Ahmad Syihan Hazmi bin Mohamed (, IPA: ; born 22 February 1996), better known as Syihan Hazmi, is a Malaysian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the Malaysian national team. Syihan has won the Best Goalkeeper Award presented by the

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three times.

Club career

Youth

Syihan started his career with

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in 2012. The following year, he joined

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which was competing in the

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Kelantan

After being released by

, Syihan signed with

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but his playing time was limited to the Malaysia President's Cup. His only official appearances for Kelantan were in the final group stage match of

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against

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on 20 August 2016 where Kelantan lost 2–0. He also saved a penalty taken by Kogileswaran Raj in that match.

Negeri Sembilan

In 2018, Syihan joined

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but was banned for 20 months by

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for failing a doping test while participating in the

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in China.

Petaling Jaya City

In 2020, Syihan returned from suspension and signed for Petaling Jaya City due to a lack playing time because of the in-form current goalkeeper, Amsyar Harmizi, he left the club for another stint at Negeri Sembilan.

Return to Negeri Sembilan

In February 2022, Syihan played as starting goalkeeper for Negeri Sembilan in a pre-season cup match against Kuala Lumpur City and won the Federal Territory Minister Cup. He made his official second debut for Negeri Sembilan against Sabah in

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on 4 March 2022 in which Negeri Sembilan won 1–0 which also saw him saving a penalty taken by

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Johor Darul Ta'zim

In December 2022, Syihan signed for

for the

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season which saw him playing 24 league matches and keeping a total of 19 clean sheets. He also remarkably conceded 7 goals in the entire league season. Syihan changed his jersey number from the number 33 to the number 16 ahead of the 2024–25 season.

International career

Syihan made an unofficial appearance for

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at the age of 17 years 1 month 4 days in a charity match (non FIFA 'A' international) against

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after replacing Norazlan Razali. In that match, he saved a penalty. He received his first call-up for the Malaysia U22 team and made his first start against Bahrain U22, with the match ending in a 0–0 draw. In 2017, he was the first-choice goalkeeper in the Dubai Cup Football Tournament. In 2018, he was the third goalkeeper for the national under 23 team in the

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. Syihan made his official senior team debut on 16 April 2022 during the

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final fixture against

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. He was also a member of the nation's squads at the

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and the

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in Qatar.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Johor Darul Ta'zim *

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, 2024–25 *

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, 2024–25 *

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 ...

Malaysia *

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runner-up:

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Individual * FAM Football Awards – Best Goalkeeper:

, 2024–25 * Malaysia Super League Team of the Season :

, 2024–25

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* * {{Malaysia squad 2023 AFC Asian Cup Living people 1996 births Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian men's footballers Footballers from Kota Bharu Kelantan F.C. players Negeri Sembilan FC players Petaling Jaya City FC players 21st-century Malaysian sportsmen Men's association football goalkeepers 2023 AFC Asian Cup players