Khairul Nizam
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Khairul Nizam playing for LionsXII in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mohammad Khairul Nizam bin Mohammad Kamal[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 25 June 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Singapore | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Home United | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Home United U-16 | |||
| – | National Football Academy | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2011 | Young Lions | 48 | (13) |
| 2012–2015 | LionsXII | 20 | (3) |
| 2016– | Home United | 29 | (11) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010– | Singapore | 20 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 July 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 June 2017 | |||
Mohammad Khairul Nizam bin Mohammad Kamal (born 25 June 1991) is a Singapore international footballer who plays as a forward for Home United in the S League.[2]
He was first spotted when he was playing for his alma mater Serangoon Secondary School where he won the Golden Boot Award in the 2007 National ‘B’ Division Football Championship, scoring all of his nine goals from open play.[3] He went on to represent an adidas squad from Singapore that played in a regional football tournament in Hong Kong later that year.[4]
Club career
Young Lions
Nizam began his professional football career with Under-23 side Young Lions in the S.League in 2009.
Khairul Nizam was one of the Young Lions players involved in an on-pitch fight with Beijing Guoan Talent players in their S.League match on 7 September 2010. He was charged by the Football Association of Singapore for gross misconduct and bringing the game into disrepute; he was banned for eight months and fined S$2,000 for his part in the brawl.[5]
LionsXII
In December 2011, the FAS announced that Nizam was to join the newly formed LionsXII for the 2012 Malaysia Super League.
A catalogue of injuries over three years limited him to just 20 games between 2012 and 2014. 2015 would prove to be a better year as Nizam featured 14 times in the Malaysian Super League for the LionsXII and scored three goals.[6]
Home United
In 2016, Nizam signed for Home United. He scored his first goal for Home United on his debut in the opening match of the 2016 season against Warriors in the Uniform Derby. However, injuries continued to curtail his career, with Nizam having gone through three knee surgeries since 2012 to repair his anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus. Nizam was eventually ruled out of the year end 2016 AFF Championship for the national team.[7]
He scored his first goal for the 2017 S.League season in a 6-1 dismantling of Garena Young Lions in Home's first league game of the season.[8] Subsequently, in just three starts and two substitute appearances at the start of 2017 for Home, he has racked up a goal and four assists, which led to a national recall.[7]
International career
Nizam was first called up to the Singapore senior squad in 2009 but did not feature against Thailand. He made his first international debut in a friendly match against Poland on 23 January 2010, replacing Fazrul Nawaz in the 46th minute. Although earmarked as Singapore's next big thing, he has yet to find the back of the net for the Lions after 16 appearances.[7][9] In his next two games for the Lions, against Afghanistan and Bahrain, Nizam found himself with opportunities to score in both games but somehow managed to miss them, leaving him still waiting to open his account after 18 caps.[10][11][12]
Others
Singapore Selection Squad
He was selected as part of the Singapore Selection squad for The Sultan of Selangor’s Cup to be held on 6 May 2017.[13]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 19 April 2017. Caps and goals may be incorrect.
| Club | Season | S.League | Singapore Cup | Singapore League Cup |
Asia | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Young Lions | 2009 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | - | - | — | 20 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 23 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 24 | 6 | |||
| 2011 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 2 | |||
| Total | 48 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 13 | |
| Club | Season | Malaysia Super League |
Malaysia FA Cup |
Malaysia Cup | Asia | Total | |||||
| LionsXII | 2012[14] | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 2 | |
| 2013[15] | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 1 | ||
| 2014[16] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | — | ?? | ?? | ||
| Total | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | |
| Club | Season | S.League | Singapore Cup | Singapore League Cup |
Asia | Total | |||||
| Home United | 2016 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 22 | 7 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 2 | |
| Total | 22 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 9 | |
| Career Total | 90 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 25 | |
- Young Lions and LionsXII are ineligible for qualification to AFC competitions in their respective leagues.
- Young Lions withdrew from the 2011 and 2012 Singapore Cup, and the 2011 Singapore League Cup due to participation in AFC and AFF youth competitions.
Personal life
Khairul Nizam is the younger brother of forward Khairul Amri who plays for Tampines Rovers and Singapore, and both have previously played alongside each other at LionsXII.[17]
Honours
Club
LionsXII
- Malaysia Super League: 2013
- FA Cup Malaysia: 2015
References
- ↑ "FAS names 2014 LionsXII squad list". Football Association of Singapore. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
- ↑ "Khairul Nizam". National Football Teams. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
- ↑ "Khairul Nizam of Serangoon wins golden boot". RED SPORTS. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
- ↑ "Footballer Khairul Nizam, 17, scores for Young Lions against full national squad". RED SPORTS. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
- ↑ "Young Lions, Beijing Guoan players banned, fined". AsiaOne. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ↑ "Lions' Khairul Nizam injury-free and hungry for goals". The New Paper. 2016-03-23. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
- 1 2 3 "Nizam eager to fulfil early promise". The New Paper. 2017-03-22. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
- ↑ "Home run riot over Young Lions". The New Paper. 2017-02-28. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
- ↑ "NATIONAL TEAM TO FACE AFGHANISTAN BEFORE AFC ASIAN CUP QUALIFIER AGAINST BAHRAIN | The Football Association of Singapore". www.fas.org.sg. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
- ↑ "Lions fall 1-2 to Afghanistan in Asian Cup qualifier warm-up". TODAYonline. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
- ↑ "Asian Cup: Lions dig deep to steal a draw against hosts Bahrain". TODAYonline. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
- ↑ "Khairuls, Fandis and the Quah sextet: A look at Singapore’s footballing siblings". FourFourTwo. 2017-04-19. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
- ↑ "SINGAPORE SELECTION SQUAD FOR THE SULTAN OF SELANGOR’S CUP REVEALED - The Football Association of Singapore". www.fas.org.sg. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
- ↑ "LionsXII fixtures and results for 2012 season". LionsXII. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- ↑ "LionsXII fixtures and results for 2013 season". LionsXII. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ↑ "LionsXII fixtures and results for 2014 season". LionsXII. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ↑ "LionsXII striker Mark Nizam set for a July return". The New Paper. Retrieved 8 March 2014.