Zulkhairy Razali

Mohamed Zulkhairy Hady bin Razali (born 16 May 1996) is a Bruneian footballer who plays for Indera SC of the Brunei Super League as a striker.[1] Aged just 18, he was the 2014 Brunei Super League top scorer with 11 goals (widely misreported as 16 goals).[nb 1]

In this Malay name, there is no family name. The name Razali is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Zulkhairy.
Zulkhairy Razali
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Zulkhairy Hady bin Razali
Date of birth (1996-05-16) 16 May 1996
Place of birth Kuala Belait, Brunei
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Indera SC
Number 12
Youth career
Sports School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014– Indera (15)
International career‡
2012 Brunei U18
2013–2017 Brunei U23 6 (1)
2014 Brunei U21 2 (0)
2015–2018 Brunei 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 August 2017
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 September 2018

Club career

Zulkhairy is a product of Brunei's Sports School which alumni includes other Brunei internationals such as Afi Aminuddin, Azwan Ali Rahman and Shafie Effendy.[4] Already a seasoned national youth player by 2014, he joined powerhouses Indera SC and helped them to winning the championship with two games to spare.[5]

Zulkhairy was largely anonymous in 2016 as Indera's season was disrupted by the Indera-Kasuka scuffle that made the club spend five months without playing a league match. He finally found his scoring touch in the following season, netting the opener in a 6–0 win against Najip I-Team on 10 July 2017.[6]

On 1 April 2018, Zulkhairy scored the first goal in the final of the 2017-18 DST FA Cup in which Indera SC won 2-0.[7]

International career

Zulkhairy has been with the national team setup since 2012, when he was chosen to represent Brunei at the 40th Asian Schools Football Championship for Under-18s that year.[8] His first appearance for Brunei under-23s came at a friendly against Indonesia at Maguwoharjo Stadium on 15 August 2013.[9] He competed at the 27th SEA Games, appearing once as a substitute against Laos in a 3–2 loss.[10]

Zulkhairy played for the under-21s at the 2014 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy. Brunei narrowly missed out on advancing to the knockout stage by virtue of goal difference. Zulkhairy made his appearances in the first two games, after which his place was taken by Abdul Azim Abdul Rasid.[11][12]

Zulkhairy made his senior international debut as a substitute against Singapore in a June 2015 friendly.[13] In mid-2017, he was selected to play for Brunei's under-23 selection for the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification games in Myanmar and also the following 29th SEA Games currently held in Malaysia.[14] On 14 August, he scored Brunei's solitary goal against hosts Malaysia in the first group game of the SEA Games.[15]

Zulkhairy was selected for the national team's AFF Suzuki Cup qualifying matches against Timor-Leste in early September 2018.[16] He was a second-half substitute in the first leg which finished 3–1 to Timor-Leste.[17] Brunei failed to advance to the competition proper, losing 2–3 on aggregate.[18]

Honours

Team
Indera SC

Individual

Notes
  1. Zulkhairy was widely touted to have scored 16 goals in the 2014 Brunei Super League.[2][3] This is not the case as he had only scored 11 goals in the whole season as shown below:
GoalDateOpponentScoreResultRef
1.8 MarchKilanas FC1–04–1
2.3–1
3.17 MarchLLRC FT2–03–0
4.3–0
5.1 AprilMS PDB2–02–0
6.5 AprilWijaya FC1–05–0
7.12 AprilMS ABDB2–02–0
8.12 MayLLRC FT2–02–0
9.1 JuneJerudong FC4–06–0
10.4 JuneWijaya FC4–24–2
11.20 JuneMS PDB1–01–0

References
  1. "Battered but still standing". The Brunei Times. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  2. "Indera FC juara Liga Super DST 2014". Pelita Brunei. 15 September 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  3. "Indera lose battle but win war". The Brunei Times. 14 September 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  4. "Sekolah Sukan Jinakkan JIS". Media Permata. 25 October 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  5. "Indera SC repeat as champs". The Brunei Times. 3 September 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  6. "11/07/2017 DST Super League Football". Radio Televisyen Brunei. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  7. "Indera create history by winning DST FA Cup". Borneo Bulletin. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  8. "Inexperience proves costly for MSSSBD FOOTBALL/Brunei Games". The Brunei Times. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  9. "Susunan Pemain Indonesia Vs Brunei". Kompas. 15 August 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  10. "Adi scores but Laos grab 3-2 win". The Brunei Times. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  11. "Defending champs Brunei go down to Cambodia". The Brunei Times. 10 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  12. "Brunei bounce back to beat Indonesia 3-1". The Brunei Times. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  13. "Singapore 5 Brunei 1: Resounding win for Lions ahead of World Cup qualifiers". FourFourTwo Singapore. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  14. "105 athletes named to represent Brunei at 29th SEA Games". BruSports News. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  15. "Malaysia edge Brunei 2-1 in Sea Games opening match". New Straits Times. 14 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  16. "Minister urges national team to make impact at AFF Suzuki Cup qualifier". Borneo Bulletin. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  17. "Timor Leste a step closer to reaching AFF Suzuki Cup". Fox Sports Asia. 2 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  18. "Brunei win 1-0 against Timor Leste but miss out on AFF final round". Borneo Bulletin. 9 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
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