Mohamad Nasir Bin Basharudin (born 29 March 1990) is a Malaysian professional

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who plays for

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and the Malaysia national team. Nasir mainly plays as a central midfielder but can also play as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Nasir began his professional career playing for UPB-MyTeam youth team, before moved to

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youth team in 2009. He was in the Perak team that competed in the 2010 Sukma Games. He was released from his contract with Perak at the end of the 2011 season, but was re-signed by Perak in April 2012 to cope with the loss of players through injuries. Nasir were to become the mainstay in the Perak team in 2013 and 2014 season, after the release of several senior players from Perak. In the absence of regular captain

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in 2014 due to injuries, Nasir has captained the team for several games. After the departure of Hardi, Nasir was appointed as the team captain from the 2015 season until his last season with Perak FA on 2019.

International career

Nasir has played for Malaysia U-23 team under

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. He made his debut for the team in the

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scored 1 goal in a 3–0 win over Thailand selection team. Nasir was also included in the Malaysia

2013 Southeast Asian Games The 2013 Southeast Asian Games ( my, ၂၀၁၃ ခုနှစ် အရှေ့တောင် အာရှ အားကစား ပြိုင်ပွဲ), officially known as the 27th Southeast Asian Games, or the 27th SEA Games, and comm ...

football squad. On 16 June 2015, Nasir made his debut as first eleven for the Malaysia senior team in a 0–6 defeat to

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Career statistics

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International

Style of play

Nasir daily plays as a defensive midfielder for Perak, but can also plays as a defender. He was also used as an attacking midfielder in the Malaysia U-23 squad. Nasir's long shots are his assets for his team, and he can also launch long

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into the opponent's penalty box.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nasir Basharuddin, Mohd 1990 births Living people Malaysian people of Malay descent Footballers from Perak Malaysian men's footballers Malaysia men's international footballers Perak F.C. players Terengganu FC players Men's association football midfielders