Faizal Hamid is a

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an footballer, born on September 9, 1981, and plays for current

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club,

Gombak United Gombak United Football Club was a professional football club based in Bukit Gombak, Singapore that last competed in the top tier of the Singapore football league system. The club took part in the S.League from 1998 to 2002, and from 2006 to 2 ...

and also the

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as a defender. He usually plays at

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Faizal came from a football powerhouse in the secondary school set-up, Siglap Secondary School. He then started his footballing career with

Geylang United Geylang International Football Club is a professional football club based in Bedok, Singapore, that competes in Singapore Premier League, the top division of football in Singapore. The club was founded in 1973 and played their first season in 1 ...

's academy team with the likes of

Syed Fadhil Syed Mohamad Fadhil Naser Al-Yahaya (born 16 April 1981) is a professional soccer player who plays for the Warriors FC in the S.League and the Singapore national football team. He is a natural defensive midfielder. Club career Fadhil has prev ...

and

Lionel Lewis Lionel Lewis (born 16 December 1982) is a Singaporean former footballer who last played for Singapore national football team as a goalkeeper. He played for Home United from 2004 to 2012, having played for Geylang United and the Young Lions in ...

. However, it was

Home United Lion City Sailors Football Club, commonly referred to as the Sailors or LCS, is a Singaporean professional football club based in Bishan. It competes in the Singapore Premier League, the top tier of the Singapore football league system. Founded ...

who offered him a professional contract and was soon a regular in the team. Faizal's promising exploits as a youngster with Home United caught national team coach, Radojko Avramovic's eyes and he was soon handed a debut against

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in 2004. Unfortunately, only 19 minutes into his first ever international game, he suffered an injury and had to go off. It was only 3 years later did he played for his country again. Having moved to

champions,

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. He displaced national team defender,

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off his regular place. And so a friendly against

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it was and he was soon back in the national team set-up. Aside from football, Faizal Hamid holds a diploma in Electrical Engineering from

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Faizal initially considered quitting football for a year to concentrate on his career in the

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, but decided to put his plans on hold to play for the National Team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers. He has since signed for

Gombak United FC Gombak United Football Club was a professional Football (soccer), football club based in Bukit Gombak, Singapore that last competed in the top tier of the Singapore football league system. The club took part in the S.League from 1998 to 2002, ...

References

* Living people 1981 births Singaporean men's footballers Singapore men's international footballers Warriors FC players Gombak United FC players Geylang International FC players Lion City Sailors FC players Singapore Premier League players Men's association football defenders {{Singapore-footy-bio-stub