Khairul Helmi Johari


Khairul Helmi Bin Johari is a Malaysian footballer who plays for and captains of Malaysian club Kedah and Malaysia national team. Khairul plays mainly as a centre-back. He is known as Keon among his teammates and fans.

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.

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Club

Kedah