![]() Syafiq with
DPMM in 2024 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Muhammad Syafiq Safiuddin bin Abdul Shariff | ||
Date of birth | 16 July 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Brunei | ||
Position(s) | Defender, midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | DPMM FC | ||
Number | 2 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2018 | PIP | ||
2019 | DPMM | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2018–2020 | Tabuan Muda | (2) | |
2021–2023 | Indera | (0) | |
2024– | DPMM | 8 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2019 | Brunei U19 | 8 | (0) |
2022– | Brunei U23 | 9 | (0) |
2024– | Brunei | 4 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 July 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2024 |
Muhammad Syafiq Safiuddin bin Abdul Shariff (born 16 July 2002) is a Bruneian footballer who plays as a right-sided midfielder or wing-back for DPMM of the Singapore Premier League and the Brunei national team. [1]
Syafiq was a young talent under the Projek Ikan Pusu local grassroots football programme that won the national under-16 youth league in 2018. [2]
Syafiq afterwards joined Tabuan Muda, the league team made of Brunei youth internationals formed by the NFABD and finished second in the 2018–19 Brunei Premier League. [3] [4]
Syafiq joined two-time league winners Indera SC in 2021, becoming a regular starter in the 2023 season. [5] His team finished as runners-up behind runaway winners Kasuka. [6]
In March 2024, Syafiq linked up with DPMM as one of their new local signings for the upcoming 2024–25 Singapore Premier League. [7] He signed his contract on 8 May of that year. [8] He made his competitive debut for DPMM as a starter three days later in a 1–2 away victory against the Young Lions at Jalan Besar Stadium. [9]
As part of Tabuan Muda, Syafiq made a total of eight appearances for the Brunei under-19s at the 2019 AFF U-18 Youth Championship held in Vietnam in August of that year, as well as the 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification matches hosted by Cambodia the following month. [10] He featured in the Young Wasps' only victory of said matches, a 3–4 win over the Northern Mariana Islands on 2 November. [11]
In February 2022, Syafiq was selected for the Brunei under-23 squad competing at the 2022 AFF U-23 Championship in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. He featured in all three games. [12] The following year, Syafiq was involved in the same age group for two upcoming competitions namely the 2023 AFF U-23 Championship in Thailand in August 2023 and also the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualifying games in the month after. [13] He played in all but one game for the Young Wasps, making a total of six appearances.
Syafiq was called up for the Brunei national team to play at the newly created 2024 FIFA Series held in Saudi Arabia in March 2024. [1] He made his senior international debut as a starter in a 2–0 defeat at the hands of Bermuda on 22 March. [14] He made an impact on his second appearance against Vanuatu four days later when he headed in a Hakeme Yazid Said free-kick that cannoned off the post to score Brunei's first goal of the match, which was also his first international goal. The game finished 2–3 to the Wasps after a last-minute winner was produced from another of Hakeme's free-kicks. [15]
In June 2024, Syafiq made two appearances against Sri Lanka in two friendly matches held in Bandar Seri Begawan, all ending in 1–0 victories for the Wasps. [16]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 26 March 2024 | King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | ![]() |
1–1 | 3–2 | 2024 FIFA Series |
![]() Syafiq with
DPMM in 2024 | |||
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Muhammad Syafiq Safiuddin bin Abdul Shariff | ||
Date of birth | 16 July 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Brunei | ||
Position(s) | Defender, midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | DPMM FC | ||
Number | 2 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2018 | PIP | ||
2019 | DPMM | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2018–2020 | Tabuan Muda | (2) | |
2021–2023 | Indera | (0) | |
2024– | DPMM | 8 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2019 | Brunei U19 | 8 | (0) |
2022– | Brunei U23 | 9 | (0) |
2024– | Brunei | 4 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 July 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2024 |
Muhammad Syafiq Safiuddin bin Abdul Shariff (born 16 July 2002) is a Bruneian footballer who plays as a right-sided midfielder or wing-back for DPMM of the Singapore Premier League and the Brunei national team. [1]
Syafiq was a young talent under the Projek Ikan Pusu local grassroots football programme that won the national under-16 youth league in 2018. [2]
Syafiq afterwards joined Tabuan Muda, the league team made of Brunei youth internationals formed by the NFABD and finished second in the 2018–19 Brunei Premier League. [3] [4]
Syafiq joined two-time league winners Indera SC in 2021, becoming a regular starter in the 2023 season. [5] His team finished as runners-up behind runaway winners Kasuka. [6]
In March 2024, Syafiq linked up with DPMM as one of their new local signings for the upcoming 2024–25 Singapore Premier League. [7] He signed his contract on 8 May of that year. [8] He made his competitive debut for DPMM as a starter three days later in a 1–2 away victory against the Young Lions at Jalan Besar Stadium. [9]
As part of Tabuan Muda, Syafiq made a total of eight appearances for the Brunei under-19s at the 2019 AFF U-18 Youth Championship held in Vietnam in August of that year, as well as the 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification matches hosted by Cambodia the following month. [10] He featured in the Young Wasps' only victory of said matches, a 3–4 win over the Northern Mariana Islands on 2 November. [11]
In February 2022, Syafiq was selected for the Brunei under-23 squad competing at the 2022 AFF U-23 Championship in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. He featured in all three games. [12] The following year, Syafiq was involved in the same age group for two upcoming competitions namely the 2023 AFF U-23 Championship in Thailand in August 2023 and also the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualifying games in the month after. [13] He played in all but one game for the Young Wasps, making a total of six appearances.
Syafiq was called up for the Brunei national team to play at the newly created 2024 FIFA Series held in Saudi Arabia in March 2024. [1] He made his senior international debut as a starter in a 2–0 defeat at the hands of Bermuda on 22 March. [14] He made an impact on his second appearance against Vanuatu four days later when he headed in a Hakeme Yazid Said free-kick that cannoned off the post to score Brunei's first goal of the match, which was also his first international goal. The game finished 2–3 to the Wasps after a last-minute winner was produced from another of Hakeme's free-kicks. [15]
In June 2024, Syafiq made two appearances against Sri Lanka in two friendly matches held in Bandar Seri Begawan, all ending in 1–0 victories for the Wasps. [16]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 26 March 2024 | King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | ![]() |
1–1 | 3–2 | 2024 FIFA Series |