The Omar Sports Young Player of The Year

Wan Zack Haikal

Wan Zack Haikal, a promising youngster

This year has been a revelation for Wan Zack Haikal. His talent were never went unrecognised as he was chosen to become one of Harimau Muda player at the age of 18 and has since improved dramatically under Ong Kim Swee. He have skills to past his opponent, run over and through the defence but most importantly, he has the ability to be a finisher. All of this has been proved in his performance during Olympic Qualifying Round, S-League, and most recently in AFF Suzuki Cup 2012 as he played a major role in becoming a constant threat to the opposition, scoring and create loads of assist, he is arguably the best performer for Malaysia. His only weakness is injury proneness that may hindered his progress as he have injured for a number of times in the past and particularly in AFF Suzuki Cup 2012, as he is out injured before semi final and could not help his side from progressing through as they were beaten by Thailand. Nonetheless, he still have a big future lie ahead of him as he is only 21 years old and certainly have a plenty of time to become one of the best Malaysian player they have ever had. 

Fakri Saarani going abroad

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Ahmad Fakri Saarani is set to become Malaysia's third player that will plying trade outside of Malaysia, after being approached by Marco Guimaraes, a football agent who is the one who arranged Nazmi Faiz move successfully to SC Beira Mar, to play for Atletico Sport Clube in Teircera Liga, a second division league in Portugal, for a six-month contract. He also receives several offers from Malaysia Super League clubs, as well as other Portuguese clubs in higher division, but worried he may not get a first team chances as much as he would have hope. The club head coach, Paulo Simao, is said to be impressed with Fakri after watching him playing in the video. The 23 yeor-old will join the club as soon as the AFF Suzuki Cup 2012 competition is over. Fakri, who is considered as a former Malaysian wonderkid, scored a hat-trick at the age of 18, when he played for Perak in Malaysia Super League match against Negri Sembilan, and later went on to play for Perlis, which he plays in his best form and became a highlight of his career. He is also part of Harimau Muda who won 2008 Malaysia Premier League title, Gold medal in 2009 SEA Games and 2011 SEA Games. He is also successful in club level, winning 2011 Malaysia Cup title by beating Terengganu with Negri Sembilan. He suffered a long-term injury when he is still playing for Perlis and on the verge of signing for Negri Sembilan and subsequently ruled out to play for 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup. He recovered from his injury since then but could not regain his form and performances, after he struggled both in club level and international level, and even after move to Felda United earlier this year, he could not live up to the expectation, as he is tipped to become one of the brightest young talent that Malaysia have after years of drought in producing young talent. This move may as well rejuvenated his form back to his best and to be a regular starter in the first eleven for the national setup once again.