Mohamed Faisal

Born in Fenfushi, Maldives, Faisal started his playing career with Club All Youth Linkage in 2006, where he helped the team gain promotion to top division from Third Division, during his four year at the club. During his first season, they gained promotion to Second Division as 2006 Third Division runner-ups, also winning the best goalkeeper award. Faisal won Second Division and Dhivehi League both in 2007. He first claimed 2007 Second Division with Club AYL but failed to get promoted to first division in the play-off. He was then loaned to Victory Sports Club for the rest of the season as their first choice Imran Mohamed got injured, and won first division with them. In 2008, Faisal earned another best goalkeeper award despite Club AYL were runner-ups of the 2008 Second Division. They also gained promotion to first division football, winning the play-offs. Faisal left Club AYL to play for Victory SC in 2010, making his debut in the AFC Cup against Indonesian club Sriwijaya. He won the FA Cup and President's Cup in his first two seasons. In 2012, Faisal fractured a bone in his left ankle in the AFC Cup qualifying round against Al-Tilal which sidelined him for five months. On 2 November 2012, Faisal signed for Club Valencia on a one-year deal for the 2013 season. Faisal became a Club Eagles player on 25 February 2014. Faisal helped Club Eagles, qualify to the President's Cup for the first time in the club's history, after securing third in the league. They reached the final…

Faisal made his international debut on 18 April 2009, against Bhutan in the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup qualification. He kept a clean sheet to his name in the game as Maldives won by 5–0. In 2010, he was called up for the 2010 South Asian Games, where he won bronze with the national under-23 team. He only played the third-place play-off match against India, in which he saved two penalties to win the penalty shoot-out. Following the retirement of then goalkeeper Imran Mohamed, Faisal was the number one goalkeeper for the national team since 2017. His first major tournament was the 2018 SAFF Championship in which they won the tournament for the second time in their history, also winning the best player award.

Club

As of match played 15 August 2021

International

As of match played 18 November 2025

Club AYL

Third Division runner-up: 2006 Second Division: 2007; runner-up: 2008 Victory

Dhivehi League: 2007 FA Charity Shield runner-up: 2010, 2011, 2012 Maldives FA Cup: 2010; third place: 2007, 2011 President's Cup: 2011; runner-up: 2007, 2010, 2012 Eagles

President's Cup runner-up: 2014 Valencia

Maldives FA Cup: 2016 President's Cup: 2021–22 FA Charity Shield runner-up: 2017 New Radiant

Dhivehi Premier League: 2017 Maldives FA Cup: 2017 President's Cup: 2017 Malé League: 2018 Maldives

SAFF Championship: 2018 Maldives U23

South Asian Games bronze medal: 2010 Individual

2006 Third Division best goalkeeper 2008 Second Division best goalkeeper 2018 SAFF Championship Most Valuable Player 2018 SAFF Championship best goalkepper