Farizal Marlias

Mohd Farizal bin Marlias (born 29 June 1986) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Malaysia Super League club Johor Darul Ta'zim. He also played for the Malaysian Pre-Olympic squad.

Club career
Farizal started his professional career with Shahzan Muda. He spent two seasons playing in the Premier League Malaysia. He transferred to Perlis and wore the number one jersey for two seasons.

In 2011, he joined Negeri Sembilan. Initially he became second-choice goalkeeper to Mohd Farizal Harun, but he gradually becomes the number one goalkeeper after recovering from injury and subsequently helped his team win the 2011 Malaysia Cup.

He joined Perak at the end of 2012 and played 19 league matches and 5 Malaysia Cup matches in 2013. At the end of the season he left Perak and joined Selangor.

In 2015 season he joins Johor Darul Ta'zim (JDT) and is selected as the first choice goalkeeper. He made his 200th appearance in all competitions for JDT in a 2022 Malaysia Super League match against Sarawak United. He was made captain of the club in 2020.

International career
Farizal was selected as the third choice goalkeeper for the 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup after Badrulzaman Abdul Halim was dropped because of injury.

On 12 July 2009, Farizal earned his first senior international appearance in an unofficial matches against Zimbabwe. He later made his full international debut against Kenya.

He also featured with Malaysia Selection in the exhibition match against Manchester United in which he conceded three goals in the first game and two goals in the second game. In the first game, he assisted Mohd Amri Yahyah who scored a beautiful volley outside the penalty box.

In 2010, Malaysian coach K. Rajagobal called up Farizal for the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup, but he was later ruled out by injury during a league match with Perlis. He was later replaced by Mohd Sharbinee Allawee Ramli.

In 2011, Farizal made his international comeback when he came on as a substitute against Hong Kong in February. In July, he was selected to play for Malaysia Selection in a match against Chelsea. He keep a clean sheet for the Malaysian side before being replaced by Harimau Muda A keeper Mohd Izham Tarmizi in the 75th minute.

Honours
Negeri Sembilan
 * Malaysia Cup: 2011
 * Malaysia Charity Shield: 2012

Johor Darul Ta'zim
 * Malaysia Super League: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
 * Malaysia Cup: 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023
 * Malaysia Charity Shield: 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
 * Malaysia FA Cup: 2016, 2022, 2023
 * AFC Cup: 2015

Malaysia
 * Southeast Asian Games: 2009 Gold Medal
 * AFF Championship runner-up: 2014, 2018

Individual
 * FAM Football Awards – Best Goalkeeper Award: 2009 – Perlis
 * FAM Football Awards – Best Goalkeeper Award: 2015 – Johor Darul Ta'zim
 * FAM Football Awards – Best Goalkeeper Award: 2018 – Johor Darul Ta'zim
 * FAM Football Awards – Best Goalkeeper Award: 2019 – Johor Darul Ta'zim
 * FAM Football Awards – Best Goalkeeper Award: 2020 – Johor Darul Ta'zim
 * FAM Football Awards – Best Goalkeeper Award: 2021 – Johor Darul Ta'zim