Faiq Bolkiah

Faiq Bolkiah
Personal information
Full name Faiq Jefri Bolkiah[1]
Date of birth (1998-05-09) 9 May 1998
Place of birth Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Midfielder, Winger
Club information
Current team
 Leicester City
Youth career
0000–2009 A.F.C. Newbury
2009–2013 Southampton
2013–2014 Arsenal
2014–2015 Chelsea
2016– Leicester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– Leicester City 0 (0)
National team‡
2013 Brunei U19 5 (1)
2018– Brunei U21 3 (0)
2015– Brunei U23 9 (1)
2016– Brunei 6 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:16, 16 October 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:12, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

Faiq Jefri Bolkiah (born 9 May 1998) is a Bruneian international footballer who plays as a midfielder for the reserve side of Premier League club Leicester City and the Brunei national team. He serves as the captain of the national team.[2]

Club career

Youth

In 2009, while as a member of A.F.C. Newbury, Bolkiah signed a 1-year deal with the Southampton F.C. Academy.[3] He was still with Southampton until at least December 2011.[4] In 2014, Bolkiah signed a 2-year youth contract with Chelsea of the Premier League after previously training with Reading and trialing with Arsenal.[5] During his time with Arsenal, Bolkiah competed in the 2013 Lion City Cup against Corinthians, Eintracht Frankfurt, PSV Eindhoven, and a Singapore youth selection. He scored a goal in a 2–1 victory over the team from Singapore.[6] With his contract with Chelsea set to expire in summer 2016, he left the team in December 2015. After a trial with Stoke City,[7] he signed for Leicester City on a reported 3-year professional contract in March 2016.[8]

International career

Bolkiah was eligible to represent the United States and Brunei. He was scouted for the youth teams of the United States[9] but chose to represent Brunei, doing so at the U19 and U23 levels[8] including at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games.[9] In that tournament, he scored in a 1–2 defeat to Timor Leste.[10] He was expected to make his senior international debut on 15 October 2016 in a 2016 AFF Championship qualification match against Timor-Leste.[11] He debuted in the match, starting and playing the full 90 minutes of a 2–1 victory.[12]

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.21 October 2016RSN Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Laos
2–3
3–4
2016 AFF Championship qualification
Correct as of 21 October 2016[13]

International career statistics

As of match played 8 September 2018.[13]
Brunei national team
YearAppsGoals
201651
201810
Total61

Personal life

Faiq is the son of Jefri Bolkiah, Prince of Brunei and nephew of Hassanal Bolkiah, the current Sultan of Brunei. He was born in Los Angeles and holds both Brunei and United States citizenship.[9][14] He was educated in Great Britain at Bradfield College.[4]

Although his father is a Prince (Pengiran Muda) and his uncle is the ruling Sultan of Brunei, Faiq did not receive any royal titles especially Pengiran Anak, which is equivalent as the title of Lord, given to other closed royals that is not the brothers or the children of the ruling Sultan, as most of cousins would.

References

  1. ↑ "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Laos vs. Brunei". The AFC. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "AFC Newbury Newsletter" (PDF). AFC Newbury. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Bradfield News: Christmas 2011" (PDF). Bradfield College. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  5. ↑ Nash, Mathew. "Chelsea sign the Sultan of Brunei's nephew on youth deal". HITC. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  6. ↑ Osman, Sadat. "Bruneian royalty Faiq Bolkiah looks to improve his game". Goal.com. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  7. ↑ Jones, Simon. "Leicester snap up former Chelsea winger Faiq Bolkiah as teenager proclaims: 'I can't wait to get started'". Daily Mail. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  8. 1 2 O'Rourke, Peter. "Brunei international Faiq Jefri Bolkiah joins Leicester City from Chelsea". ESPN FC. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  9. 1 2 3 Eubank, Mark. "Chelsea FC's Royalty Faiq Bolkiah Shows Off Talent In SEA Games". International Business Times. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  10. ↑ "Tireless Timor Leste scores first victory against Brunei". SEA Games 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  11. ↑ "Leicester City youngster Faiq poised for Brunei debut". AFF. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  12. ↑ "BRUNEI VS. TIMOR-LESTE 2 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  13. 1 2 "NFT Profile". National Football Teams. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  14. ↑ Parchman, Will. "How Chelsea's Faiq Bolkiah came to be the most interesting U.S. prospect ever". Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
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