Hussain Shareef | |
Fullname: | Hussain Shareef |
Birth Date: | 5 September 1998[1] |
Birth Place: | Kinbidhoo, Maldives[2] |
Currentclub: | Maziya |
Clubnumber: | 1 |
Position: | Goalkeeper |
Youthyears1: | 2015–2019 |
Youthclubs1: | Maziya |
Years1: | 2016– |
Clubs1: | Maziya |
Caps1: | 27 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 2019– |
Nationalteam1: | Maldives U23 |
Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 2018– |
Nationalteam2: | Maldives |
Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Pcupdate: | 22 April 2021 |
Ntupdate: | 3 June 2021 |
Hussain Shareef (born 5 September 1998), is a Maldivian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Dhivehi Premier League club, Maziya and the Maldives national team.
Hussain Shareef joined Maziya Academy in 2015,[3] breaking through to the first team for the 2016 season.
Upon the departure of Maziya goalkeeper Mauro Boerchio,[4] Shareef made his club debut on 28 May 2018, in the 2018 Malé League against United Victory, keeping a chean sheet in the 2-0 win.[5]
On 11 March 2020, Shareef made his AFC Cup debut against Chennai City at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, India, in the 2–2 draw,[6] [7] as their first choice Ovays Azizi was suspended after being cautioned in both legs of the 2020 AFC Cup play-offs against Bengaluru.[8]
In the 2020–21 season, Shareef kept 4 clean sheets in 5 Dhivehi Premier League games, conceding only one goal.
Shareef was first called up to the Maldives national team in November 2017, for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification third round game against Palestine.[9] He was also included in coach Petar Segrt's final 20-man squad[10] [11] for the 2018 SAFF Championship but was an unused substitute throughout the tournament, in which the Maldives were the eventual winners.[12]
He made his senior international debut on 3 November 2018, in a 3–0 defeat against Malaysia.[13]
After making his debut for the senior national team, Shareef was selected in the Maldives under-23 national team for the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification in Saudi Arabia.[14]
Hussain Shareef married his boyfriend Aishath Layaal on 20 December 2020.
Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | President's Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
Maziya | 2016 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2017 | Malé League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Premier League | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
2018 | Malé League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
Premier League | 16 | 0 | |||||||||||||
2019–20 | Premier League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
2020–21 | Premier League | 5 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
Total | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||
Career totals | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
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Maldives U23 | ||||
2019 | 3 | 0 | ||
Total | 3 | 0 | ||
Maldives | ||||
2018 | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 1 | 0 |
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