Syahmi Safari

Muhammad Syahmi bin Safari (born 5 February 1998) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as a right back or right winger for Malaysia Super League club Johor Darul Ta'zim and the Malaysia national team.

In this Malay name, there is no family name. The name Safari is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Muhammad Syahmi. The Arabic-derived word "bin" or "binti"/"binte", if used, means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.

Syahmi Safari
Personal information
Full name Muhammad Syahmi bin Safari[1][2]
Date of birth (1998-02-05) 5 February 1998
Place of birth Kuala Selangor, Malaysia
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[3]
Position(s) Right backright winger
Team information
Current team
 Johor Darul Ta'zim
Number 91
Youth career
2012–2013 Bukit Jalil Sports School
2013–2014 Harimau Muda C
2015–2016 Selangor U19
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2021 Selangor 80 (11)
2022– Johor Darul Ta'zim 17 (2)
International career‡
2013–2017 Malaysia U19 15 (4)
2016–2019 Malaysia U23 20 (2)
2018– Malaysia 26 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Malaysia
Sea Games
Second place2017
AFF Championship
Runner-up2018
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 June 2023

Club career

Early life

Born and raised in Kuala Selangor, Syahmi was in the Selangor's youth team at the age of 17, having arrived from local side Bukit Jalil Sport School and Harimau Muda C.

Selangor

Syahmi was a key player for Selangor President Cup and Academy, making 46 appearances and scoring two goals. In December 2016, Selangor head coach, P. Maniam confirmed that Syahmi would be definitely promoted to Selangor's first team.[4] Syahmi marked his debut and play 90 minutes of a 2–0 win against Penang in Super League match. On 4 February 2017, Syahmi scored his first Super League goal (and his first goal with Selangor's first team) against PKNS FC, which Selangor lost 5–3.[5]

Johor Darul Ta'zim

On 13 January 2022, it was announced that Syahmi had agreed to sign with champions Johor Darul Ta'zim.[6] He was assigned the number 91.

International career

On 25 August 2016, Syahmi was called up to the Malaysia U-21 for AFF Championship Under-21 in 2016. Syahmi also made appearances during 2017 Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur.

On 5 December 2018, he scored his first senior international goal against Thailand in the 2018 AFF Championship.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 24 May 2023[7]
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental[lower-alpha 3] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Selangor 2017 Malaysia Super League 1931061—264
2018 Malaysia Super League 1355130—216
2019 Malaysia Super League 17211100—283
2020 Malaysia Super League 1000010—110
2021 Malaysia Super League 2110060—271
Total 801172261—11314
Johor Darul Ta'zim 2022 Malaysia Super League 111110000122
2023 Malaysia Super League 610000—61
Career total 9713832610013016
  1. Includes Malaysia FA Cup
  2. Includes Malaysia Cup
  3. Includes AFC Champions League and AFC Cup

International
As of match played 14 June 2023[8]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Malaysia 2018121
201960
202150
202210
202310
Total251

International goals
As of match played 5 December 2018. Malaysia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Syahmi Safari goal.
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 5 December 2018Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand11 Thailand1–12–22018 AFF Championship

Honours

Club

Selangor

Johor Darul Ta'zim

International

Malaysia U23

Silver Silver Medal: 2017[9]

Malaysia

Individual

References
  1. "Syahmi Safari Profile". Football Association of Malaysia. 20 January 2017.
  2. "Terima Kasih Dan Selamat Maju Jaya, Wak Mi!". 25 November 2021. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021.
  3. "Syahmi Safari FA Selangor". faselangor.my. 20 January 2017.
  4. "Syahmi 'new asset' on Selangor for 2017 season". kosmo. 20 January 2017.
  5. "PKNS 5–3 Selangor". faselangor.my. 4 February 2017.
  6. "Syahmi Safari sah milik JDT" (in Malay). Astro Awani. 13 January 2022.
  7. "Syahmi Safari: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  8. "Syahmi Safari". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  9. "SEA Games: Malaysia loses to Thailand 1-0 in football final". thestar.com.my. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  10. "AFF AWARDS: Quang Hai, Pitsamai claim top honours". 8 November 2019.
  11. "2018 AFF Suzuki Cup Best XI".
  12. "AFF AWARDS: Quang Hai, Pitsamai claim top honours". 8 November 2019.
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