Sumardi Hajalan

Sumardi Hajalan (born 12 January 1985 in Tawau, Sabah) is a former Malaysian footballer.

Sumardi Hajalan
Personal information
Full name Sumardi Hajalan
Date of birth (1985-01-12) 12 January 1985
Place of birth Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Defender, Midfielder
Youth career
2004 Sabah U-21
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Sabah ? (0)
2006–2010 Johor FC ? (1)
2011–2013 Sabah 43 (0)
2014 Negeri Sembilan 3 (0)
2015 Perak 0 (0)
2016 Perlis 17 (0)
2017–2018 Sabah 0 (0)
International career‡
2005–2007 Malaysia U-23 13 (0)
2007 Malaysia 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 October 2014
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 October 2014

Career

Club

At club level, Sumardi spent most of his career at Sabah where he made his debut against Penang during the second leg of 2004 Malaysia FA Cup.[1] He also played for Johor FC, Negeri Sembilan, and Perlis.[2][3] He signed with Perak in 2015 but only made an appearances in the 2015 Malaysia Cup against ATM.[4]

International

At international level, Sumardi made his first appearances with Malaysia national under 23 team at the 2005 AFF U-23 Youth Championship under Bertalan Bisckei. He became a regular with the Malaysia U-23 national team in 2007 under B. Sathianathan. He played in the 2007 Merdeka Tournament, in which he started as the first choice left back for the entire tournament as Malaysia won the trophy after 14 years.[5][6] He also participated at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games.[7] He made his international senior debut in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers against Bahrain on 21 October 2007.

References
  1. Sabah's Butler ready to blood more youngsters - The Star, 14 April 2004.
  2. Hijrah demi ilmu - Sinar Harian, 27 September 2014.
  3. Sumardi kembali ke pangkuan Sabah, Sabri dijangka menyusul - Stadium Astro, 14 December 2016.
  4. Piala Malaysia 2015 ATM vs Perak, SPMB.
  5. Football: Spirited Malaysia are the champions - The Star, 30 August 2007.
  6. Football: Merdeka victory just the right tonic - The Star, 31 August 2007.
  7. Malaysian player Sumardi Bin Hajalan (R) - gettyimages, 8 December 2007.
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