# Nazirul Naim

Nazirul Naim bin Che Hashim (born 6 April 1993) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays for Malaysia Super League club Kuala Lumpur City as a left-back.
Born in Kuala Kangsar, Nazirul has earned an early education at Clifford Secondary School in Kuala Kangsar before he furthered his study in Bukit Jalil Sports School and began his football career there. Nazirul later progressed through the national youth set-up in Harimau Muda B and Harimau Muda A.

## Club career
### Harimau Muda

Born and raised in Kampung Sayong Lembah, Kuala Kangsar, Nazirul was absorbed into the Harimau Muda B programme squad when he was 17 years old. They were competing in the Malaysia Premier League. Earlier he was part of the Bukit Jalil Sports School team who has won the President Cup in 2010.
The following year Nazirul started playing for Harimau Muda A. They were competing in the Malaysia Super League as he made 14 league appearances during his season debut. In 2012, the team joined Singaporean S.League. Nazirul made 17 appearances in the 2012 S.League season.

### F.C. Ryūkyū

On 25 March 2013, Nazirul signed a one-year contract with Japan Football League club F.C. Ryūkyū after a 2-week trial. Nazirul's contract with the club was, however, terminated prematurely due to him being plagued by injuries, and without playing in any official matches, he returned to Harimau Muda A.

### Perak

On 2 December 2015, it has been announced that Nazirul signed a contract with Malaysia Super League side Perak from Harimau Muda after the program was disbanded by Football Association of Malaysia on November.
On 13 February 2016, Nazirul started in his first match for Perak in a 0-0 home draw against Kelantan.

## International career
### Youth

Nazirul has represented the Malaysia national team in many levels. At youth level, he was part of the Malaysia U-17 squad and Malaysia U-23 team.

### Senior

Nazirul made his senior Malaysia national team debut coming on as a substitute for Zubir Azmi in a scoreless friendly against Bangladesh on 29 August 2015 at Shah Alam Stadium.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of 5 September 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Continental | Continental | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Harimau Muda B | 2010 | Malaysia Premier League | ? | ? | ? | ? | – | – | – | – | ? | ? |
| Harimau Muda B | Total | Total | ? | ? | ? | ? | – | – | – | – | ? | ? |
| Harimau Muda A | 2011 | Malaysia Super League | 14 | 0 | ? | ? | – | – | – | – | 14 | 0 |
| Harimau Muda A | 2012 | S.League | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 0 |
| Harimau Muda A | Total | Total | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 31 | 0 |
| FC Ryukyu | 2013 | Japan Football League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| FC Ryukyu | Total | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Harimau Muda A | 2014 | NPL Queensland | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 0 |
| Harimau Muda A | Total | Total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 0 |
| Harimau Muda | 2015 | S.League | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 2 |
| Harimau Muda | Total | Total | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 2 |
| Perak | 2016 | Malaysia Super League | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ? | ? | – | – | 18 | 1 |
| Perak | 2017 | Malaysia Super League | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 0 |
| Perak | 2018 | Malaysia Super League | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 1 |
| Perak | 2019 | Malaysia Super League | 20 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 3 |
| Perak | 2020 | Malaysia Super League | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 0 |
| Perak | 2021 | Malaysia Super League | 10 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 1 |
| Perak | Total | Total | 91 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 125 | 6 |
| Sabah | 2021 | Malaysia Super League | 6 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 0 |
| Sabah | 2022 | Malaysia Super League | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 1 |
| Sabah | Total | Total | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 1 |
| Kuala Lumpur City | 2023 | Malaysia Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Kuala Lumpur City | Total | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career Total | Career Total | Career Total | 119 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 147 | 3 |
* ↑ Appearance in AFC Champions League play-off round

### International

    As of 11 December 2018
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Malaysia | 2015 | 5 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 2016 | 4 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 2017 | 6 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 2018 | 5 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 21 | 0 |

## Personal life

Nazirul was married to a part-time model, Nor Wahila Ali Tarmizi on 18 September 2016.

## Honours
### Club

Perak
* Malaysia FA Cup runner-up: 2019
* Malaysia Super League runner-up: 2018
* Malaysia Cup: 2018

### International

Malaysia
* AFF Championship runner-up: 2018