Mohd Asraruddin Putra Omar
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Mohd Asraruddin Putra Omar (1988) is a Malaysian footballer who is a defender and midfielder for Selangor FA
Selangor FA
The Football Association of Selangor , commonly referred to as FAS or simply Selangor, competes in Malaysian football competitions representing the state of Selangor Darul Ehsan. The team is based in Shah Alam city. They are currently playing in Malaysian Super League, the top-flight of Malaysian...

. He also a member of Malaysia national
Malaysia national football team
The Malaysian national football team nicknamed Harimau Malaya, as the Malayan Tiger, is the national team of Malaysia and is controlled by the Football Association of Malaysia...

, Malaysia U-23
Malaysia national under-23 football team
Malaysia national under-23 football team represents Malaysia in international football competitions in Olympic Games, Asian Games and SEA Games, as well as any other under-23 international football tournaments...

 and former Malaysia U-20
Malaysia national under-20 football team
Harimau Muda A, or Malaysia national under-22 football team also known as Malaysia U-22, represents Malaysia in international football competitions such as AFC Youth Championship, Champions Youth Cup and as well as any other under-22 international football tournaments. It is controlled by the...

 squad.

Career

Asraruddin, a leftback in the Malaysia U-19 for 2007 Champions Youth Cup
2007 Champions Youth Cup
The 2007 Champions Youth Cup was the first Champions Youth Cup, an annual football tournament, endorsed by the G-14 group to be a Club World Championship for the Under-19 teams of some of the world's largest clubs. It took place in Malaysia from 5 August to 19 August 2007...

, is the team’s vice-skipper and took over the captain’s armband from the injured Mohd Bunyamin Umar
Mohd Bunyamin Umar
Mohd Bunyamin Umar is a Malaysian footballer who was a midfielder for Kedah FA, UPB-MyTeam FC and currently plays for Selangor FA. He is a member of the Malaysia National, Malaysia U-23 and a former member of the Malaysia U-20 squad....

 in the match against PSV. In the absence of Bunyamin for the PSV Eindhoven game, Asraruddin moved into the centreback position and handled himself superbly.

In November 2007, Mohd Asraruddin Putra Omar were given a trials with Dutch club PSV Eindhoven which lasted for a week. PSV Eindhoven were impressed with the duo after watching them in action in the Champions Youth Cup, hosted by Malaysia in August 2007. His superb performance in CYC was admired by PSV academy.

In fact, he is capable of playing in either the leftback or centreback positions. A former student at the Bukit Jalil Sports School, Asraruddin played a crucial role in helping Malaysia qualify for the AFC Under-20 Championship for the first time in over 20 years.

Asraruddin made his under 23 debut against Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland national football team
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 on 15 May 2008. He made his international senior debut against India
India national football team
The Indian national football team is the national football team of India and is governed by the All India Football Federation. It is a member of the Asian Football Confederation. Since 1948, the AIFF has been affiliated with FIFA, the international governing body for football. In 1954, AIFF became...

 on July 22, 2008 as a substitute. He also represent the Malaysia XI squad against Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...

 at Shah Alam Stadium
Shah Alam Stadium
Shah Alam Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Shah Alam, Malaysia. It is used mostly for football matches but also has facilities for athletics...

 on 29 July 2008. The Malaysia XI eventually lost 0-2. However, Chelsea coach Luiz Felipe Scolari
Luiz Felipe Scolari
Luiz Felipe Scolari , ComIH , also known as Felipão in Brazil and Phil Scolari in the United Kingdom, is a World Cup-winning Brazilian football manager. He is currently the manager of Palmeiras. He served as the manager of the Portuguese national team from July 12, 2003 to June 30, 2008...

 praise the Malaysia XI for giving a good fight against his team.

In November 2010, Asraruddin was called up to the Malaysia national squad
Malaysia national football team
The Malaysian national football team nicknamed Harimau Malaya, as the Malayan Tiger, is the national team of Malaysia and is controlled by the Football Association of Malaysia...

 by coach K. Rajagopal
K. Rajagopal
Datuk K. Rajagopal, is a Malaysian football manager and former professional player. He is currently the head coach of Malaysia and former Under-23 Malaysia coach....

 for the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup
2010 AFF Suzuki Cup
The 2010 AFF Cup, sponsored by Suzuki and officially named the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup, took place on December 1–29, 2010. Indonesia and Vietnam hosted the preliminary stage from 1 to 7 December for Group A and 2 to 8 December for Group B. The semi-finals were played home and away with the first legs...

. On the first game at the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup
2010 AFF Suzuki Cup
The 2010 AFF Cup, sponsored by Suzuki and officially named the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup, took place on December 1–29, 2010. Indonesia and Vietnam hosted the preliminary stage from 1 to 7 December for Group A and 2 to 8 December for Group B. The semi-finals were played home and away with the first legs...

 against Indonesia
Indonesia national football team
The Indonesia national football team represents Indonesia in international football. It is controlled by the Football Association of Indonesia . Prior to independence in 1945, the team competed as the Dutch East Indies national football team. Under this name, Indonesia was the first Asian team to...

, Asraruddin played badly and cost the game for the Malaysian side as Malaysia embarrassing lost of 5-1 as he makes 3 embarrassing incident. Asraruddin scored an own goal and made the other 2 mistakes by mishandling the ball and that caused the Indonesian side to score easily. Malaysia won the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup title for the first time in their history.

In June 6 2011, he scored 4 goals in the 1st half against Perlis. Selangor won 7-1 that evening.

Under-23 International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. November 21, 2011 Jakarta
Jakarta
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, Indonesia
Indonesia
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1–1 Win 2011 SEA Games
Football at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games
The association football tournament at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games took place place from 3 to 21 November 2011. This edition of the tournament was only for the men's competition, women's competition was not held as the host country Indonesia did not have enough stadiums to hold the matches....


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