Sharul Nazeem bin Zulpakar (born 16 November 1999) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Malaysia Super League club Selangor and the Malaysia national team.
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| Full name | Sharul Nazeem bin Zulpakar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 November 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Selangor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 44 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Marcerra United | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Selangor III | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Selangor II | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Selangor | 62 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Malaysia U19 | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018– | Malaysia U23 | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Malaysia | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 September 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club career
editEarly year
editSharul was born in Gombak, Selangor. He took his first steps in football to represent local club in third division league, Marcerra United in 2017. The following year, he joined Selangor youth team, and then promoted to the Selangor II, where he managed to play in the first team as a captain, and play all matches at 2020 Malaysia Premier League season, with help the team to reach the seventh-place (7th) in the league.[1]
Selangor
editSharul was the part of the senior's team after being called by Selangor II team head coach, Michael Feichtenbeiner, to represent for 2020 Malaysia Cup tournament.[2][3] On 2 December 2020, Selangor confirmed that Sharul would be definitely promoted to senior's first team for the 2021 season.[4] He made his debut for the club on 6 April 2021, playing full 90-minutes with a 1–2 loss against Kedah Darul Aman in Super League matches.[5] On 3 August 2021, Shahrul scored his first goal for the club against UiTM in 2–0 win at Super League matches.[6]
International career
editYouth
editSharul has represented Malaysia youth level from the under 19-side to the under-23 sides. He never makes any appearance during that time. [7][8]
Senior
editIn October 2021, Sharul receives his first callup for senior team ahead of friendly against Jordan and Uzbekistan but he pulled up because of hamstring injury. On 10 March 2022, he received another callup for senior team from new appointed headcoach Kim Pan Gon ahead friendly matches against Philippines and Singapore. He however didn't make it into the finalised squad.
On 25 September 2022, Sharul made his debut for the national team in a penalty shoot-out defeat against Tajikistan in King's Cup final.[9]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of 7 October 2024
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League Cup[b] | Continental[c] | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Selangor II | 2020 | Malaysia Premier League | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||
| Total | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Selangor | 2020 | Malaysia Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | Malaysia Super League | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 19 | 1 | ||
| 2022 | Malaysia Super League | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | — | 28 | 1 | ||
| 2023 | Malaysia Super League | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 25 | 3 | ||
| 2024–25 | Malaysia Super League | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Total | 62 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 73 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 5 | ||
International
editAs of 9 September 2023
| National Team | Year | Competitive | Friendly | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Malaysia | 2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
- ^ Includes Malaysia FA Cup
- ^ Includes Malaysia Cup
- ^ Includes AFC Champions League Elite and AFC Champions League Two
Honours
editSelangor
- Malaysia Cup runner-up: 2022
References
edit- ^ "KNOW ME BETTER: Sharul Nazeem Zulpakar". Selangor FC. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- ^ Suhaimi, Muhammad Ardie Putra (3 November 2020). "Shahrul Nazeem sedia beri impak". Kosmo. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ Zainal, Zulhilmi (21 October 2020). "Selangor promote five more young players to first team for Malaysia Cup campaign". Goal. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
- ^ Hashim, Firdaus (2 December 2020). "'Ubi muda' Selangor II naik pangkat". MyMetro. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Selangor vs Kedah Darul Aman". Soccerway. 6 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ Mohamad, Nur Hadi (3 August 2021). "Liga Super: Jaringan Afro Bantu Selangor 'Sembelih' UiTM". Semuanyabola. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "SENARAI 26 PEMAIN KE KEM LATIHAN PUSAT SKUAD B-19 KEBANGSAAN BERMULA 25 SEPTEMBER 2018". FAM. 19 September 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
- ^ "SENARAI 30 PEMAIN KE KEM LATIHAN PUSAT SKUAD B-21 KEBANGSAAN MENJELANG PIALA NEWSPAPER B-21 2018 DI VIETNAM". FAM. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ "Malaysia – Sharul Nazeem Zulpakar – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". my.soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
External links
edit- Sharul Nazeem at Soccerway