Ahmad Syamim Bin Yahya (born 17 May 1990) is a

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n professional

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who plays as a winger for

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club

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Early life

Syamim was born in district of Raub, Pahang, on 17 May 1990. He studied at Sekolah Teknik Bentong and has represented the school, district and state in football competitions. After finishing high school, he attended a course at

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. At the same time, he also played in Raub district league.

Club career

Johor

In 2012, at the age of 22, Syamim participated in the selection of the

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and successfully made it through the selection and be part of Johor team. That was how his career as a professional footballer began. He played a year for Johor FA before the team merged with Johor FC to reform as JDT. He was released, and Peter Butler signed him up for T team before the 2013 campaign began. A year later he joined Felda where Irfan Bakti managed to dig the best out of him.

Felda United

In January 2014, Syamim signed with Jengka based club, Felda United playing in Malaysian second tier league,

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. He spent 3 seasons with Felda United before leaving to Pahang in January 2017. While playing for the team, he was injured and spent a lot of time off the field.

Pahang

On 21 January 2017, during league campaign, Syamim scored one goal during his debut with

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playing against

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. Syamim who joined Pahang FA this season, was a winger for Felda United in the last two seasons. He scored six goals in 2015 but only managed two in an injury-plagued season last year.

Returned to Felda

After a season with Pahang blighted by injury. Syamim re-signed with Felda for 2018 and the team became champions of the

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Terengganu F.C.

After one amazing season winning the second-tier league with Felda United, Syamim decided to join

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for the 2019 season.

Bad Boy attitude

Syamim was known for his style of play with tough tackler and dirty challenged. In 25 February 2017, he was fined RM 500 by the FAM after showing middle finger to somebody during match against

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. Shamim later apologize over his action, he said that he just joking with his old-friend whom now play for Malacca and stated it's not about raged or anger.

Career statistics

Club

International

International career

In May 2015, Syamim has been selected to represent Malaysia XI in 2015 AIA Cup competition against English Premier League club,

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. The match took place on 27 May at the

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. Malaysia XI lost the match by a score of 2–1.

Honours

Clubs

Felda United

: Runner-up;

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: Runner-up; 2016

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Syamim Yahya 1990 births Malaysian men's footballers Footballers from Pahang Living people Sri Pahang FC players FELDA United F.C. players Terengganu F.C. II players Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. players Malaysia Super League players Malaysia men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders