{{short description|Singaporean footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Malay name|Fareez|Farhan}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Fareez Farhan | fullname = Muhammad Fareez bin Mohd Farhan<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.fas.org.sg/newsroom/press-release/courts-young-lions-reveals-squad-2014-sleague-season-and-renewal-sponsorship-| archive-url=https://archive.today/20140311113245/http://www.fas.org.sg/newsroom/press-release/courts-young-lions-reveals-squad-2014-sleague-season-and-renewal-sponsorship-| url-status=dead| archive-date=11 March 2014| title=Courts Young Lions Reveals Squad for 2014 S.League Season and Renewal of Sponsorship from Courts for Fourth Year| website=Football Association of Singapore| access-date=10 March 2014}}</ref> | image = Fareez Farhan, 2019 (cropped).jpg | caption = Fareez playing for [[Singapore national football team|Singapore]] in 2019 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|7|29|df=y}} | birth_place = Singapore | height = 1.78 m | currentclub = [[Kelantan F.C.|Kelantan]] | clubnumber = 11 | position = [[Forward (association football)|Winger]] / [[Midfielder|Attacking-midfielder]] | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 2011–2012 | clubs1 = [[Gombak United]] | caps1 = 14 | goals1 = 3 | years2 = 2012–2014 | clubs2 = [[Young Lions FC|Young Lions]] | caps2 = 4 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2015 | clubs3 = [[Hougang United FC|Hougang United]] | caps3 = 12 | goals3 = 2 | years4 = 2016 | clubs4 = [[Young Lions FC|Young Lions]] | caps4 = 22 | goals4 = 8 | years5 = 2017-2018 | clubs5 = [[Hougang United FC|Hougang United]] | caps5 = 39 | goals5 = 9 | years6 = 2019–2022 | clubs6 = [[Geylang International FC|Geylang International]] | caps6 = 53 | goals6 = 12 | years7 = 2023– | clubs7 = [[Kelantan F.C.|Kelantan]] | caps7 = | goals7 = | nationalyears1 = 2012– | nationalteam1 = [[Singapore national under-22 football team|Singapore U22]] | nationalcaps1 = 5 | nationalgoals1 = 2 | nationalyears2 = 2019– | nationalteam2 = [[Singapore national football team|Singapore]] | nationalcaps2 = 3 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | club-update = 22 November 2019 | ntupdate = 22 November 2019 }}
'''Muhammad Fareez bin Mohd Farhan''' (born 29 July 1994) is a [[Singaporeans|Singaporean]] professional [[association football|footballer]] who plays either as a [[Forward (association football)|winger]] or [[Attacking Midfielder|attacking-midfielder]] for [[Singapore Premier League]] club [[Hougang United FC|Hougang United]] and the [[Singapore national football team|Singapore national team]].
==Club career==
===Gombak United=== Fareez began his footballing career with [[Gombak United]] in 2011. The teenage forward became the youngest player since [[Hariss Harun]] to make his debut in the [[S.League]] against [[Albirex Niigata (S)]] on 11 April 2011, coming on for [[South Korea]]n striker [[Jang Jo-Yoon|Chang Jo-Yoon]] in the 88th minute. He was then the second youngest player to play in the [[S.League]] at 16 years 7 months and 13 days.<ref>{{cite news| title=Teen eyes regular first-team chance| publisher=The New Paper| date=18 April 2011}}</ref> He scored his first league goal in the 2-1 defeat against [[Singapore Armed Forces FC|Singapore Armed Forces]] on 25 June 2011.
In February 2011, Fareez's father contacted Serbian coach [[Luka Lalic]] who arranged a six-week-long trial for the player at Croatian giants [[Dinamo Zagreb]]. Dinamo Zagreb wanted to keep Fareez, but were unable to sign him under new [[FIFA]] regulations in the wake of [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]'s alleged tapping-up of French youngster [[Gael Kakuta]] in 2009.
===Young Lions=== Following Gombak United's decision to sit out the 2013 S.League, Fareez signed for [[Courts Young Lions]]. As he was in the Singapore Police Force for compulsory national services in Singapore, he only appeared four times and failed to score for the club.
===Hougang United=== Fareez Farhan signed for Hougang United in December 2014. He scored 2 goals in 12 appearances for the club.
===Young Lions=== Fareez resigned for the Young Lions for the [[2016 S.League]] season and made a fine start to the season, scoring 3 goals in 6 appearances.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/features/stange-returns-serve-after-fourfourtwos-singapore-squad-suggestions#QH78J6jg8gseBPxO.99#:M4vR_NzN5st/kA| title=Stange returns serve after FourFourTwo's Singapore squad suggestions| publisher=[[FourFourTwo]]| date=22 March 2016| accessdate=22 March 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326112943/http://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/features/stange-returns-serve-after-fourfourtwos-singapore-squad-suggestions#QH78J6jg8gseBPxO.99| archive-date=26 March 2016| url-status=dead}}</ref> Fareez scored his fourth goal in his seventh appearance, becoming the top scoring local-born footballer.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/news/star-studded-tampines-fail-shine-against-young-lions#rzYwDUsQt5VsEMSR.99| title=Star-studded Tampines fail to shine against Young Lions| publisher=[[FourFourTwo]]| date=4 April 2016| access-date=4 April 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409042917/http://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/news/star-studded-tampines-fail-shine-against-young-lions#rzYwDUsQt5VsEMSR.99| archive-date=9 April 2016| url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Return to Hougang=== Fareez signed again for Hougang United in December 2017, after his release from [[Young Lions FC|Young Lions]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hgfc.com.sg/hougang-united-complete-signing-of-striker-fareez-farhan/|title=HOUGANG UNITED COMPLETE SIGNING OF STRIKER FAREEZ FARHAN – Hougang United Football Club}}</ref>
===Geylang International=== For the 2019 AIA Singapore Premier League season, Geylang announced that Fareez had signed for [[Geylang International FC|Geylang International]]. He made his debut in a 1-0 win over [[Albirex Niigata Singapore FC|Albirex Niigata Singapore]]. On the 5th of April he scored his first goal in a 5-2 victory over Warriors FC. In total, he scored nine goals from 23 appearances to help the Eagles finish fifth in the [[2019 Singapore Premier League]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxsportsasia.com/football/asian-football/singapore-football/1220631/singapore-international-fareez-farhan-to-train-with-japan-second-division-club-matsumoto-yamaga-fc/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200117181716/https://www.foxsportsasia.com/football/asian-football/singapore-football/1220631/singapore-international-fareez-farhan-to-train-with-japan-second-division-club-matsumoto-yamaga-fc/|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 January 2020|title=Singapore international Fareez Farhan training with Japan's Matsumoto Yamaga FC|date=2020-01-16|website=FOX Sports Asia|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-17}}</ref>
==International career== [[Singapore national football team]]'s Coach [[Tatsuma Yoshida]] called up Fareez Farhan to replace [[Khairul Amri]] for the [[2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|2022 World Cup qualifiers]] against [[Yemen national football team|Yemen]] and [[Palestine national football team|Palestine]] in their first two Group D matches.<ref>{{cite web|title=FAREEZ FARHAN REPLACES KHAIRUL AMRI IN SINGAPORE SQUAD| publisher=Goal.com|date=4 September 2019|accessdate=10 September 2019|url=https://www.goal.com/en-sg/news/fareez-farhan-replaces-khairul-amri-in-singapore-squad/1wxqfgd39cgwz1t9ksxurz1972}}</ref> Fareez made his debut against Palestine on 10 September 2019.<ref name=":0" /> He won his second cap and his first start in a friendly against [[Jordan national football team|Jordan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://themonitor.sg/2019/10/06/lions-earn-0-0-draw-against-jordan-in-amman-not-bad-indeed/|title=Lions earn 0-0 draw against Jordan in Amman. Not bad indeed.|date=2019-10-06|website=The Monitor SG|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-06}}</ref>
==Career statistics==
===Club=== ''Statistics accurate as of 19 Mar 2022''
<!-- NOTE: when updating stats, update the infobox too! --> {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center;" |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="2"|League !colspan="2"|Singapore Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] !colspan="2"|Total |- !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |- | rowspan="3"| [[Gombak United]] |[[2011 S.League|2011]] |18||1||1||0||0||0||0||0||19||1 |- |[[2012 S.League|2012]] |6||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||7||0 |- !Total !13!!1!!2!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!15!!1 |- | rowspan="4"| [[Young Lions FC]] |[[2012 S.League|2012]] |6||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||6||0 |- |[[2013 S.League|2013]] |18||2||1||0||2||0||0||0||21||2 |- |[[2014 S.League|2014]] |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- !Total !24!!2!!1!!0!!2!!0!!0!!0!!27!!2 |- | [[Hougang United]] |[[2015 S.League|2015]] |21||1||1||0||3||1||0||0||25||2 |- | [[Young Lions FC]] |[[2016 S.League|2016]] |21||8||1||0||0||0||0||0||22||8 |- | rowspan="3"| [[Hougang United]] |[[2017 S.League|2017]] |11||4||6||1||2||1||0||0||19||6 |- |[[2018 Singapore Premier League|2018]] |19||3||1||0||0||0||0||0||20||3 |- !Total !30!!7!!7!!1!!2!!1!!0!!0!!39!!9 |- | rowspan="5"| [[Geylang International]] |[[2019 Singapore Premier League|2019]] |23||9||5||2||0||0||0||0||28||11 |- |[[2020 Singapore Premier League|2020]] |10||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||10||1 |- |[[2021 Singapore Premier League|2021]] |14||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||14||0 |- |[[2022 Singapore Premier League|2022]] |3||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||3||0 |- !Total !50!!10!!5!!2!!0!!0!!0!!0!!55!!12 |- | rowspan="3"|Singapore Khalsa Association |[[2023 Singapore Football League|2023]] |?||?||0||0||0||0||0||0||?||? |- |[[2024 Singapore Football League|2024]] |?||4||0||0||0||0||0||0||?||4 |- ! Total !?!!4!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!?!!4 |- ! colspan="2" | Career total !159!!29!!17!!3!!14!!2!!0!!0!!190!!34 |}
==International statistics==
=== International caps=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! No !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Result !! Competition |- | align=center|1|| 10 September 2019 || [[Jalan Besar Stadium]], [[Kallang]], Singapore|| {{fb|PLE}} || align=center|2-1 (won) || [[2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round]] |- | align=center|2||6 October 2019 ||[[Amman International Stadium]], [[Amman]], [[Jordan]]|| {{fb|JOR}} ||align=center|0-0 (draw)||[[Exhibition game]] |- |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{Soccerway|fareez-farhan/185390}}
{{Hougang United FC squad}}
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