Ali Fasir

Club Eagles

2006 season

Fasir was first spotted by a Malé League team, Club Eagles during their training camp held at his home land Eydhafushi in 2006. Fasir was included in the three players Club Eagles offered the contract from Eydhafushi and he was later released at the end of the season as his contract got expired.

Club All Youth Linkage

2008 season

In 2007, Club All Youth Linkage, a second division team noticed Fasir during an island level football tournament held in Eydhafushi. Club AYL signed him for the 2008 season and Fasir played a major role to qualify and win the 2009 Dhivehi League play-off round as 2008 second division tournament finalists to qualify the club to Dhivehi League for the first time.

2009 season

Fasir played with the number 7 shirt this season and made his Dhivehi League debut in their first match of the 2009 season against VB Sports Club on 6 February 2009. He also scored in the 3–2 win against VB on that day. On 21 February 2009, Fasir scored in the 2–2 draw against New Radiant. On 5 June 2009, Fasir scored two goals against Kalhaidhoo ZJ in their 8–1 win and also assisted Fauzan Habeeb to score their third goal of the game. Fasir scored his second goal against VB Sports club on 26 June 2009 and he also received his first yellow card in the Dhivehi League. On 17 July 2009, Fasir made his Maldives FA Cup debut against Victory in the quarter finals but lost the game 2–1. On 15 August 2009,…

Maldives under-23 team

Fasir was called up for the Maldives national under-23 football team for the first time, for the 2010 South Asian Games held in Dhaka. He made his debut in their first game against Bhutan as a second-half substitute, where they won the match 1–0, on 30 January 2010. He started his first game for the under-23 side against Bangladesh in a 1–0 defeat in the last group stage match, on 3 February 2010. Fasir also featured in the tournament's third place play-off match, where they won the bronze after beating India 3–1 on penalties after a goalless 90 minutes. Fasir was also called up for the 2010 Asian Games held in Guangzhou later that year, but was an unused substitute throughout the tournament. On 18 November 2013, the Football Association of Maldives chose Fasir to play in the 2013 MNC Cup (an invitational friendly tournament) when Ali Ashfaq refused to play for the under-23 side as one of the three over-aged players. He played in the tournament and scored in a 1–0 win against Papua New Guinea and also in the 2–1 defeat against Indonesia. Maldives won bronze medal in the invitational friendly tournament.

Maldives senior team

Fasir made his debut for the Maldives senior side on 12 October 2010, in an international friendly against Indonesia replacing Ali Ashfaq in the second half injury time, where they lost 3–0 at the Siliwangi Stadium. Fasir started his first game for Maldives on 24 November 2011 in a 2–1 friendly win against…

Fasir has good finishing, pace, dribbling, positioning and crossing ability. He is able to play on wither wing as well through the center of the pitch, making him a versatile attacker. Although Fasir is right footed, He is also able to control the ball and cross and finish well with his left foot. He occasionally plays as an attacking midfielder.

Fasir was born on 4 September 1988 in Eydhafushi, Maldives and attended Baa Atoll Education Centre. Fasir was his parents'; Aishath Ali and Ahmed Shaheem's third child among the six. From the other children, four sons; Hussain Fasir, Mohamed Fasir, Ismail Fasir, Abdulla Fasir and daughter Fathimath Faiha, Mohamed Fasir was a former footballer who played with him during his early career times at Club Eagles and Club All Youth Linkage, until Mohamed suffered a serious injury which he took four years to recover completely. Growing up in an island of Maldives, Fasir was an impressive player since a very young age and continued impressing the football spectators at school and island level until he was first offered by Club Eagles.