Ibrahim Fazeel (born 9 October 1980) is a Maldivian

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nicknamed "Oppo". He can play both as a

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and as a forward currently who plays for Llangefni Town FC. He started his career while he was a student in Majeediyya School in 1999. Fazeel played his first international match on 2 April 2000 against

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( AFC Asian Cup Lebanon 2000) and scored first goal in the Golden jubilee international tournament against

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. He is the only player who scored for times in the semi-finals to take

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to the finals. After his international duty in 1999, he signed for his first club New lagoons in 2000. Between 2001 and 2003 he played for IFC which was the best club at that time. From 2004 to 2006 he changed to New Radiant SC. In 2007, a new club named VB signed him for a record fee. In October 2007, he transferred to DPMM FC in

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along with fellow Maldivian

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and scored two goals for the team. In 2008, Fazeel lend his team to travel to final in SAFF Championship 2008 by scoring a goal against

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. From 2008 to 2011 he played for Victory SC. Later in 2012, he played for New Radiant SC along with his National teammates Ashfaq and Ahmed Thoriq and played for BG Sports in 2013 and returned to his old team New Radiant SC He was one of the most important members of the

Maldives national football team The Maldives national football team (Maldivian language, Dhivehi: ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭ ގައުމީ ފުޓްބޯލް ޓީމް) represents the Maldives in international association football, football and is controlled by the Football Associat ...

. At the

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, Fazeel helped the Maldives National Football Team by scoring a penalty kick which led the team to 3rd place against Afghanistan by 1–1 (8–7)

Club career

Anglesey League club Bodorgan FC acquired the signature of Fazeel on 7 February 2016. On 20 January 2017, Welsh Alliance side Llangefni Town F.C. completed the signing of Fazeel.30 top January transfers in North Wales football
access date: 19 February 2017

Career Statistics

International

:''Scores and results list Maldives's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Fazeel goal.''

Honours

Maldives *

SAFF Championship The SAFF Championship (erstwhile SAARC Gold Cup and SAFF Gold Cup), is the primary association football competition contested by the senior List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams of the South Asian Football Fede ...

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fazeel, Ibrahim 1980 births Living people Maldivian men's footballers Maldives men's international footballers Maldivian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Brunei Maldivian expatriate sportspeople in Brunei Expatriate men's footballers in Wales Maldivian expatriate sportspeople in the United Kingdom New Radiant S.C. players Victory Sports Club players People from Malé DPMM FC players Men's association football forwards Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for the Maldives Llangefni Town F.C. players