Hadi Fayyadh becomes first Malaysian to play in J-League

The 22-year-old Azul Claro Numazu forward, on loan from Fagiano Okayama, came on for his J3 League debut as a substitute in a 2-0 win over Vanraure Hachinohe on Thursday.

ありがとうございます?ハディファイヤッド選手は、マレーシア??人として初めてJリーグ公式戦デビューとなりました！過去に２人の??人選手がFC琉球に在籍していましたが、当時FC琉球はJFL所属でしたので、J3 #アスルクラロ沼津 所属として出場したのはハディ選手のみです‼️ご両親も喜んでます? https://t.co/i7DVu6omut

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In doing so, he also became the second Malaysian to play professionally in Japan after Wan Zack Haikal Wan Noor, who played for FC Ryukyu in the Japan Football League in 2013.

The debut was a long time coming for the former Johor Darul Ta'zim youngster, whose time in Japan since December 2018 was hampered by injuries and fitness concerns, most recently an anterior cruciate ligament injury that he suffered in April last year.

Hadi is set to feature at the 2021 SEA Games in Hanoi, Vietnam, next month after being called up for the Malaysia U-23s' centralised training camp.