Asraruddin Putra Omar (born 26 August 1988) is a Malaysian professional footballer. He has represented the

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, as well as the Malaysia U-23 and Malaysia U-20 squads. Asraruddin was captain of

Selangor FC Selangor Football Club ( Malay: ''Kelab Bola Sepak Selangor'') is a professional football club based in the city of Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. The club currently competes in the Malaysia Super League, the top tier of Malaysian football. ...

during the 2013 season. He is currently the captain of Kelana United, a team that participated in the Subang Football League in the 2021 season.

Career

Asraruddin, a left-back for the Malaysia U-19 during the 2007 Champions Youth Cup, served as the team's vice-captain and assumed the captaincy from the injured

Mohd Bunyamin Umar Mohd Bunyamin bin Umar (born 7 January 1988) is a retired Malaysian professional footballer. Bunyamin is a former member of the Malaysia National, Malaysia U-23 and a former member of the Malaysia U-20 squad. He also was the team captain of ...

in the match against PSV Eindhoven. In November 2007, Asraruddin underwent a one-week trial with Dutch club

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. The club had been impressed by his performance, along with that of his teammate, during the Champions Youth Cup hosted by Malaysia in August 2007. Capable of playing as either a left-back or a center-back, Asraruddin, a former student of the

Bukit Jalil Sports School The Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS) (, SSBJ) is the first sports school in Malaysia. The school is located at the Kompleks Sukan Negara, National Sports Complex compound in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur. Sekolah Sukan Bukit Jalil was opened in 19 ...

, was instrumental in helping Malaysia qualify for the AFC Under-20 Championship for the first time in over 20 years. Asraruddin made his under-23 debut against the

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on 15 May 2008 and earned his senior international debut against the

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on 22 July 2008 as a substitute. Additionally, he represented the Malaysia Selection squad in a match against Chelsea at the

Shah Alam Stadium The Shah Alam Stadium () was a multi-purpose stadium and one of the largest stadiums in the world located in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. It was used mostly for Association football, football matches but also had facilities for Sport of athle ...

on 29 July 2008, a game in which Malaysia XI lost 0–2.

Outside Football

Asraruddin owns a barbershop called Piratas Barber Shop, located in

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. He has stated that he is not considering retirement at this time; instead, he is focusing on recovering from a knee injury while making ends meet through his barbershop business. In May 2023, Asraruddin migrated to Jeddah,

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, after marrying a nurse employed at a local hospital in the city. He stated that his intention for relocating was to fulfil his aspiration of residing near and learning about religion in

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. However, he has not announced his retirement from professional football.

Honours

Club

Selangor *

Malaysian Charity Shield The Malaysian Charity Shield (English: Charity Cup), also known as Piala Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah () or Piala Sumbangsih, is a Malaysian football super cup competition. It is the curtain raiser match to the new Malaysian football season, pittin ...

(2) : 2009, 2010 *

Malaysia Super League The Malaysia Super League (), known simply as the Super League (), is the men's top professional Football in Malaysia, football division of the Malaysian football league system. Administered by the Football Malaysia Limited Liability Partnersh ...

(2) :

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

Malaysia FA Cup The Malaysia FA Cup () is an annual association football, football competition in Malaysia, established in 1990. It was previously managed by the Football Association of Malaysia, before being transferred to the Football Malaysia LLP, Malaysian ...

Johor Darul Takzim *

: 2015 *

(3) :

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

Malaysia Cup The Malaysia Cup (), formerly known as Malaya Cup, is an annual football tournament in Malaysia, held at the end of the calendar year. The cup was first held in 1921. Despite its prestige and popularity as the country's oldest cup tournament, i ...

AFC Cup The AFC Champions League Two (abbreviated as the ACL Two or ACL2) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation. It is the second-tier competition of Asian club football, ranked below the AFC C ...

International

Malaysia *

AFF Championship The ASEAN Championship (formerly known as the AFF Championship or AFF Cup), currently known as the ASEAN Hyundai Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the biennial football tournament organized by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) for men's natio ...

Malaysia U23 *

SEA Games The Southeast Asian Games, commonly known as SEA Games is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia. The games are under the regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with su ...

(2) :

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

Malaysia U20 * AFF U-20 Youth Championship :

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

runner-up Malaysia U18 *

Lion City Cup The Lion City Cup is a youth football tournament for boys. It was founded in 1977 by then Football Association of Singapore chairman Nadesan Ganesan, who organized the only Under-16 football tournament in the world, following the recommendation o ...

: 2005

References

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