Mohd Faiz bin Subri (born 8 November 1987) is a Malaysian professional

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who plays as an

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for

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side

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. He is best known for his

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goal which won him the 2016

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Early life

Faiz was born and raised in Ayer Hitam,

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. He is the third of five siblings. He received his primary and secondary education in

, at Sekolah Kebangsaan Tengku Laksamana and Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Permatang Bonglai respectively, before transferring to Sekolah Menengah Teknik Arau in

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Club career

Kedah, Tambun Tulang, Perlis, T–Team

Faiz began his football career playing for the

youth team in 2006. In 2009, Faiz signed with

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club Tambun Tulang. He made 14 league appearances and 6 league goals during his season with the club. Tambun Tulang also

in Piala Emas Raja-Raja 2009. In 2010, Faiz signed with

side

. He played for two seasons with Perlis before decided to leave the club for T–Team and signed a one-year contract with T–Team.

Kelantan, Terengganu

In 2013, Faiz signed a one-year contract with

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along with his former teammate Zairo Anuar, where he score one goal against a Vietnamese football club,

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in the AFC Cup group stage match. Faiz successfully made 28 appearances and 5 goals for Kelantan before his departure at the end of the 2013 season. In 2014, Faiz signed a one-year contract with

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. He managed to make 14 appearances and 1 goal during his season with

Penang

After cutting short his stay with

, Faiz signed a contract with

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along with his

teammate Mazlizam Mohamad. He helped

earn second place in the

2015 Malaysia Premier League The 2015 Liga Premier () was the 12th season of the Liga Premier, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia.

, and the team was consequently promoted to the

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, he was recalled to the national team in August 2015 under coach

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Style of play

An efficient

, Faiz also can play as a winger and as a striker. His assets include his speed, precise long range shooting and his range of passing towards his teammates. Faiz is also notable for scoring spectacular free kicks.

FIFA Puskás Award 2016

On 16 February 2016, Faiz scored a

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in a 4–1 win over

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at the City Stadium in George Town. Videos of his free kick soon went viral on social media, and he was nominated by the

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for the

later that year. In 2017, Faiz was awarded the

for the free kick goal, becoming the first-ever Asian to have won the international award for the best goal of the year.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Kelantan *

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runner-up:

Penang *

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promotion:

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Individual *

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 ...

* PFAM Player of the Month February: 2016 *

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– FAM Special Award: 2016 –

References

External links

* {{FIFA Puskás Award winners 1987 births Living people Malaysian men's footballers Malaysia Super League players 21st-century Malaysian sportsmen Perlis FA State Football Team players Terengganu F.C. II players Perlis United F.C. players Kelantan F.C. players Terengganu FC players Penang F.C. players Footballers from Kedah Malaysian people of Malay descent Men's association football wingers Men's association football forwards