Mohammad Hardi Jaafar

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Mohammad Hardi Jaafar
Personal information
Full name	Mohammad Hardi Jaafar
Date of birth	May 30, 1979 (1979-05-30) (age 29)
Place of birth	Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
Height	165cm
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Perak
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001-2002 2003 2004-2007 2007-	Melaka Telekom Selangor FA Melaka Telekom Perak FA	? (?) ? (?) ? (?) 5 (0)
National team2
2006 2006–present	Malaysia U-23 Malaysia	3 (2) 18 (3)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of January 2, 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of June 9, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Mohammad Hardi Jaafar (born on May 30, 1979) is a Malaysian footballer who is a midfielder for Perak. He was the captain of the Melaka Telekom team prior to their withdrawal from the Malaysia Super League competition. He then agreed to join his home team Perak FA for the 2008 season. He scored an amazing goal in 2-0 win against Singapore Armed Forces FC to took Perak into the quarterfinal of the 2008 AFC Cup. He is a member of the Malaysia national football team.

Contents 1 National Team 1.1 2006 Doha Asian Games 1.2 2007 ASEAN Football Championship 1.3 2007 AFC Asian Cup 2 International Goals 3 External links

[edit] National Team

After an impressive performance with Melaka Telekom in 2005 Malaysia Super League, Hardi was given his first ever international caps against New Zealand on February 19, 2006. With an impressive and creative performances, he was selected as one of 3 senior player by Norizan Bakar for the 2006 Doha Asian Games.

[edit] 2006 Doha Asian Games

Hardi makes his first appearance in Asian Games by scoring a goal against Oman U-23. He then score an amazing goal against China U-23 in the second match. However Malaysia finish bottom of the group after losing all three matches, 1:3 against Oman U-23, 1:3 against China U-23, and then trash by the silver medalist Iraq U-23 4:0.

[edit] 2007 ASEAN Football Championship

Hardi was selected in 2007 ASEAN Football Championship. He play all the matches in the tournament as a starting eleven. He made his first international goal in the semi final against Singapore. However Malaysia eventually lost to Singapore in the penalty shootout after drawing second games in Singapore.

[edit] 2007 AFC Asian Cup

After involve for the national team for one year. He then again chosen into the national team. He play all Malaysia matches in 2007 AFC Asian Cup. In this tournament, Malaysia trash by China in the opening game 1:5, 5:0 against Uzbekistan, then to quarterfinalist Iran 0:2.

[edit] International Goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	January 23, 2007	Shah Alam, Malaysia	Singapore	1-1	Draw	2007 ASEAN Football Championship Semi final
2.	March 24, 2007	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	1-4	Won	Friendly
3.	March 26, 2007	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	2-1	Lost	Friendly

Perak FA – current squad

23 H Ahmad • 1 N Nourdin • 22 Kamarul Effandy Ramli • 19 A Zainal • 5 Mario Berrios • 4 K Zainuddin • 29 S Subramaniam • 28 Noor Hazrul Mustafa •  Mohd Fauzi Ariffin • 16 W H Chan • 17 K Nanthakumar • 27 Arif Fazlie Saidin • 7 A Azhar (capt) • 10 Mohammad Hardi Jaafar • 12 D Fadzly • 19 Jorge Munoz • 8 S Mustapa • 25 K Jamlus • 13 Razali Umar Kandasamy • 18 Mohd Noor Ismail • 9 C Caceres • manager S Darby

[edit] External links

• 2007 ASEAN Football Championship
• Player profile - doha-2006.com
• Player profile - national-football-teams.com