers-back-zulkiffli-to-recover-from-ban | url-status=usurped | archive-date=15 April 2012 | title=Tigers back Zulkiffli to recover from ban | publisher=S.League | access-date=7 July 2014 | website=sleague.com}}
=Yishun Sentek Mariners FC=
He signed for Yishun Sentek Mariners FC after being released by the Tigers.
Honours
References
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Category:Singaporean men's footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Woodlands Wellington FC players
Category:Gombak United FC players