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Ibrahim Fazeel

Ibrahim Fazeel

Fazeel celebrating the SAFF Championship win in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Ibrahim Fazeel
Date of birth	(1980-10-09) 9 October 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth	Malé, Maldives
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Attacking Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Llangefni Town
Number	99
Youth career
	Majeediya School
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000	New Lagoons		(6)
2001–2003	Island Football Club		(44)
2004–2006	New Radiant		(60)
2007	VB Sports Club		(18)
2007–2008	DPMM FC		(2)
2008–2011	Victory Sports Club		(79)
2012	New Radiant		(8)
2013	B.G. Sports Club		(4)
2014	New Radiant		(6)
2015	New Radiant		(4)
2015	Bodorgan FC	7	(6)
2017	Llangefni Town FC
2017–	New Radiant
International career‡
2000–2014	Maldives[1]	72	(22)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 February 2015

Ibrahim Fazeel (born 9 October 1980) is a Maldivian footballer^[2] nicknamed "Oppo".^{[3][4][5][6][7][8]} He can play both as a midfielder and as a forward currently who plays for Llangefni Town FC. He started his career while he was a student in Majeediyya School in 1999. Fazeel played his first international match on 2 April 2000 against Syria (AFC Asian Cup Lebanon 2000) and scored first goal in the Golden jubilee international tournament against Bangladesh. He is the only player who scored for times in the semi-finals to take Maldives to the finals.

After his international duty in 1999, he signed for his first club New lagoons in 2000. Between 2001 and 2003 he played for IFC which was the best club at that time. From 2004 to 2006 he changed to New Radiant SC. In 2007, a new club named VB signed him for a record fee. In October 2007, he transferred to DPMM FCinBrunei along with fellow Maldivian Ali Ashfaq and scored two goals for the team. In 2008, Fazeel lend his team to travel to final in SAFF Championship 2008 by scoring a goal against Sri Lanka. From 2008 to 2011 he played for Victory SC. Later in 2012, he played for New Radiant SC along with his National teammates Ashfaq and Ahmed Thoriq and played for BG Sports in 2013 and returned to his old team New Radiant SC He was one of the most important members of the Maldives national football team.

At the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup, Fazeel helped the Maldives National Football Team by scoring a penalty kick which led the team to 3rd place against Afghanistan by 1–1 (8–7)

Anglesey League club Bodorgan FC acquired the signature of Fazeel on 7 February 2016.^[9]

On 20 January 2017, Welsh Alliance side Llangefni Town F.C. completed the signing of Fazeel.^[10][11]

Scores and results list Maldives's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Fazeel goal.

List of international goals scored by Ibrahim Fazeel

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	4 May 2000	Galolhu Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives	Bangladesh	1-1	1-1	Friendly	[13]
2	8 January 2003	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Pakistan	1-0	1-0	2003 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup	[14]
3	3 December 2003	Galolhu Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives	Mongolia	3-0	12-0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	[15]
4				4-0
5	8 September 2004	Galolhu Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives	Lebanon	1-5	2-5	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	[16]
6	7 December 2005	People's Football Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan	Afghanistan	2-0	9-1	2005 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup	[17]
7				4-1
8				7-1
9	5 June 2008	Galolhu Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives	Nepal	3-1	4-1	2008 SAFF Championship	[18]
10				4-1
11	11 June 2008	Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	1-0	1-0	2008 SAFF Championship	[19]
12	14 April 2009	Galolhu Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives	Turkmenistan	1-2	1-3	2010 AFC Challenge Cup qualification	[20]
13	16 April 2009	Galolhu Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives	Philippines	1-1	3-2	2010 AFC Challenge Cup qualification	[21]
14	18 April 2009	Galolhu Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives	Bhutan	3-0	5-0	2010 AFC Challenge Cup qualification	[22]
15				4-0
16	9 December 2009	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	India U23	2-0	2-0	2009 SAFF Championship	[23]
17	11 December 2009	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Sri Lanka	2-1	5-1	2009 SAFF Championship	[24]
18				4-1
19	6 August 2011	Stade Linité, Victoria, Seychelles	Comoros	2-1	2-2	2011 Indian Ocean Island Games	[25]
20	9 August 2011	Stade Linité, Victoria, Seychelles	Seychelles	1-2	1-5	2011 Indian Ocean Island Games	[26]
21	24 November 2011	Galolhu Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives	Seychelles	1-1	2-1	Friendly	[27]
22				2-1

Maldives

• SAFF Championship: 2008