# Rizal Ghazali

Mohd Rizal bin Mohd Ghazali (born 1 October 1992), simply known as Rizal, is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays for the Malaysia Super League club Sabah and Malaysia national team as a right-back but can also play as a wing-back.

## Club career
### Perlis

Rizal began his career with the Perlis youth team, Perlis President Cup. Later, he was promoted to the Perlis senior team in 2011 wearing number 15 jersey. Rizal spent three seasons with Perlis senior team before signed with Kedah for the 2014 season.

### Kedah Darul Aman

On 17 October 2013, Rizal signed a contract with Kedah Darul Aman to play in 2014 season. He was registered with the number 34 jersey, before switching to jersey number 15 afterwards. At the beginning of his appearances with Kedah Darul Aman, Rizal played as a winger. Somewhere in 2015, club's temporary coach, Ramon Marcote, has placed him as a right-back as Ramon feels that Rizal is better at that position. Therefore, he continues to serve as club's main right-back since then.
Rizal scored a goal in the 2016 Malaysia Cup final which both team ended tied 1–1 after extra time. Kedah won 6–5 in the shootout and clinched the Malaysia Cup for the 2016.

## International career

Rizal made his first international appearance for Malaysia national team in a 0–0 draw friendly against Singapore on 7 October 2016.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 27 December 2024
| Malaysia | Malaysia | Malaysia | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | Malaysia Cup | Malaysia Cup | Asia | Asia | Total | Total |
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2011 | Perlis | Malaysia Super League | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 5 |
| 2012 | Perlis | Malaysia Premier League | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 3 |
| 2013 | Perlis | Malaysia Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 20 | 8 |
| 2014 | Kedah Darul Aman | Malaysia Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | Kedah Darul Aman | Malaysia Premier League | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 0 |
| 2016 | Kedah Darul Aman | Malaysia Super League | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 1 | – | – | 33 | 1 |
| 2017 | Kedah Darul Aman | Malaysia Super League | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 0 |
| 2018 | Kedah Darul Aman | Malaysia Super League | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 0 |
| 2019 | Kedah Darul Aman | Malaysia Super League | 18 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 1 |
| 2020 | Kedah Darul Aman | Malaysia Super League | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 2021 | Kedah Darul Aman | Malaysia Super League | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 118 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 175 | 2 |
| 2022 | Sabah | Malaysia Super League | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 0 |
| 2023 | Sabah | Malaysia Super League | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 27 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | 41 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 3 |
| 2024 | Kedah Darul Aman | Malaysia Super League | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 11 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 11 | 1 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 188 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 257 | 14 |

### International

    As of match played 15 June 2021
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Malaysia | 2016 | 5 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 2017 | 5 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 13 | 0 |

## Honours
### Club

Kedah Darul Aman
* Malaysia Premier League: 2015
* Malaysian FA Cup: 2017, 2019
* Malaysia Cup: 2016
* Malaysia Charity Shield: 2017

### Individual

* Man of the Match Malaysia Cup final: 2016
* Best Defender Award: 2016