Ifwat Akmal
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| Full name | Mohd Ifwat Akmal bin Chek Kassim[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 10 August 1996 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kedah, Malaysia | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||
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Current team | PDRM | |||||||||||||
| Number | 30 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Kedah Darul Aman U21 | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2016–2025 | Kedah Darul Aman | 90 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2025- | PDRM | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Malaysia U-23 | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2016– | Malaysia | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 11 June 2019 | ||||||||||||||
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Mohd Ifwat Akmal bin Chek Kassim (born 10 August 1996) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as goalkeeper for Malaysia Super League club PDRM and the Malaysia national team.[2]
Club career
[edit | edit source]Kedah Darul Aman
[edit | edit source]Ifwat began his career with Kedah Darul Aman U21 team which has competed in the President Cup.
Ifwat amazing performances in the 2017 Malaysia Super League earn him to win the 2017 league 'Best Goalkeeper Award'.
On 21 January 2020, he played in the 2020 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs against Hong Kong side, Tai Po in which Kedah Darul Aman won 5–1.
International career
[edit | edit source]On 6 August 2016, Ifwat make his Malaysia national team debut at the age of 19 in a friendly match against rivals, Indonesia where he played the entire 90th minute.
In June 2019, Ifwat was called up to the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Timor-Leste where he played the entire match in the second leg of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round in a 5–1 win.
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]Club
[edit | edit source]- As of 13 August 2025[3]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental/Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Kedah Darul Aman | 2016 | Malaysia Super League | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | – | 17 | 0 | |
| 2017 | Malaysia Super League | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | – | 28 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | Malaysia Super League | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | Malaysia Super League | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | – | 33 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | Malaysia Super League | 5 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | Malaysia Super League | 7 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | |||
| 2022 | Malaysia Super League | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| 2023 | Malaysia Super League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Malaysia Super League | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Total | 90 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 145 | 0 | ||
| PDRM | 2025–26 | Malaysia Super League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 80 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 131 | 0 | ||
- ^ Appearances in AFC Champions League
- ^ Appearances in AFC Cup
- ^ Appearances in MFL Challenge Cup
Honours
[edit | edit source]Club
[edit | edit source]Kedah Darul Aman
- Malaysia FA Cup: 2017, 2019
- Malaysia Cup: 2016
- Malaysia Charity Shield: 2017
- Malaysia Super League runner-up: 2020, 2021
- Malaysia Cup runner-up: 2017, 2019
International
[edit | edit source]Malaysia U-23
Individual
[edit | edit source]- Man Of The Match Malaysia FA Cup Final: 2019[5][6]
- FAM Football Awards – Best Goalkeeper: 2017[7]
- Malaysia Super League Team of the Season: 2019
- Kedah Sports Awards 2016 – Promising Athlete[8][9]
- PFAM Player of the Month: March 2019
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External links
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- Malaysian men's footballers
- Kedah Darul Aman F.C. players
- Polis Diraja Malaysia FC players
- Malaysian people of Malay descent
- Footballers from Kedah
- Malaysia Super League players
- SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia
- SEA Games medalists in football
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games
- Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games
- Asian Games footballers for Malaysia
- 21st-century Malaysian sportsmen
- Malaysian football goalkeeper stubs