Muhammad Aqil bin Mohamed Yazid (born 9 January 2004), commonly known as Aqil Yazid or mononymously known as Aqil, is a

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professional

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who plays as a

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right-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers ...

for

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club

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and the Singapore U23 national team. He is the older brother of Aizil Yazid, who is also a professional footballer, playing as a

goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ...

for

Singapore Premier League The Singapore Premier League, commonly abbreviated as the SPL, officially known as the AIA Singapore Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional football league sanctioned by the Football Association of Singapore (FAS), wh ...

club Young Lions, and the son of former international

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Club

Balestier Khalsa

Aqil signed for

club

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and made his debut against the

Young Lions FC Young Lions Football Club, commonly known as Young Lions, is a developmental football club based in Kallang, Singapore, which competes in the Singapore Premier League. The team is under the control of the Football Association of Singapore. Youn ...

in a 3-3 draw in the 2021 campaign. He would than go on to make another 7 appearances for the Tigers.

Career statistics

Club

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International statistics

U23 International caps

U19 International caps

U16 International caps

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* 2004 births Living people Singaporean men's footballers Men's association football defenders Singapore Premier League players Balestier Khalsa FC players Competitors at the 2023 SEA Games SEA Games competitors for Singapore Young Lions FC players 21st-century Singaporean sportsmen {{Singapore-footy-bio-stub