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Mohammad Fakharrazi bin

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who played as a right-sided defender or

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Club career

Fakharrazi was a youth player at IKLS FC, a club that was based in

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. He moved to Prince Mateen owned club AM Gunners who were chasing promotion to the Brunei Premier League I in 2008, and played there for the next 2 years. He was registered to

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in 2010, but was soon snapped up by

DPMM FC Duli Pengiran Muda Mahkota Football Club (English language, English: His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Brunei Football Club; Abbreviation, abbrev: DPMM or Brunei DPMM) is a professional association football, football club based in Bandar S ...

who were preparing to return to the S.League in

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. He made his debut in a 1–3 away victory over

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on 10 May. He made nine substitute appearances in his first season as DPMM won the

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and placed second in the league. For the next couple of seasons, Fakharrazi made a handful of appearances without cementing a regular place in the team due to the form of Aminuddin Zakwan Tahir and later

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in his preferred right-back spot. Midway through a disastrous campaign in

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, he swapped teams with Haizul Rani Metusin and returned to

where he won the domestic league title, making 16 appearances for the armymen and scoring once. Fakharrazi returned to the fold with DPMM in

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under the reign of Rene Weber. The following year, he made 10 league starts under Adrian Pennock, scoring the decisive fifth goal against

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in a 5–4 victory at home on 29 September, which helped DPMM clinch the

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title. Despite his heroics, he was reassigned to the B team playing in the

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in the short-lived 2020 season for DPMM. The following year, he was reinstated into the first team, scoring in a 15–0 victory over Rimba Star FC on 4 July. On 4 December 2022, Fakharrazi gained his first

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medal after DPMM won 2–1 against

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in the final of the 2022 Brunei FA Cup. The club announced his release on 7 February 2024.

International career

Fakharrazi was a squad member for the

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edition of the

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football tournament with the Brunei under-23s. Fakharrazi featured for the Wasps at the 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup qualifying round in the final fixture against

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, in a 2–1 victory on 13 October which also eliminated the Timorese from qualifying for the tournament. Two years later he was ever-present at right midfield under

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at the

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, scoring twice in as many games against Timor-Leste and hosts

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. Despite his goals, Brunei finished bottom of their group without earning a point, a marked decline from the previous campaign. Entering the

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for the first time in 12 years, Fakharrazi was selected for the 2018 World Cup qualification first round matches against

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in March 2015. He started both games when after providing the cross for

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's goal in a promising 0–1 victory in

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, he was taken off injured early in the second leg, and subsequently his team faltered to a 0–2 reverse which eliminated them from the

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. Fakharrazi's next international tournament was the 2016 AFF Championship qualification matches held in

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that October. He started the first match in a 2–1 victory over Timor-Leste, but was also on the field in a 0–3 defeat to the hosts. A month later, he also made two appearances from the starting lineup at the

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held in

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. After barely getting any playing time for his club in 2018, his resurgence under Adrian Pennock earned him a callup for the 2022 World Cup qualification matches against

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in June 2019, but he declined due to unspecified reasons. He made appearances from the start at friendly games against

and the

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in 2022. In November 2022, Fakharazzi played the first match against

at the 2022 AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup qualifying matches held in

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. The Wasps won the match 6–2 which greatly helped the team to qualify for the tournament proper. The following month, Fakharrazi made three out of four appearances for Brunei, registering losses in all of them. In October 2023, Fakharrazi was called up for the 2026 World Cup qualification matches against

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. He made two substitute appearances in a 0–12 aggregate defeat for the Wasps.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Brunei goal tally first.''

Honours

Team

;AM Gunners *

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II: 2008 ;Brunei DPMM FC * S.League:

Runner-Up,

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Runner-Up,

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(2):

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;MS ABDB *

: 2017–18

Personal life

Fakharrazi had a brother named Abdul Halim who was a footballer with

and previously won the

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with Brunei U21, who passed away at the age of 30 on 24 August 2023.

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fakharazzi Hassan 1989 births Living people Bruneian Muslims Men's association football midfielders Bruneian men's footballers Brunei men's international footballers DPMM FC players Royal Brunei Armed Forces Sports Council players Competitors at the 2011 SEA Games Competitors at the 2013 SEA Games SEA Games competitors for Brunei Brunei Super League players Bruneian royalty