Place of birth Dungun, Terengganu Number 29 Height 1.73 m | Playing position 2014 T-Team FC Current team Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. | |
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Full name Muhammad Safawi Bin Rasid Date of birth (1997-03-05) 5 March 1997 (age 20) | ||
Muhd Safawi Rasid (born 5 March 1997) is a Malaysian footballer who plays for Malaysia Super League club Johor Darul Ta'zim FC as a winger.
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Early life
Safawi lives in Kampung Bukit Chatak, Dungun, Terengganu and previously he went studying at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Seri Dungun, Dungun, Terengganu since 2010 before moving to Sekolah Sukan Bukit Nenas, Marang, Terengganu to improve his football talent until 2014. He had played football for his school team since his first year of being a secondary school student.
Safawi has 7 brothers and all of them are involved with sports such as sepak takraw and hockey. He was the fifth in his siblings and he is the pride for Dungun's people.
Youth career
By 2011, T-Team F.C. had established a football academy all over six Terengganu cities, Dungun, Marang, Besut, Kemaman, Setiu and Kuala Terengganu by their 2011 head coach, Jibang Marzuki. All the football academy players must be below 18 years old and Jibang Marzuki managed to hold a game for each team every week in order to ensure each player was in their best performance before going to T-Team F.C. pre-selection at the end of the year.
Safawi Rasid who was only 15 years old joined the Dungun T-Team F.C. Academy and always made the first-eleven for his team on each game. He used to play as a centre midfielder and often scored from long-range shot with his left-foot. His manager at the moment once stated that he had to go to Safawi's home to force him to go training because he believes that Safawi had a bright future ahead. Safawi representend Terengganu's football team every year since he was 14 years old for the MSSM tournament.
When he was 16 years old, he moved to Sekolah Sukan Bukit Nenas to improve his football skills, 66 kilometres away from home. Due to his fantastic talent at the Sports School League, T-Team coach, Rahmad Dermawan called him up to have a training with the senior team. Hence, Safawi was busy in 2013, joining two teams, Sekolah Sukan Bukit Nenas football team and also T-Team F.C..
Johor Darul Takzim F.C
In 2017, he was assigned the shirt number 29.Safawi made his 2017 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off debut then 0-3 defeat against Gamba Osaka at Suita City Football Stadium on 7 February 2017 and 2017 Malaysia Super League debut with JDT against Felda United F.C.
International career
Safawi Rasid had made debut for international appearances played for Malaysia Under-22 in the 2016 Nations Cup. In August 2016, Safawi Rasid was called up to the Malaysian national team for the match against Indonesia. He made his debut for the senior team in the match as a starter, as Malaysia lost 0-3. Then, he managed to be the first-eleven once again against Singapore which the result was 0-0.
For the AFF Suzuki Cup 2016, Safawi Rasid was selected for the 25-man squad before being dropped by manager, Datuk Ong Kim Swee for the 23-man squad. He was the youngest player for the 25-man squad as he was only 19 years old. The dropping of Safawi Rasid from Datuk Ong Kim Swee had pissed off a lot of football fans in Malaysia when 32 years old striker, Safee Sali still managed to be in the team despite his very poor season with Johor Darul Ta'zim.