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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 19 (Bernama) — Kuala Lumpur (KL) Metropolis FC’s naturalised striker Romel Morales stands an opportunity to don Malaysia’s jersey for the primary time after being known as as much as attend the Harimau Malaya centralised coaching camp forward of the Jan 12-Feb 10 Asian Cup Finals in Doha, Qatar.
The 26-year-old, from Colombia, is among the many 26 gamers known as up by head coach Kim Pan Gon for the centralised coaching camp at Wisma FAM (Soccer Affiliation of Malaysia) from Dec 26.
Morales, who netted 15 targets within the recently-concluded Malaysia League (M-League), is the fourth naturalised participant within the Harimau Malaya checklist this time, the others being his KL Metropolis teammate Paulo Josue and Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) duo Endrick Dos Santos and Mohamadou Sumareh.
Based mostly on the group checklist this time, Pan Gon has retained 22 gamers from the 25-man squad who recorded two victories within the 2026 World Cup/2027 Asian Cup Qualifiers in opposition to Kyrgyzstan and Taiwan final month.
Aside from Morales, the opposite three new faces within the coaching squad are JDT’s Mohamed Syamer Kutty Abba and Natxo Insa, who’s of combined heritage, and Selangor FC’s Ahmad Khuzaimi Piee.
“A complete of 19 gamers have been place on standby in case there are any adjustments to the (26-player) checklist. Two gamers, Shahrul Nazeem Zulpakar and Azam Azmi Murad, couldn’t be known as up resulting from accidents,” FAM mentioned in a press release as we speak.
Within the Asian Cup Finals, Malaysia will start their Group E marketing campaign in opposition to Jordan on Jan 15, adopted by Bahrain on Jan 20 and two-time champions and sizzling favourites South Korea on Jan 25.
The winners and runners-up of every group, along with the 4 finest third-placed groups, will advance to the spherical of 16.
Pan Gon goals to assist Malaysia create historical past by qualifying for the spherical of 16 for the primary time in Malaysia’s fourth look on this prestigious Asian soccer event.
Following is the checklist of 26 gamers known as up for the Harimau Malaya centralised coaching camp to be held at Wisma FAM from Dec 26 forward of subsequent month’s Asian Cup Finals:
| No. | Title | Crew |
| 1. | Ahmad Syihan Hazmi Mohamed | JDT |
| 2. | Matthew Davies | JDT |
| 3. | La’vere Lawrence Corbin-ong | JDT |
| 4. | Endrick Dos Santos | JDT |
| 5. | Arif Aiman Mohd Hanapi | JDT |
| 6. | Muhammad Safawi Rasid | JDT |
| 7. | Muhammad Akhyar Abdul Rashid | JDT |
| 8. | Shahrul Mohd Saad | JDT |
| 9. | Muhammad Syahmi Safari | JDT |
| 10. | Mohd Afiq Fazail | JDT |
| 11. | Mohamadou Sumareh | JDT |
| 12. | Mohamed Syamer Kutty Abba | JDT |
| 13. | Natxo Insa | JDT |
| 14. | Dominic Tan | Sabah FC |
| 15. | Daniel Sang Ting | Sabah FC |
| 16. | Stuart John Wilkin | Sabah FC |
| 17. | Darren Lok | Sabah FC |
| 18. | Brendan Gan | Selangor FC |
| 19. | Mohamad Faisal Abdul Halim | Selangor FC |
| 20. | Ahmad Khuzaimi Piee | Selangor FC |
| 21. | Muhammad Azri Ab Ghani | KL Metropolis FC |
| 22. | Paulo Josue | KL Metropolis FC |
| 23. | Romel Morales | KL Metropolis FC |
| 24. | Sikh Izhan Nazrel Sikh Azman | Negeri Sembilan FC |
| 25. | Dion-johan Cools | Buriram United |
| 26. | Junior Eldstal | Dewa United FC |
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