Khairul Helmi Johari

Khairul Helmi Bin Johari (born 31 March 1988 in Sungai Petani, Kedah) is a Malaysian footballer who plays for and captains of Malaysian club Kedah and Malaysia national team.[1] Khairul plays mainly as a centre-back.[2] He is known as Keon among his teammates and fans.

In this Malay name, the name Johari is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Khairul Helmi.

Khairul Helmi

Personal information
Full name	Khairul Helmi Bin Johari
Date of birth	(1988-03-31) 31 March 1988
Place of birth	Kedah, Malaysia
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Kedah
Number	13
Youth career
2006–2007	Kedah U-19
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–	Kedah	93	(4)
National team^‡
2010–2011	Malaysia U-23	5	(0)
2010–	Malaysia	5	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 November 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 August 2017

Career

Khairul played for Kedah youth team, the President Cup team. Khairul has been promoted from the youth team to senior team along with his friends Rozaidi Rahim and Hazwan Zainun starting from 2007/08 M-League season. He signed a professional contract in November 2007. However, Khairul was hit by injuries.

In November 2010, Khairul was called up to the Malaysia national squad by coach K. Rajagopal for the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup, although he didn't play any games at the tournament as Malaysia won the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup title for the first time in their history.

In October 2016, Khairul with jersey number 25 has been called up to the National football team for a Class A Friendly match against Singapore. He made his senior debut during that match as a first eleven which end up draw 1–1.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 28 October 2017.[3]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Kedah	2006-07	Malaysia Super League	0	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0	0	0
	2007-08	Malaysia Super League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2009	Malaysia Super League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2010	Malaysia Super League	0	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0	0	0
	2011	Malaysia Super League	22	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0	0	0
	2012	Malaysia Super League	10	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0	0	0
	2013	Malaysia Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0	0	0
	2014	Malaysia Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0	0	0
	2015	Malaysia Premier League	0	0	2	0	11	0	–		–		34	0
	2016	Malaysia Super League	17	0	4	1	9	0	–		–		30	1
	2017	Malaysia Super League	18	0	5	0	8	0	–		–		31	0
	2018	Malaysia Super League	0	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0	0	0
	2019	Malaysia Super League	0	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0	0	0
	2020	Malaysia Super League	0	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0	0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0	0	0
Career Total			0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0

International

As of 13 November 2017[4]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Malaysia	2016	1	0
	2017	4	0
Total		5	0

Honours

Club

Kedah

• Malaysia Super League (2): 2006-2007, 2007-2008
• Malaysia Cup (3): 2007, 2008, 2016
• FA Cup Malaysia (4): 2007, 2008, 2017, 2019
• Malaysia Premier League (2): 2005–06, 2015
• Malaysia Charity Shield (1): 2017

References

1. "Star man: Khairul Helmi, Kedah". www.fourfourtwo.com. FourFourTwo. 2 February 2016.
2. "JDT defender Aidil Zafuan isn't rival for Malaysia start - Khairul Helmi Johari". www.espnfc.com. ESPN FC. 1 June 2017.
3. "Khairul Helmi". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
4. "Johari, Khairul Helmi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 8 September 2017.

External links

• Khairul Helmi Johari at Soccerway
• Khairul Helmi Johari at National-Football-Teams.com