Ahmed Waseem Razeek
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ahmed Waseem Razeek | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 13 September 1994 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Berlin, Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Winger | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Eastern District | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| NFC Rot-Weiß Neukölln | |||||||||||||||||
| Tasmania Gropiusstadt | |||||||||||||||||
| –2011 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Union Berlin | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | Union Berlin II | 34 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Union Berlin | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 36 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 29 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | BAK '07 | 12 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Up Country Lions | 9 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Gokulam Kerala | 7 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Eastern District | 52 | (37) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Sri Lanka | 30 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 October 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Ahmed Waseem Razeek (born 13 September 1994) is a professional footballer who currently plays as a right winger for Hong Kong Premier League club Eastern District. Born in Germany, he represents the Sri Lanka national team.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Early career
Razeek began playing football with NFC Rot-Weiß Neukölln, before moving to the youth program of Union Berlin via Tasmania Gropiusstadt and Tennis Borussia Berlin.[7]
Union Berlin
He made his debut for Union Berlin II, who played in the Regionalliga Nordost, during the 2012–13 season.[8] He finished the season with one goal in six matches.[9] During the 2013–14 season, he split time between the first and second teams.[8] For the reserve team, he again scored a goal in six matches.[10] He signed a professional contract for the 2013–14 season and made his professional debut on 19 April 2014 when he was subbed in for Christopher Quiring in a 2. Bundesliga match against Karlsruher SC.[11] This proved to be his only appearance for the first team as all of his appearances in the 2014–15 season was made with the second team.[8] He finished the season with five goals in 21 appearances.[12] This proved to be his last season with Union Berlin II. Union Berlin dissolved their second team.[13]
1. FC Magdeburg
Razeek signed a two-year contract with newly promoted 3. Liga side 1. FC Magdeburg.[14] He made his debut against Rot-Weiß Erfurt[15] on 24 July 2015.[16] He was sent–off against Hallescher FC on 16 August 2015 after receiving his second yellow card.[17] He finished the 2015–16 season with two goals in 23 appearances.[15] He then finished the 2016–17 season with two goals in 13 appearances.[18]
Rot–Weiss Erfurt
He played for Rot–Weiss Erfurt during the 2017–18 season.[8] He scored three goals in 30 appearances.[19]
Berliner AK 07
Shortly before the 2019–20 season, Razeek joined Regionalliga Nordost club Berliner AK 07.[20] During his one season at the club, he made 12 league appearances, scoring three goals.[citation needed]
Gokulam Kerala
On 24 March 2022, Razeek signed with I-League defending champions Gokulam Kerala.[1][21]
Razeek scored on his debut for the club, on 9 April 2022, against Indian Arrows, which ended in a dominating 5–0 win.[22] His team Gokulam Kerala clinched I-League title in 2021–22 season, defeating Mohammedan Sporting 2–1 in the final game at the Salt Lake Stadium on 14 May, and became the first club in fifteen years to defend the title.[23]
Eastern District
In January 2023, Razeek joined Hong Kong First Division League club Eastern District.[24][25]
International career
Razeek made his senior national team debut on 19 November 2019, in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Turkmenistan.[26]
Razeek scored his first international goals, a brace, on 5 June 2021, in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Lebanon.[27]
Razeek scored four goals on 9 November 2021, in a 2021 Four Nations Football Tournament match against Maldives national football team to help his national team come from a 0–4 deficit to a 4–4 draw for his first international hat-trick.[28]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 14 May 2022
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Total | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Union Berlin II | 2012–13 | Regionalliga Nordost | 6 | 1 | — | 6 | 1 | [9] | |
| 2013–14 | Regionalliga Nordost | 6 | 1 | — | 6 | 1 | [8] | ||
| 2014–15 | Regionalliga Nordost | 21 | 5 | — | 21 | 5 | [12] | ||
| Total | 33 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 7 | — | ||
| Union Berlin | 2013–14 | 2. Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | [8] |
| Magdeburg | 2015–16 | 3. Liga | 23 | 2 | — | 23 | 2 | [15] | |
| 2016–17 | 3. Liga | 13 | 2 | — | 13 | 2 | [18] | ||
| Total | 36 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 4 | — | ||
| Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 2017–18 | 3. Liga | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 3 | [19] |
| BAK '07 | 2019–20 | Regionalliga Nordost | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | [29] |
| Gokulam Kerala | 2021–22 | I-League | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | [29] |
| Career total | 118 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 120 | 17 | — | ||
International
- As of matches played 14 October 2025[30]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 10 | 9 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | |
| Total | 30 | 10 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 June 2021 | Goyang Stadium, Goyang, South Korea |  Lebanon |
1–0 | 2–3 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 2–3 | |||||
| 3 | 8 November 2021 | Colombo Racecourse, Colombo, Sri Lanka |  Maldives |
1–4 | 4–4 | 2021 Four Nations Football Tournament |
| 4 | 2–4 | |||||
| 5 | 3–4 | |||||
| 6 | 4–4 | |||||
| 7 | 16 November 2021 | Colombo Racecourse, Colombo, Sri Lanka |  Bangladesh |
1–0 | 2–1 | |
| 8 | 2–1 | |||||
| 9 | 19 November 2021 | Colombo Racecourse, Colombo, Sri Lanka |  Seychelles |
3–1 | 3–3 (1–3 pen.) | |
| 10 | 10 June 2025 | Colombo Racecourse, Colombo, Sri Lanka |  Chinese Taipei |
3–0 | 3–1 | 2027 AFC Asian Cup Q |