Mohd Azrif Nasrulhaq bin Badrul Hisham (born 27 May 1991 in
Selangor
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) is a Malaysian professional
footballer
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who plays for
Malaysia Super League
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club
Sri Pahang
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. He mainly plays as a
right back
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but can also play as a
right winger
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.
Club career
PKNS
Born and raised in
Kota Damansara
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in
Petaling Jaya
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, Azrif started his career with
PKNS youth club in 2010 at age 18. The national youth club
Harimau Muda A
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was impressed with his strong performance with PKNS reserve side and won a bronze medal in
Sukma Games
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while representing
Selangor
Selangor ( ; ), also known by the Arabic language, Arabic honorific Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity", is one of the 13 states of Malaysia. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the e ...
.
Harimau Muda A
In 2013, Azrif played for
Harimau Muda A
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in the
2013 S.League in Singapore and the
2014
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NPL Queensland league in Australia.
Selangor
In late 2014, Azrif later joined
Selangor
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after he exceeded the age limit for
Harimau Muda A
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.
Johor Darul Ta'zim
On 29 June 2016,
Johor Darul Ta'zim
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have finally officially announced their intention of signing Azrif from Selangor, after a month of speculation. On 15 July 2016, Azrif signed with a contract with Johor Darul Ta'zim after
Football Association of Selangor
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Administration
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(FAS) and the
Johor Football Association
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(JFA) agreed on the transfer. On 13 September 2016, he make his debut for the club in the
2016 AFC Cup
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quarter-final match against Hong Kong club,
South China
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.
On 8 February 2019, Azrif recorded his first club goal in a league match against
Kuala Lumpur City in a 4–1 win.
Sri Pahang
On 29 December 2022, Azrif joined
Sri Pahang
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on loan ahead of the
2023 Malaysia Super League
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It is the ...
season citing for more playing time. He make his club debut on 29 February 2023 against
Negeri Sembilan
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. On 27 August 2023, he scored his first club goal in a 5–1 against
Kelantan United.
On 22 January 2024, Azrif joined Sri Pahang permanently after the expiration of his contract at Johor Darul Ta'zim.
International career
On 17 November 2015, Azrif made his debut for the
Malaysia national team coming off the bench in a 1–2 defeat to
UAE
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.
Career statistics
Club
International
Honours
Club
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Malaysia Cup
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:
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 ...
;Johor Darul Ta'zim
*
Malaysia Cup
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(2):
2017
2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly.
Events January
* January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...
,
2019
This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year.
Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
*
Malaysia Super League
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(5):
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 ...
,
2017
2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly.
Events January
* January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...
,
2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
,
2019
This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year.
Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
,
2020
The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...
*
Malaysia Charity Shield
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(4):
2019
This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year.
Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
,
2020
The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...
,
2021
Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...
,
2022
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References
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{{Sri Pahang FC squad
Malaysian men's footballers
1991 births
Living people
Selangor F.C. Under-23 players
Selangor F.C. players
Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. players
Malaysia Super League players
21st-century Malaysian sportsmen
People from Petaling District
Malaysia men's international footballers
Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games
Men's association football fullbacks
Men's association football wingers
Asian Games footballers for Malaysia
Footballers from Selangor