 Faisal with Club Valencia in 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 4 August 1988 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Fenfushi, Maldives | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Maziya | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2009 | Club AYL | 40 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | → Victory (loan) | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Victory | 43 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Club Valencia | 17 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Club Eagles | 17 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Club Valencia | 35 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | New Radiant | 39 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Da Grande | 20 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Club Valencia | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | → Club Eagles (loan) | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Maziya | |||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Maldives U23 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009– | Maldives | 35 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 April 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 December 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Mohamed Faisal (Dhivehi: މުޙައްމަދު ފައިސަލް; born 4 August 1988) is a Maldivian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Dhivehi Premier League club Maziya and the Maldives national team.
Faisal began his career with Club All Youth Linkage, made his debut as a teenager in 2006 Third Division. He started every match of the season in goal and secured promotion to Second Division football as league runner ups. In his second year, Faisal won both Second Division and Dhivehi League (first division) in 2007 with Club AYL and Victory Sports Club while on loan. He also helped Club AYL promote to Dhivehi League for the first time in club's history. He later played for Victory, Valencia, Club Eagles, New Radiant and Da Grande Sports Club. He joined Valencia on a swap deal on deadline day 2020 from Da Grande Sports Club.
Since his national team debut in 2009, he was mostly used as a back-up goalkeeper and earned number one spot following Imran Mohamed's retirement from international football. He led Maldives to win the 2018 SAFF Championship as the tournament's Most Valuable Player.