Faizal Hamid

Faizal Hamid (born 8 September 1991) is a Singaporean former footballer who played as a right-back

Club career Faizal started at Siglap Secondary School before joining Geylang United's academy team alongside Syed Fadhil and Lionel Lewis. However, it was Home United who offered him a professional contract and was soon a regular in the team.

It was only 3 years later did he played for his country again. Having moved to S-League champions, SAFFC. He displaced national team defender, Hafiz Osman off his regular place. And so a friendly against UAE it was and he was soon back in the national team set-up.

Faizal initially considered stepping back from football for one year to concentrate on his career in the Singapore Prison Service, but decided to put his plans on hold to play for Gombak United in 2008. He later retired on 1 January 2009.

International career Faizal's promising exploits as a youngster with Home United caught the attention of Radojko Avramovic, and he made his debut during the 2–0 victory against Indonesia on 4 September 2004; he was substituted after being injured after nineteen minutes.

He returned to the national team during 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification in 2007.

Personal life Aside from football, Hamid holds a diploma in Electrical Engineering from Ngee Ann Polytechnic.

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