Olagar Xavier
 Xavier with Timor-Leste national team in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Olagar Fernando Malik Xavier | ||
| Date of birth | 18 May 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Ainaro, Timor-Leste | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder, Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Thimphu City | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2023 | Ponta Leste | ||
| 2023–2024 | Siem Reap | 11 | (5) |
| 2024– | Thimphu City | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023– | Timor-Leste | 6 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:21, 10 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
Olagar Fernando Malik Xavier (born 18 May 2003) is a Timorese professional footballer currently playing for Bhutan Premier League club Thimphu City and the Timor-Leste national team.
Club career
[edit]Ponta Leste
[edit]As a youth, Xavier played for Ponta Leste of the Liga Futebol Timor-Leste.
Siem Reap
[edit]On 15 September 2023, it was announced that Xavier had joined second tier Cambodian club Siem Reap which plays in the Cambodian League 2.[1][2][3]
Thimphu City
[edit]On 25 April 2024, Xavier moved to Bhutan Premier League club Thimphu City
International career
[edit]Xavier made his senior international debut on 27 January 2022 in a friendly with Indonesia. Later that year, he was part of the Timor-Leste squad that competed in 2022 AFF Championship qualification.[4] In August 2023, he competed for his nation in the 2023 AFF U-23 Championship. He scored the team's only goal in the competition in a 1–3 defeat to Malaysia in the final match of the group stage.[5]
International career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 5 September 2024
| Timor-Leste national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 6 | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Done Deal". ASEAN Football Federation. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- ^ Nai, Ngay. "MoIFA, Visakha lead CL2 rankings after week three". The Khmer Times. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- ^ "Announcement". Siem Reap FC. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- ^ "NFT profile". National Football Teams. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- ^ Rajan, K. "Malaysia outclass Timor Leste to reach Asean Under-23 semi-finals". New Strait Times. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
External links
[edit]- Olagar Xavier at Soccerway
- Olagar Xavier at National-Football-Teams.com
- Olagar Xavier at Global Sports Archive
- 2003 births
- Living people
- East Timorese men's footballers
- Timor-Leste men's international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Men's association football forwards
- East Timorese expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Cambodia
- East Timorese expatriate sportspeople in Cambodia
- Cambodian League 2 players