Khairul Helmi Johari

Khairul Helmi Bin Johari (born 31 March 1988 in Sungai Petani, Kedah) is a former Malaysian footballer who most recently played for Malaysia Super League club Kelantan and the Malaysia national team. Khairul plays mainly as a centre-back. He is known as Keon among his teammates and fans.

Career Khairul played for the Kedah youth team and in the President Cup. Khairul was promoted from the youth team to the senior team along with his friends Rozaidi Rahim and Hazwan Zainun starting from the 2007/08 M-League season. He signed his professional contract in November 2007. However, after this, Khairul was plagued by injuries.

In November 2010, Khairul was called up to the Malaysia national squad by coach K. Rajagopal for the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup. He did not play any games at the tournament as Malaysia won the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup title for the first time in their history.

In October 2016, Khairul was once again called up to the National football team for a Class A Friendly match against Singapore. He made his senior debut and started with the number 25 shirt during the match, which ended up as a 1–1 draw.

Khairul Helmi Johari is part of the e-Sports team "Skondoi Kingdom", where he plays Valorant and also CSGO in a pro league.

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Club

International

Honours Club

Kedah Darul Aman Malaysia Super League (2): 2006-2007, 2007-2008 Malaysia Cup (3): 2007, 2008, 2016 FA Cup Malaysia (4): 2007, 2008, 2017, 2019 Malaysia Premier League (2): 2005–06, 2015 Malaysia Charity Shield (1): 2017

Kelantan Malaysia Premier League runner-up: 2022

International

Malaysia AFF Championship: 2010