Abdul Afiq bin Roslan (born 20 January 1996) is a

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who plays as a

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for

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. He has also appeared for Brunei Under-19.

Club career

Afiq began his club career in

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with Najip FC (renamed as Najip I-Team in 2015) of the

Brunei Super League The Brunei Super League ( abbr: BSL; – LSB) is a professional league for men's association football in the sultanate of Brunei Darussalam. It is at the top tier of the Bruneian football league system, and it is managed by the Football As ...

as one of several youth internationals recruited by Johari Bungsu for a squad overhaul, in place of a team that lost every game in the previous season. He appeared regularly for Najip I-Team in the following season, scoring three league goals to help his club to consecutive third-place finishes. He was selected by NFABD to play for Tabuan U21 in the 2016 season. Afiq trialled for and joined Brunei's sole professional club

DPMM FC Duli Pengiran Muda Mahkota Football Club (English language, English: His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Brunei Football Club; Abbreviation, abbrev: DPMM or Brunei DPMM) is a professional association football, football club based in Bandar S ...

's youth team in early 2015. He signed full terms on 15 January 2017, taking the number 17 shirt vacated by Na'im Tarif. He was released from the first team in June during the mid-season transfer window, to allocate for Brunei international Hazwan Hamzah. He rejoined Najip I-Team since, and scored against

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on 13 August. Afiq signed for

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in early 2019 and scored a brace on his debut against Setia Perdana on 15 February. He left the club at the end of the season. Afiq Joined

in the

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season.

International career

Afiq was selected to play for the Brunei Under-19s at the

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held in

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in September, appearing once against

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in a 5–0 loss. The following month Afiq travelled to

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for the 2014 AFC U-19 Championship qualifying matches and played once against

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in a 0–6 defeat.

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* 1996 births Living people Bruneian Muslims Men's association football midfielders Bruneian men's footballers DPMM FC players Indera SC players Kota Ranger FC players Brunei Super League players {{Brunei-footy-bio-stub