Harith Haiqal
Personal information
Full name Harith Haiqal bin Adam Afkar
Date of birth (2002-06-22) 22 June 2002
Place of birth Klang, Selangor, Malaysia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
Selangor
Number 55
Youth career
2017–2019 Mokhtar Dahari Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Selangor II 27 (4)
2021– Selangor 21 (3)
International career
2019–2021 Malaysia U19 7 (2)
2021– Malaysia U23 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 May 2023

Harith Haiqal bin Adam Afkar (born 22 June 2002) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Malaysia Super League club Selangor.[1]

Early life

Harith start beginning of his career football with been spotted by the NFDP officials while he was playing for his school's under-12 before joining the Mokhtar Dahari Academy (AMD). He was a striker at the beginning of his football journey, but his talent in handling the defense line as a central defender started with the AMD team and shines in that position up until now.[2]

Club career

Selangor

Harith became one of the AMD players who signed his first professional contract with Selangor after graduating from high school. He then managed to be listed with the Selangor II team after displaying an impressive performance during the three cornered match against the other young Red Giants player handled by coach, Michael Feichtenbeiner at the end of 2019.[2] On 31 July 2021, he made his debut for the first team in the Super League matches against Penang; which he came on as substitute.[3]

On 25 November 2021, Selangor confirmed that Harith would be definitely promoted to Selangor's first team for 2022 season.

International career

Harith was part of the 2018 AFC U-16 Championship squad.[4] Also, he been selected for national under-23 to represent 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification and help the squad to reach the final tournament.[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 December 2023[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Selangor II 2020 Malaysia Premier League 100100
2021 Malaysia Premier League 174174
Total 274000000274
Selangor 2021 Malaysia Super League 20002040
2022 Malaysia Super League 80001090
2023 Malaysia Super League 1132031164
Total 213206100294
Career total 487206100568

    References

    1. Kin Fai, Ooi (20 April 2020). "Meet Harith Haiqal - Malaysia's answer to Joe Gomez who's ready to show what he can do at the highest level". Goal. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
    2. 1 2 "Know Me Better: Harith Haiqal". selangorfc. 4 December 2021.
    3. "Penang vs. Selangor". Soccerway. 31 July 2021.
    4. "Senarai 23 Pemain Skuad Malaysia Ke Kejuaraan B-16 AFC 2018". Football Association of Malaysia. 14 September 2018.
    5. Aznan, Syafiq (31 October 2021). "Malaysia ke pusingan akhir Piala Asia B-23". Berita Harian. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
    6. "Harith Haiqal Adam Afkar". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 18 November 2021.


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