Mohd Rizal bin Mohd Ghazali (born 1 October 1992), simply known as Rizal, is a Malaysian professional

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who plays for the

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club

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and Malaysia national team as a

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but can also play as a wing-back.

Club career

Perlis

Rizal began his career with the

Perlis Perlis (Kedah Malay language, Kedah Malay (Perlis dialect): ''Peghelih'') is a Negeri, state of Malaysia in the northwestern coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It is the smallest state in Malaysia by area and population. The state borders the Thai ...

youth team, Perlis President Cup. Later, he was promoted to the Perlis senior team in 2011 wearing number 15 jersey. Rizal spent three seasons with Perlis senior team before signed with

Kedah Kedah (), also known by its honorific Darul Aman (Islam), Aman (دار الأمان; Arabic for 'The Safe Abode') and historically as Queda, is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia, located in the northwestern part of ...

for the 2014 season.

Kedah Darul Aman

On 17 October 2013, Rizal signed a contract with

Kedah Darul Aman Kedah (), also known by its honorific Darul Aman (دار الأمان; Arabic for 'The Safe Abode') and historically as Queda, is a state of Malaysia, located in the northwestern part of Peninsular Malaysia. The state covers a total area of ov ...

to play in 2014 season. He was registered with the number 34 jersey, before switching to jersey number 15 afterwards. At the beginning of his appearances with Kedah Darul Aman, Rizal played as a winger. Somewhere in 2015, club's temporary coach, Ramon Marcote, has placed him as a

as Ramon feels that Rizal is better at that position. Therefore, he continues to serve as club's main

since then. Rizal scored a goal in the 2016 Malaysia Cup final which both team ended tied 1–1

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. Kedah won 6–5 in the shootout and clinched the

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for the 2016.

International career

Rizal made his first international appearance for Malaysia national team in a 0–0 draw friendly against

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on 7 October 2016.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Club

Kedah Darul Aman *

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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 ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

Malaysia Charity Shield The Malaysian Charity Shield (English: Charity Cup), also known as Piala Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah () or Piala Sumbangsih, is a Malaysian football super cup competition. It is the curtain raiser match to the new Malaysian football season, pittin ...

Individual

* Man of the Match

final:

* FAM Football Awards – Best Defender: 2016 * Malaysia Super League Team of the Season:

References

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* * * {{Instagram, rizalghazali15 1992 births Living people Malaysian men's footballers Malaysia men's international footballers Malaysia Super League players 21st-century Malaysian sportsmen Kedah Darul Aman F.C. players Perlis FA State Football Team players Sabah F.C. (Malaysia) players Footballers from Kedah Sportspeople from Perlis Malaysian people of Malay descent Men's association football fullbacks Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games footballers for Malaysia