Mohamad Sukri Abdul Mutalib (born 24 February 1986) is a Malaysian

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player. Sukri has been playing in the MHL since 2005 where he represented Bank Simpanan Nasional before moving to Ernst & Young the following year. He stuck with KLHC, who are in fact a continuation of E&Y. Prior to the MHL, Sukri played for Bandar Penawar Sports School in the Junior Hockey League from 1999 to 2001 after which the sports schools combined and played in the MJHL as a team from 2002 to 2004. It was during the MJHL that his talent was spotted by former national coach

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and Sukri was drafted into the national training squad when he was only 16. He made his international debut in 2003 against China in a test match played at the Tun Razak Stadium, at 17 years old, making him one of the youngest players to don national senior colours. In June 2011, Sukri started his overseas career along with another Malaysian

Faizal Saari Faizal bin Saari (born 13 January 1991) is a Malaysian field hockey player. He currently plays as a striker for Terengganu Hockey Team. Career Club Faizal started his Malaysia Hockey League career with Terengganu Hockey Team. He was the 201 ...

. They were selected by the

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team for the

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.Malaysian Hockey Player Faizal Saari optimistic for his debut in Australian Hockey League

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* {{Malaysia FH Squad 2018 Asian Games 1986 births Living people Malaysian people of Malay descent Sportspeople from Perak Malaysian male field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2006 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 2010 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 2014 Asian Games 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2018 Asian Games 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Asian Games silver medalists for Malaysia Asian Games field hockey players for Malaysia Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Male field hockey midfielders Expatriate field hockey players Malaysian expatriates in Australia SEA Games gold medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in field hockey Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games Asian Games silver medalists in field hockey