Muhammad Safawi bin Rasid ( bear 5 March 1997 ) is a malaysian professional football player who plays for Johor Darul Ta’zim and the Malaysia national team. He largely plays as a winger but he can besides play as a hitter. [ 1 ] He is known for his exempt bang ability to curl the ball and ability to conjure curving long-range strikes .
early life [edit ]
Safawi lives in Kampung Bukit Chatak, Dungun and attended school at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Seri Dungun, Dungun, Terengganu in 2010 before moving to Sekolah Sukan Bukit Nenas, Setiu, Terengganu to improve his football talent until 2014. He had played football for his school team since his first year of being a junior-grade school student.
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Safawi has 13 siblings and most of them are involved with sports such as sepak takraw, football, and ice hockey. He is the one-ninth sibling and the pride of the Dungun people .
Club career [edit ]
Youth career [edit ]
By 2011, T-Team had established a football academy all over six Terengganu cities, Dungun, Marang, Besut, Kemaman, Setiu and Kuala Terengganu by their 2011 head coach, Jibang Marzuki. All the football academy players must be below 18 years old and Jibang Marzuki managed to hold a game for each team every week to ensure the best performance before going to T-Team Football Club pre-selection at the end of the year. Safawi Rasid, who was only 15 years old when he joined the Dungun T-Team Football Club Academy, always made the first-eleven for his team on each game. He used to play as a central midfielder and loved scoring long-range shots with his left foot. His coach at the fourth dimension, recalls going to his house and forcing him to attend train as he believed that Safawi had a bright future ahead. Since then, Safawi represented Terengganu ‘s football team each year for the MSSM tournament. When he was 16 years erstwhile, he moved to Sekolah Sukan Bukit Nenas to improve his football skills, 66 kilometres away from home. due to his fantastic endowment at the Sports School League, T-Team coach, Rahmad Darmawan selected him to attend education with the first team. Safawi promptly impressed Rahmad and soon became an integral part of the first team. [ 2 ]
Johor Darul Ta’zim [edit ]
In December 2016, it was announced that Safawi had agreed to sign with champions Johor Darul Ta’zim. [ 3 ] He was assigned the number 29 .
2017 season [edit ]
On 7 February 2017, Safawi featured in the 2017 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs against Gamba Osaka which his slope lost 0–3. [ 4 ] On 27 January 2017, Safawi made his league debut in a 3–1 succeed over Felda United after coming off from the bench. On 15 July 2017, he scored his first goal in the malaysian Super League for his new cabaret in a 3–1 victory against Sarawak. At the end of the season, Safawi picked up his beginning Malaysia Super League and 2017 Malaysia Cup decoration, helping Johor Darul Ta’zim win their 4th straight league title and first Malaysia Cup in their history .
2018 season [edit ]
During the 2018 AFC Cup group stage, Safawi showed an impressive performance in a 3–0 victory over Persija Jakarta, scoring a stunner along the direction. On 17 March, he scored his inaugural hat-trick in a 2–3 victory in the third round of the 2018 Malaysia FA Cup against UiTM. On 14 April 2018, he scored his first goal of the malaysian Super League season against PKNS .
2019 season [edit ]
During the 2019 AFC Champions League group stages Safawi scored a curler finish against China based team Shandong Luneng that made him win the AFC Goal of the Decade .
2020 season : loan to Portimonense [edit ]
Safawi joined Portuguese Primeira Liga club Portimonense S.C. from Johor Darul Ta’zim on a season long loanword. He made his debut for the U-23 side on 16 October 2020, which ended in a 3-1 loss against Sporting CP U-23. The lend was cut short at the end of December 2020 because of miss of playing meter given by the coach, making Safawi leave without any inaugural team appearances.
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2021 season [edit ]
During the opening match of Malaysia Super League against Kedah in Piala Sumbangsih he scored his goal for the club after return from lend spell in Portugal. however, in the following catch Safawi injured his stifle, making him out for three months .
International career [edit ]
Safawi made his introduction for the Malaysia Under-22 in the 2016 Nations Cup. [ 5 ] In August 2016, Safawi was called up to the Malaysian national team for the match against Indonesia. [ 6 ] He made his introduction for the elder team in the couple as a starter, as Malaysia lost 0–3. [ 7 ] He was then called up again for the 2016 Causeway Challenge against rivals, Singapore, which ended 0–0. Before the start of the 2016 AFF Suzuki Cup, Safawi was omitted from the final 23-man team. The demotion of Safawi from Ong Kim Swee was heavily criticized by malaysian football fans despite veteran striker, Safee Sali oversee to be in the team despite having a hapless season earlier with Johor Darul Ta’zim. During the 2017 Southeast asian games, Safawi was selected for the 20-man police squad by Ong Kim Swee. He scored the first goal of the tournament with a stunning fusillade from a cross by his mate countryman Matthew Davies in a 2–1 victory against Brunei. [ 8 ] Safawi scored his second goal of the tournament during the 3–1 victory against Myanmar. Despite receiving the silver decoration after losing 1–0 during the final against Thailand, Safawi was one of the best players of the tournament and showed consistent performances throughout the tournament. On 10 November 2017 Safawi scored his first base international finish in the 2019 AFC asian Cup reservation against North Korea national football team. [ 9 ] During Football at the 2018 asian Games – valet ‘s tournament at the 2018 asian Games in Jakarta-Palembang, Indonesia. Safawi was besides selected for the 20-man police squad by Ong Kim Swee. On 17 August, when Malaysia was playing against South Korea, he scored twice to secure a 2–1 gain in their second the group match. [ 10 ] In November 2018, Safawi was called up to the Malaysia national team for the 2018 AFF Championship. Safawi scored one finish in the tournament, against Vietnam in the final inaugural leg. On 9 December 2021, he scored his foremost external hat-trick in a 4–0 gain over Laos in the 2020 AFF Suzuki Cup group stage .
career statistics [edit ]
club [edit ]
- As of match played 12 September 2021[11]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League Cup[b] | Continental[c] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| T-Team | 2015 | Malaysia Premier League | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 19 | 2 | |
| 2016 | Malaysia Super League | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | — | 30 | 4 | ||
| Total | 35 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 | — | 49 | 6 | |||
| Johor Darul Ta’zim | 2017 | Malaysia Super League | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 3 |
| 2018 | Malaysia Super League | 21 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 16 | |
| 2019 | Malaysia Super League | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 20 | |
| 2020 | Malaysia Super League | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | |
| 2021 | Malaysia Super League | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 3 | |
| Total | 73 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 121 | 50 | ||
| Portimonense (loan) | 2020-21 | Primeira Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career Total | 98 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 154 | 54 | ||
International appearances [edit ]
- As of 19 December 2021
| Malaysia national team[12] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 11 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 10 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 8 | 5 | |
| Total | 35 | 15 | |
International goals [edit ]
senior [edit ]
- Scores and results list Malaysia’s goal tally first.[12]
Malaysia Under-23 [edit ]
Honours [edit ]
club [edit ]
JDT
International [edit ]
Malaysia U-23
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- Southeast Asian Games:
Silver 2017
Malaysia
- AFF Championship runners up : 2018