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Mohamed Irufaan

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Mohamed Irufaan
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Irufaan
Date of birth (1994-07-24) 24 July 1994 (age 30)[1]
Place of birth Thimarafushi, Maldives
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Maziya
Number 5
Youth career
2012–2013 Valencia
2014 Maziya
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Valencia
2014– Maziya
International career
2012–2016 Maldives U23
2015– Maldives 16 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8. August 2024

Mohamed Irufaan (born 24 July 1994) is a Maldivian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Maziya.

Club career

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Irufaan joined Valencia in 2012 and played at youth level before breaking through into the first team, in the year 2013. He later joined Maziya in the following year 2014 and won all major trophies at Maldives top fight within just three years of time.[2]

He has also represented Maziya at the AFC Cup. In 2014, Irufaan won the Haveeru Sports Awards for the best under 21 player in the Maldives.[2]

International career

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Irufaan represented and also captained[2] Maldives at the under 23 level between the years 2012 to 2016.

He made his senior team debut for Maldives against Bhutan in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match. He came in as a 74th minute substitute for Ashad Ali where they went on to win by 4–3.[3]

Honours

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Maldives

References

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  1. ^ MOHAMED IRUFAAN US Soccerway. 13 November 2017
  2. ^ a b c އޮފާތައް ލިބުނު އެކަމަކު ބޭނުންވީ މާޒިޔާގައި މަޑުކުރަން: އިރޭ. Mihaaru Sports (in Dhivehi). 15 December 2016.
  3. ^ BHUTAN 3–4 MALDIVES FIFA. 8 October 2015
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