Mohamed Irufaan (born 24 July 1994) is a Maldivian professional

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who plays as a

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for

Maziya Maziya Sports and Recreation Club is a Maldivian professional football club based in Malé. They compete in the Dhivehi Premier League, the country's top division. The club was formed in 1996 and was promoted to the first division for the first ...

Club career

Irufaan joined

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in 2012 and played at youth level before breaking through into the first team, in the year 2013. He later joined

in the following year 2014 and won all major trophies at Maldives top fight within just three years of time.އޮފާތައް ލިބުނު އެކަމަކު ބޭނުންވީ މާޒިޔާގައި މަޑުކުރަން: އިރޭ
Mihaaru Sports (in Dhivehi). 15 December 2016. He has also represented Maziya at the

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. In 2014, Irufaan won the

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for the best under 21 player in the Maldives.

International career

Irufaan represented and also captained Maldives at the under 23 level between the years 2012 to 2016. He made his

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team debut for Maldives against

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in the

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match. He came in as a 74th minute substitute for Ashad Ali where they went on to win by 4–3.BHUTAN 3–4 MALDIVES

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. 8 October 2015

Honours

Maldives *

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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 ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Irufaan, Mohamed 1994 births Living people Maldivian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Maldives men's international footballers Maziya S&RC players Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for the Maldives