Nazirul Naim bin Che Hashim (born 6 April 1993) is a

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

n professional

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who plays for

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club Kuala Lumpur City as a

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. Born in

Kuala Kangsar Kuala Kangsar (Perak Malay: ) is the royal town of Perak, Malaysia. It is located at the downstream of Kangsar River where it joins the Perak River, approximately northwest of Ipoh, Perak's capital, and southeast of George Town, Penang, Ge ...

, Nazirul has earned an early education at Clifford Secondary School in Kuala Kangsar before he furthered his study in

Bukit Jalil Sports School The Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS) (, SSBJ) is the first sports school in Malaysia. The school is located at the Kompleks Sukan Negara, National Sports Complex compound in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur. Sekolah Sukan Bukit Jalil was opened in 19 ...

and began his football career there. Nazirul later progressed through the national youth set-up in

Harimau Muda B Harimau Muda B (''The Young Tigers'') was the Malaysia under-21 national football team managed by the Football Association of Malaysia. which took part in Malaysia Premier League from the 2007–08 season and also FA Cup Malaysia. In 2015, Ha ...

and

Harimau Muda A Harimau Muda A was the Malaysia under-22 national football team, representing Malaysia in international football competitions such as the AFC U-22 Asian Cup, Champions Youth Cup as well as other under-22 international football tournaments. It ...

Club career

Harimau Muda

Born and raised in Kampung Sayong Lembah,

, Nazirul was absorbed into the

programme squad when he was 17 years old. They were competing in the

Malaysia Premier League The Malaysia Premier League () was the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia. It replaced the Liga Perdana 2 in the Malaysian football league system. The Malaysia Premier League was contested by 12 clubs. The season usually ra ...

. Earlier he was part of the

team who has won the President Cup in 2010. The following year Nazirul started playing for

. They were competing in the

as he made 14 league appearances during his season debut. In 2012, the team joined Singaporean S.League. Nazirul made 17 appearances in the

2012 S.League The 2012 S.League was the 17th season of the S-League, the top professional football league in Singapore. It is known as the Great Eastern- Yeo's S.League for sponsorship reasons. Tampines Rovers won their fourth title, finishing top of a 13-te ...

season.

F.C. Ryūkyū

On 25 March 2013, Nazirul signed a one-year contract with

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club

F.C. Ryūkyū is a Japanese professional football club based in Okinawa. The club plays in the J3 League, Japanese third tier of professional football. The team's home stadium is Okinawa Athletic Park Stadium, in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The team derive ...

after a 2-week trial. Nazirul's contract with the club was, however, terminated prematurely due to him being plagued by injuries, and without playing in any official matches, he returned to

Perak

On 2 December 2015, it has been announced that Nazirul signed a contract with

side

Perak Perak (; Perak Malay: ''Peghok'') is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula. Perak has land borders with the Malaysian states of Kedah to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kel ...

from Harimau Muda after the program was disbanded by

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on November. On 13 February 2016, Nazirul started in his first match for Perak in a 0-0 home draw against

Kelantan Kelantan (; Kelantan-Pattani Malay, Kelantanese Malay: ''Klate''; ) is a state in Malaysia. The capital, Kota Bharu, includes the royal seat of Kubang Kerian. The honorific, honorific name of the state is ''Darul Naim'' ("The Blissful Abode"). ...

International career

Youth

Nazirul has represented the Malaysia national team in many levels. At youth level, he was part of the Malaysia U-17 squad and Malaysia U-23 team.

Senior

Nazirul made his senior Malaysia national team debut coming on as a substitute for

Zubir Azmi Muhammad Zubir bin Mohd Azmi (born 14 November 1991) is a Malaysian football. Club career Pahang In January 2017, Zubir signed a contract with Malaysia Super League side Pahang from Terengganu for an undisclosed fee. International career Zub ...

in a scoreless friendly against

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on 29 August 2015 at

Shah Alam Stadium The Shah Alam Stadium () was a multi-purpose stadium and one of the largest stadiums in the world located in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. It was used mostly for Association football, football matches but also had facilities for Sport of athle ...

Career statistics

Club

International

Personal life

Nazirul was married to a part-time model, Nor Wahila Ali Tarmizi on 18 September 2016.Nazirul Naim akhiri zaman bujang http://www.utusan.com.my/berita/nasional/nazirul-naim-akhiri-zaman-bujang-1.384463

Honours

Club

Perak *

Malaysia FA Cup The Malaysia FA Cup () is an annual association football, football competition in Malaysia, established in 1990. It was previously managed by the Football Association of Malaysia, before being transferred to the Football Malaysia LLP, Malaysian ...

runner-up:

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

runner-up:

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 ...

Malaysia Cup The Malaysia Cup (), formerly known as Malaya Cup, is an annual football tournament in Malaysia, held at the end of the calendar year. The cup was first held in 1921. Despite its prestige and popularity as the country's oldest cup tournament, i ...

International

Malaysia *

AFF Championship The ASEAN Championship (formerly known as the AFF Championship or AFF Cup), currently known as the ASEAN Hyundai Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the biennial football tournament organized by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) for men's natio ...

runner-up:

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* {{Kuala Lumpur City F.C. squad 1993 births Living people Malaysian people of Malay descent Footballers from Perak Malaysian men's footballers 21st-century Malaysian sportsmen Malaysia men's international footballers Malaysian expatriate men's footballers Malaysian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate men's footballers in Japan FC Ryukyu players Malaysia Super League players Perak F.C. players Sabah F.C. (Malaysia) players Kuala Lumpur City F.C. players Men's association football fullbacks Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games footballers for Malaysia