Ibrahim Fazeel

Ibrahim Fazeel

Fazeel with saff championship trophy 2008
Personal information
Full name	Ibrahim Fazeel
Date of birth	9 October 1980
Place of birth	Malé, Maldives
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Bodorgan FC
Number	5
Youth career
	Majeediya School
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2000	New Lagoons
2001–2003	Island Football Club
2004–2006	New Radiant SC
2007	VB Sports Club
2007–2008	DPMM FC
2008–2011	Victory
2012–2013	New Radiant	4	(3)
2013–2014	B.G. Sports Club
2014–	New Radiant SC
National team
1999–	Maldives	49	(13)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Ibrahim Fazeel (born 9 October 1980) is a Maldivian footballer^[1] nicknamed "Oppo", who can play both as a midfielder and as a forward currently who plays for Bodorgan FC He started his career while he was a student in Majeedhiyaa School in 1999. Fazeel played his first international match on 2 April 2000 against Syria (AFC Asian Cup Lebanon 2000) and scored first goal in the Golden jubilee international tournament against Bangladesh. He is the only player who scored for times in the semi-finals to take Maldives to the finals.

After his international duty in 1999, he signed for his first club New lagoons in 2000. Between 2001 to 2003 he played for IFC which was the best club at that time. From 2004 to 2006 he changed to New Radiant SC. In 2007, a new club named VB signed him for a record fee. In October 2007, he transferred to DPMM FC in Brunei along with fellow Maldivian Ali Ashfaq and scored two goals for the team. In 2008, Fazeel lend his team to travel to final in SAFF Championship 2008 by scoring a goal against Sri Lanka. From 2008 to 2011 he played for Victory SC. Later in 2012, he played for New Radiant SC along with his National team mates Ashfaq and Ahmed Thoriq and played for BG Sports in 2013 and returned to his old team New Radiant SC He was one of the most important members of the Maldives national football team.

At 2014 AFC Challenge Cup Fazeel helped the Maldives National Football Team by scoring a penalty kick which led the team to 3rd place against Afghanistan by 1-1(8-7)

References

1. Darpan, Pratiyogita (August 2008). Pratiyogita Darpan. Pratiyogita Darpan. pp. 35–. Retrieved 17 July 2011.