Zikri Khalili

Ahmad Zikri bin Mohd Khalili (أحمد زكري بن محمد خليلي, IPA: [ahmad zɪkrɪ bɪn mohd khaɪlɪlɪ]; born 25 June 2002) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Malaysia Super League club Selangor.[1][2]

In this Malay name, there is no family name. The name Mohd Khalili is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Ahmad Zikri.

Zikri Khalili
Personal information
Full name Ahmad Zikri bin Mohd Khalili
Date of birth (2002-06-25) 25 June 2002
Place of birth Bandar Tun Razak, Pahang, Malaysia
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
 Selangor
Number 14
Youth career
2015 Malaysia Pahang Sports School
2016 Bukit Jalil Sport School
2017–2019 Mokhtar Dahari Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Selangor II 10 (0)
2020– Selangor 31 (0)
International career‡
2017–2018 Malaysia U16 4 (1)
2018–2020 Malaysia U19 9 (2)
2021– Malaysia U23 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 April 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of October 28, 2021

Club career

Early year

Zikri was born in Bandar Tun Razak, Pahang. Alongside with his current teammates Sikh Izhan Nazrel, he also a part of the Malaysia Pahang Sports School and Bukit Jalil Sports School until together make a transfer to AMD (Mokhtar Dahari Academy).[1]

Selangor

Alongside with current teammates Izhan, Zikri moved to Selangor after graduated from AMD. He choose Selangor as the reason for the next destination to develop his talents.[3] He represent academy club Selangor II and involved ten (10) matches for 2020 Malaysia Premier League season.

On 10 October 2020, Zikri make his senior debut and playing 90-minutes against FELDA United at Super League matches.[4] He also involved the match against Melaka United at Malaysia Cup tournament, help the team going through the quarter-finals with a win by 2–1.[5] On 2 December 2020, Selangor confirmed that Zikri would be definitely promoted to senior's first team for the 2021 season.[6]

International career

Youth

Zikri has represented Malaysia at all youth level from the under 16-side to the under-19 sides. He represent the national team under-16 for the 2018 AFC U-16 Championship that took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[7] He played all matches on that tournament, but the squad failed to reach the knockout stage after their being eliminated at the group stage.[8]

Then, he later moved up to represent the under 19s squad for 2018 AFF U-19 Youth Championship in the Vietnam. Zikri almost played all matches at the tournament, including semi-finals and final matches.[9] However, the squad suddenly lost by the hand of Australia in the final by 1–0.[10] After that, he also be a part of the squad under 19s for 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification, which he involved three matches at the group stage and help the team to through the final tournament.

Career statistics

Club
As of 27 April 2023[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental[lower-alpha 3] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Selangor II 2020 Malaysia Premier League 10000——100
Total 100000000100
Selangor 2020 Malaysia Super League 100010—20
2021 Malaysia Super League 600000—60
2022 Malaysia Super League 1402040—200
2023 Malaysia Super League 800000—80
Total 290205000360
Career total 390205000460
  1. Includes Malaysia FA Cup
  2. Includes Malaysia Cup
  3. Includes AFC Champions League and AFC Cup

Honours

International

Malaysia U19

Malaysia U23

References
  1. Zainal, Zulhilmi (8 June 2020). "Meet Zikri Khalili: The Selangor FA youngster using sports science in effort to reach Europe". Goal. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  2. "Ahmad Zikri Khalili Profile". GSA. 10 November 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  3. Msar, Syazwan (4 November 2019). "Dua tonggak B-18 pilih Selangor". MyMetro. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  4. "Selangor vs. FELDA United". Stadiumastro. 10 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  5. "Selangor vs. Melaka United". Stadiumastro. 8 November 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  6. Hashim, Firdaus (2 December 2020). "'Ubi muda' Selangor II naik pangkat". MyMetro. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  7. "Senarai 23 Pemain ke Kejuaraan B16 AFC 2018". Football Association of Malaysia.
  8. "Malaysia tersingkir dari Piala Asia B16 2018". CNN Indonesia.
  9. "Malaysia in final after thrilling 4-3 win over Indonesia". The Star (Malaysia).
  10. "Maloney proud of second place finish despite final heartbreak". Goal.
  11. Zikri Khalili at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
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