Nabil Begg
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Full name
Nabil Mohammed Begg[1]
Date of birth
17 March 2004[1]
Place of birth
Sorokoba, Fiji
Height
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nabil Mohammed Begg[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 17 March 2004[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sorokoba, Fiji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Bula FC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2024 | Ba | 35 | (9) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Auckland City | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Ba | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026– | Bula FC | 1 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Fiji U19 | 5 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Fiji U20 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Fiji U23 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Fiji | 13 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 30 June 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nabil Mohammed Begg (born 17 March 2004) is a Fijian footballer who plays as a midfielder for OFC Professional League club Bula FC and the Fiji national team.[2]
Begg is a youth academy graduate of Ba.[3] On 24 October 2021, he scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 league win against Suva.[4]
In November 2022, Begg scored the only goal in the final of the Pacific Community Cup, helping Ba clinch the trophy for the first time.[5][6] In early 2024, he completed a move to Auckland City FC in New Zealand.[7]
International career
Career statistics
International
- As of 30 June 2024[10]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiji | 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 | |
| Total | 13 | 4 | |
- Scores and results list Fiji's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Begg goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 November 2023 | SIFF Academy Field, Honiara, Solomon Islands |  Northern Mariana Islands | 1–0 | 10–0 | 2023 Pacific Games |
| 2 | 1 December 2023 | Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara, Solomon Islands |  Vanuatu | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2023 Pacific Games |
| 3 | 16 June 2024 | HFC Bank Stadium, Suva, Fiji |  Papua New Guinea | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup |
| 4 | 19 June 2024 | HFC Bank Stadium, Suva, Fiji |  Samoa | 7–1 | 9–1 | 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup |
