Safawi Rasid

Safawi Rasid
Personal information
Full name Muhammad Safawi bin Rasid
Date of birth (1997-03-05) 5 March 1997
Place of birth Dungun, Terengganu, Malaysia
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Johor Darul Ta'zim
Number 29
Youth career
2014 T-Team U-19
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 T-Team 35 (3)
2017– Johor Darul Ta'zim 27 (7)
National team‡
2016 Malaysia U-18 3 (0)
2016– Malaysia U-23 23 (16)
2016– Malaysia 8 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 July 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 August 2018

Muhammad Safawi bin Rasid (born 5 March 1997) is a Malaysian footballer who plays for Malaysia Super League club Johor Darul Ta'zim and the Malaysia national team. He mostly plays as a winger but he can also play as a striker.[1]

Early life

Safawi lives in Kampung Bukit Chatak, Dungun and attended at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Seri Dungun, Dungun, Terengganu since 2010 before moving to Sekolah Sukan Bukit Nenas, Marang, Terengganu to improve his football talent until 2014. He had played football for his school team since his first year of being a secondary school student.

Safawi has 7 brothers and all of them are involved with sports such as sepak takraw and hockey. He is the fifth in his siblings and the pride for Dungun's people.

Club career

Youth career

By 2011, T-Team had established a football academy all over six Terengganu cities, Dungun, Marang, Besut, Kemaman, Setiu and Kuala Terengganu by their 2011 head coach, Jibang Marzuki. All the football academy players must be below 18 years old and Jibang Marzuki managed to hold a game for each team every week in order to ensure each player was in their best performance before going to T-Team Football Club pre-selection at the end of the year.

Safawi Rasid who was only 15 years old joined the Dungun T-Team Football Club Academy and always made the first-eleven for his team on each game. He used to play as a central midfielder and often scored from long-range shot with his left-foot. His manager at that moment once stated that he had to go to Safawi's home to force him to go training because he believes that Safawi had a bright future ahead. Safawi representend Terengganu's football team every year since he was 14 years old for the MSSM tournament.

When he was 16 years old, he moved to Sekolah Sukan Bukit Nenas to improve his football skills, 66 kilometres away from home. Due to his fantastic talent at the Sports School League, T-Team coach, Rahmad Darmawan called him up to have a training with the senior team. Hence, Safawi was busy in 2013, joining two teams, Sekolah Sukan Bukit Nenas football team and also T-Team.

Johor Darul Ta'zim

In December 2016, it was announced that Safawi had agreed to sign with champions Johor Darul Ta'zim.[2] He was assigned the number 29.

2017

On 7 February 2017, Safawi featured in the 2017 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs against Gamba Osaka which his side lost 0–3.[3] On 27 January 2017, Safawi made his league debut in a 3–1 win over Felda United after coming off from the bench.

On 15 July 2017, he scored his first goal in the Malaysian Super League for his new club in a 3–1 victory against Sarawak. At the end of the season, Safawi picked up his first Malaysia Super League and 2017 Malaysia Cup medal, helping Johor Darul Ta'zim win their 4th consecutive league title and first Malaysia Cup in their history.

2018

During the 2018 AFC Cup group stage, Safawi showed an impressive performance in a 3–0 victory over Persija Jakarta, scoring a stunner along the way. On 17th March, he scored his first hat-trick in a 2–3 victory in the third round of the 2018 Malaysia FA Cup against UiTM. On 14 April 2018, he scored his first goal of the Malaysian Super League season against PKNS.

International career

Safawi Rasid made his debut for the Malaysia Under-22 in the 2016 Nations Cup.[4] In August 2016, Safawi Rasid was called up to the Malaysian national team for the match against Indonesia.[5] He made his debut for the senior team in the match as a starter, as Malaysia lost 0–3.[6] He was then called up again for the 2016 Causeway Challenge against rivals, Singapore, which ended 0–0.

Before the start of the 2016 AFF Suzuki Cup, Safawi Rasid was omitted from the final 23-man squad. The demotion of Safawi from Ong Kim Swee was heavily criticized by Malaysian football fans despite veteran striker, Safee Sali managing to be in the squad despite having a poor season earlier with Johor Darul Ta'zim.

During the 2017 Southeast Asian games, Safawi was selected for the 20-man squad by Ong Kim Swee. He scored the first goal of the tournament with a stunning volley from a cross by his fellow countryman Matthew Davies in a 2–1 victory against Brunei.[7] Safawi scored his second goal of the tournament during the 3–1 victory against Myanmar. Despite receiving the silver medal after losing 1–0 during the final against Thailand, Safawi was one of the best players of the tournament and showed consistent performances throughout the tournament.

Career statistics

Club

As of 6 October 2018.[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Malaysia Cup FA Cup Continental1 Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
T-Team 2015 Malaysia Premier League 1512120—192
2016 Malaysia Super League 2029111—304
Total35311231—496
Johor Darul Ta'zim 2017 Malaysia Super League 71107141193
2018 Malaysia Super League 2165443533416
Total28764114945319
Career Total6291761459410225

1 Includes AFC Cup and AFC Champions League.

International Appearances

As of 10 August 2018
Malaysia national team[9]
YearAppsGoals
201630
201732
201820
Total82

International goals

As of 17 August 2018.
International goals by date, venue, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 10 November 2017New I-Mobile Stadium, Buriram, Thailand North Korea
1–4
1–4
2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2 13 November 2017New I-Mobile Stadium, Buriram, Thailand North Korea
1–4
1–4
2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Malaysia Under-23

Safawi Rasid – goals for Malaysia U23
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.3 June 2016Hang Jebat Stadium,Krubong, Malaysia Singapore1–03–02016 Nations Cup
8.14 August 2017Shah Alam Stadium,Shah Alam, Malaysia Brunei1–02–1Football at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games – Men's tournament
9.21 August 2017Shah Alam Stadium,Shah Alam, Malaysia Myanmar2–03–1Football at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games – Men's tournament
10.10 January 2018Changshu Stadium,Changshu, China Iraq1–31–42018 AFC U-23 Championship
11.13 January 2018Changshu Stadium,Changshu, China Jordan1–11–12018 AFC U-23 Championship
12.10 August 2018Shah Alam Stadium,Shah Alam, Malaysia United Arab Emirates1–02–0Friendly
13.15 August 2018Jalak Harupat Stadium,Bandung, Indonesia Kyrgyzstan0–11–32018 Asian Games
14.17 August 2018Jalak Harupat Stadium,Bandung, Indonesia South Korea0–11–22018 Asian Games
15.17 August 2018Jalak Harupat Stadium,Bandung, Indonesia South Korea0–21–22018 Asian Games
16.20 August 2018Wibawa Mukti Stadium,Cikarang, Indonesia Bahrain3–23–22018 Asian Games

Honours

Club

Johor Darul Ta'zim

International

Malaysia U-23

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Muhd Safawi Rasid Profile". Soccerway. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Ramai tonggak utama T-Team pindah". Berita Harian. 2 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "Gamba Osaka 3–0 Johor Darul Ta'zim". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Bernhardt calls up two new faces and retain 22 players in U22". Goal.com. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Senarai 24 pemain ke latihan pusat skuad kebangsaan bertemu indonesia di solo". harimaumalaysia.my. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  6. ↑ http://www.espnfc.com/blog/football-asia/153/post/2942480/malaysia-concede-three-times-in-21-minutes-in-aff-friendly-loss-to-indonesia
  7. ↑ "Safawi Rasid, Matt Davies rehearsed Malaysia SEA Games wonder goal". espn.com. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "Safawi Rasid". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  9. ↑ "Rasid, Safawi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
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