Zikri Khalili

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

Zikri Khalili
Personal information
Full name Ahmad Zikri bin Mohd Khalili
Date of birth (2002-06-25) 25 June 2002 (age 22)
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 39 (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 6 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of October 28, 2021

Ahmad Zikri bin Mohd Khalili (Jawi: 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]

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 17 December 2023[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] League Cup[b] Continental[c] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Selangor II 2020 Malaysia Premier League 10 0 0 0 — — 10 0
Total 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Selangor 2020 Malaysia Super League 1 0 0 0 1 0 — 2 0
2021 Malaysia Super League 6 0 0 0 0 0 — 6 0
2022 Malaysia Super League 14 0 2 0 4 0 — 20 0
2023 Malaysia Super League 12 0 2 0 0 0 — 14 0
2024–25 Malaysia Super League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 33 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 42 0
Career total 43 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 52 0
  1. ^ Includes Malaysia FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes Malaysia Cup
  3. ^ Includes AFC Champions League, AFC Champions League 2 and AFC Cup

Honours

Club

Selangor

International

Malaysia U19

Malaysia U23

References

  1. ^ a b 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.