Faiq Bolkiah
Faiq Bolkiah was born in Los Angeles, California, United States on May 9th, 1998 and is the Soccer Player. At the age of 25, Faiq Bolkiah biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Faiq Jefri Bolkiah (born 9 May 1998), a professional footballer who plays for Leicester City and the Brunei national team, is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the reserve team of Premier League club Leicester City and the Brunei national team.
He is the captain of the national team.
Personal life
Faiq is the son of Jefri Bolkiah, Prince of Brunei, and nephew of Hassanal Bolkiah, Brunei's new Sultan. He was born in Los Angeles and has both Bruneian and American citizenship. He studied at Bradfield College in the United Kingdom. Bolkiah has been dubbed "the world's best footballer," with a projected net worth of US$20 billion.
Club career
In 2009, while as a member of A.F.C. Newbury, Bolkiah signed a one-year deal with the Southampton F.C. Academy. He was still with Southampton until at least December 2011. In 2014, Bolkiah signed a two-year youth contract with Chelsea of the Premier League after previously training with Reading and trialing with Arsenal. During his time with Arsenal, Bolkiah competed in the 2013 Lion City Cup against Corinthians, Eintracht Frankfurt, PSV Eindhoven, and a Singapore youth selection. He scored a goal in a 2–1 victory over the team from Singapore. With his contract with Chelsea set to expire in summer 2016, he left the team in December 2015. After a trial with Stoke City, he signed for Leicester City on a reported three-year professional contract in March 2016. He further signed a one-year extension to his deal in the summer of 2019.
On 23 September 2020, Bolkiah signed on a free transfer to Marítimo of Portugal's Primeira Liga. Three months later, he made his debut with under-23 team in a 3–3 home draw against Sporting CP U23 after being named in the starting line-up. Forty-five days later, he was named as a Marítimo substitute for the first time in a league match against Sporting CP.
On 11 April 2021, he made his senior debut for Marítimo B, coming on as a substitute in a 2–1 win over Gondomar.
In December 2021, Bolkiah joined Thai League 1 outift, Chonburi ahead of the second half of the 2021-22 season. He became the first ever Bruneian to join a Thai club.
International career
Bolkiah was eligible to represent the United States and Brunei. He was scouted for the youth teams of the United States but chose to represent Brunei, doing so at the U19 and U23 levels including at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games. In that tournament, he scored in a 1–2 defeat to Timor Leste. He was expected to make his senior international debut on 15 October 2016 in a 2016 AFF Championship qualification match against Timor-Leste. He debuted in the match, starting and playing the full 90 minutes of a 2–1 victory.