Mohamed Rifnas

Mohamed Rifnas (born 9 January 1995) is a Sri Lankan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Colombo FC in the Sri Lanka Football Premier League. He operates primarily as a central midfielder and is comfortable playing both in attack and defense.

Mohamed Rifnas
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-01-09) 9 January 1995
Place of birth Maligawatte, Sri Lanka
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Colombo FC
Number 7
Youth career
Colombo FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Renown Sports Club
2018– Colombo FC
National team‡
2014– Sri Lanka 8 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 April 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 December 2015

Career

Rifnas began his club career with Colombo FC in 2011 as a teenager & promoted the club from Division 1 to Champions League. After helping Colombo FC to the FA CUP finals, Renown Sports Club of the Sri Lanka Football Premier League made an effort to sign Rifnas's elder brother to the team. He made a midfield partnership with Fazul Rahman & his brother Rizni throughout the season, and earned two consecutive Golden Boot awards.[1] On March 28, 2018, Rifnas officially transferred to his childhood club, Colombo FC, after rumors had been spread about his transfer.

International

Rifnas made his debut for Sri Lanka on 26 August 2014 against Seychelles and scored his first goal for his country in the 78th minute. That goal proved to be the winning goal as Sri Lanka won 2–1.[2] Rifnas was then selected to be part of Sri Lanka's side for the 2015 SAFF Championship, where he was named as one of the top young players to watch during the tournament.[3] He scored the winning goal for Sri Lanka in their opening match of the tournament against Nepal in the fifth minute of stoppage time after the second half. Sri Lanka won 1–0.[4]

International goals

Score and result list Sri Lanka's goal tally first.[1]

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.26 August 2014Stade Linité, Victoria, Seychelles Seychelles2–12–1Friendly
2.23 December 2015Trivandrum International Stadium, Kariavattom, India   Nepal1–01–02015 SAFF Championship
3.25 December 2015 India2–12–1

Career statistics

International
As of 23 December 2015[1]
Sri Lanka national team
YearAppsGoals
201441
201542
Total83

References
  1. "Mohamed Rifnas". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  2. "Seychelles 1-2 Sri Lanka". World Football.
  3. "Young Guns of the SAFF Cup". Nepali Goal. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  4. "Sri Lanka beat Nepal 1-0". Times of India. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
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