| Rizal Ghazali | |
| Fullname: | Mohd Rizal bin Mohd Ghazali[1] |
| Birth Date: | 1 October 1992[2] |
| Birth Place: | Baling, Kedah, Malaysia[3] |
| Position: | Right-back / Wing-back |
| Currentclub: | Kedah Darul Aman |
| Clubnumber: | 15 |
| Youthyears1: | 2010 |
| Youthclubs1: | Perlis U21 |
| Years1: | 2011–2013 |
| Clubs1: | Perlis |
| Caps1: | 20 |
| Goals1: | 8 |
| Years2: | 2014–2021 |
| Clubs2: | Kedah Darul Aman |
| Caps2: | 118 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs3: | Sabah |
| Caps3: | 40 |
| Goals3: | 2 |
| Years4: | 2024– |
| Clubs4: | Kedah Darul Aman |
| Caps4: | 4 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2016– |
| Nationalteam1: | Malaysia |
| Nationalcaps1: | 19 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 3 December 2023 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 15 June 2021 |
Mohd Rizal bin Mohd Ghazali (born 1 October 1992), simply known as Rizal, is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays for the Malaysia Super League club Sabah and Malaysia national team as a right-back but can also play as a wing-back.[4]
Rizal began his career with the Perlis youth team, Perlis President Cup. Later, he was promoted to the Perlis senior team in 2011 wearing number 15 jersey.[5] Rizal spent three seasons with Perlis senior team before signed with Kedah for the 2014 season.[6]
On 17 October 2013, Rizal signed a contract with Kedah Darul Aman to play in 2014 season. He was registered with the number 34 jersey, before switching to jersey number 15 afterwards.[7] At the beginning of his appearances with Kedah Darul Aman, Rizal played as a winger. Somewhere in 2015, club's temporary coach, Ramon Marcote, has placed him as a right-back as Ramon feels that Rizal is better at that position. Therefore, he continues to serve as club's main right-back since then.[8]
Rizal scored a goal in the 2016 Malaysia Cup final which both team ended tied 1–1 after extra time. Kedah won 6–5 in the shootout and clinched the Malaysia Cup for the 2016.[9]
Rizal made his first international appearance for Malaysia national team in a 0–0 draw friendly against Singapore on 7 October 2016.[10]
| Malaysia | League | FA Cup | Malaysia Cup | Asia | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| 2011 | Perlis | Malaysia Super League | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 15 | 5 | ||
| 2012 | Malaysia Premier League | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 3 | |||
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 20 | 8 | ||||
| 2014 | Kedah Darul Aman | Malaysia Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 17 | 0 | ||||
| 2016 | Malaysia Super League | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 1 | – | 33 | 1 | |||
| 2017 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | – | 29 | 0 | ||||
| 2018 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 23 | 0 | ||||
| 2019 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | – | 35 | 1 | ||||
| 2020 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |||
| Total | 118 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 175 | 2 | |||
| 2022 | Sabah | Malaysia Super League | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 24 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | 27 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 41 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 3 | |||
| Career total | 179 | 11 | 22 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 246 | 13 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 2016 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 13 | 0 | ||
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