Rilwan Waheed
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Riley at Maldives-U23 team's Hong Kong trip for 2012 Summer Olympics Qualifiers match against Hong Kong-U23 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 February 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Male', Maldives | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Wing back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | New Radiant | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–03 | Iskandhar School | ||
| 2004–05 | Dharumavantha School | ||
| 2012 | Victory SC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2006–2011 | Club Valencia | 60 | (2) |
| 2012 | Victory SC | 16 | (0) |
| 2013 | New Radiant | 17 | (0) |
| 2014 | Maziya | 6 | (0) |
| 2015– | New Radiant | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004–2008 | Maldives U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2007–2010 | Maldives U19 | 6 | (0) |
| 2010– | Maldives U23 | 17 | (1) |
| 2012– | Maldives | 15 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:49, 3 August 2014 (UTC+5). | |||
Rilwan Waheed (born 14 February 1991) is a Maldivian footballer[1] nicknamed "Riley", who plays for Maziya and Maldives national team as a Wing back, mostly as a Right Back.
Club career
Valencia
2006 & 2007 season
Rilwan signed with Club Valencia at the age of 15 in 2006, but the FAM rules did not allow him to play at senior level football. In the following year 2007, at the age of 16, he started playing in the 1st Division.[2]
He made his debut on 30 July 2007 against New Radiant as a substitute in the second half of the match where they won 1–0.
Rilwan ended his debut season with third in league, runner up in the FA Cup and crowning the Cup Winners' Cup.
2008 season
Rilwan was used as a substitute in the season most of the time and featured in a few games. He played his Cup Winners' Cup debut on 16 February, coming on as a 65th-minute substitute for the goal scorer Ubaidhulla Hassan in a 2–1 defeat against New Radiant. Despite the bitter start of the season with two losses in the Cup Winners Cup and starting from the bench in the second half in both matches they played against New Radiant SC in the group stage, Rilwan was included in the starting lineup for the quarter final match of the FA Cup against FC Baaz in which they won 8–0 and scored two goals.
Rilwan played his first league match of the season on 25 June against VB Sports Club coming in to play in the second half, coming on for Ahmed Nashid in the 59th-minute where they lost the match 3–2. He played his first full match in the league that season on 19 July in the 3–1 win against Thinadhoo ZC. He was also cautioned in that match. On 30 August, Club Valencia won the 2008 Dhivehi League title and Rilwan came in to play as a substitute in the final match against New Radiant in which they won the match 2–1.
On 15 September, Rilwan played his first ever President's Cup final against Victory Sports Club and they went on winning the match 3–2. Mohamed Rifau scored the winning goal from a diving header by a cross provided by Rilwan.
Victory (2012)
He made his debut for Victory SC on 18 February 2012 in the 2012 AFC Cup qualifying play-off.[3] They lost the match 3–4 to Yemen's Al-Tilal. Victory's second goal of the match was scored by captain Shafiu Ahmed, a header from a corner kick cross taken by Rilwan.[4]
New Radiant (2013–present)
On 24 October 2013, Rilwan agreed to join New Radiant.[5] He was assigned the number 8 shirt.
Rilwan made his debut for New Radiant in the MILO Charity Shield match where they won 3–1 against Maziya on 21 February 2013.[6]
International career
Under-23
Rilwan was preceded as the captain of the Maldives national under-23 football team till the mid-2012 but later his captaincy was succeeded by Hassan Adhuham in the 2012 Rajapaksa International Trophy and he was given the vice-captaincy of the team. Rilwan scored the opening goal from a free kick and supplied a good long through ball to Asadhulla who curled in to the goal to score the second, in the 2012 Rajapaksa International Trophy Final against Pakistan to win Maldives national under-23 football team's first ever gold medal.[7]
Senior team
Rilwan made his debut in a friendly match against Thailand on February 24, 2012[8] From 2012 to present, he has been the only player to play in both Maldives national under 23 team and Maldives senior national team starting eleven.
2012 AFC Challenge Cup
This is his first time, and first major tournament with the senior team and he played all the matches as a right back at 2012 AFC Challenge Cup for the Maldives. Their first goal of the tournament came with a header from a cross by Rilwan in to the penalty area of Turkmenistan. After the great performance in the tournament, he was one of the most hopeful young players in the Maldives,[2] and also included in the Haveeru Sports Awards' best 5 players of 2012 AFC Challenge Cup.[9] He is the only Maldivian player nominated for the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup's best Under-21 player Award.[9]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 3 August 2014[10]
| Season | Club | Division | League | FA Cup | President's Cup | Charity Shield | Others | Asia | Total | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | |||
| 2007 | Valencia | Dhivehi League | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 51 | 3 | 1 | – | 21 | 6 | 1 | ||||
| 2008 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – | 21 | 0 | 0 | – | 13 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 2009 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 2010 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 17 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2011 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 15 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Valencia total | 60 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 84 | 11 | 9 | ||
| 2012 | Victory | Dhivehi League | 16 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | – | 23 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Victory total | 16 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | 23 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| 2013 | New Radiant | Dhivehi League | 17 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 2 |
| New Radiant total | 17 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2014 | Maziya | Dhivehi League | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| Maziya total | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 99 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 147 | 11 | 17 | ||
- 1.^ Maldivian Cup Winners Cup.
- 2.^ 2012 AFC Cup qualifying play-off.
International
| National team | Season | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maldives U17 | 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 0 | |
| Maldives U19 | 2007 | 6 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 0 | |
| Maldives U23 | 2010 | 2 | 0 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2012 | 11 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 1 | |
| Maldives | 2012 | 7 | 0 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 0 | |
International goals
Under–23
- Scores and results list Maldives U–23's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 9 November 2012 | Jayathilake Sports Complex, Sri Lanka |  Pakistan | 0–1[11] | 1–2 | 2012 M. Rajapaksa Int'l Trophy Final |
Awards and honours
Club
- Valencia
- Dhivehi League (1): 2008
- President's Cup (1): 2008
- FA Charity Shield (1): 2009
- Maldives Cup Winners' Cup (1): 2007
- Victory Youth
- Youth Championship (1): 2012
- New Radiant
- FA Charity Shield (1): 2013
- Dhivehi League (1): 2013
- Maldives FA Cup (1): 2013
- President's Cup (1): 2013
National
- Maldives Under–23
Individual
- 2012 Haveeru Sports Award for the best Under–23 footballer.[12]
References
- ↑ "Rilwan Waheed". goal.com. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
- 1 2 "Riley: National team's new young vein" (in Divehi). Haveeru Online. March 22, 2012. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
- ↑ "Victory S.C 3-4 Al Tilal". maldivesoccer. February 18, 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- ↑ "Victory knocked out of AFC Cup". maldivesoccer. February 18, 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- ↑ "New Radiant agrees with five players". maldivesoccer. October 24, 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
- ↑ "New Radiant wins curtain raiser". maldivesoccer. February 22, 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
- ↑ "Maldives U 23 win Rajapaksa tournament". maldivesoccer. December 9, 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
- ↑ "Thailand beats Maldives". maldivesoccer. February 24, 2012. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
- 1 2 "Best 5 players of 2012 AFC Challenge Cup" (in Divehi). Haveeru Online. March 18, 2012. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
- ↑ "Rilwan Waheed Statistics". maldivesoccer.com. Retrieved 19 March 2013. External link in
|publisher=(help) - ↑ "Maldives U 23 win Rajapaksa tournament". maldivesoccer. 9 December 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- ↑ "Haveeru Sports Awards 2012". maldivesoccer. 15 February 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
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