Career
Faizal came from a football powerhouse in the secondary school set-up, Siglap Secondary School. He then started his footballing career with Geylang United"s academy team with the likes of Syed Fadhil and Lionel Lewis. However, it was Home United who offered him a professional contract and was soon a regular in the team
Faizal"s promising exploits as a youngster with Home United caught national team coach, Radojko Avramovic"s eyes and he was soon handed a debut against Indonesia in 2004.
Unfortunately, only 19 minutes into his first ever international game, he suffered an injury and had to go official lieutenant was only 3 years later did he played for his country again.
Having moved to South-League champions, SAFFC. He displaced national team defender, Hafiz Osman off his regular place. And so a friendly against United Arab Emirates it was and he was soon back in the national team set-up.
Aside from football, Faizal Hamid holds a diploma in Electrical Engineering from Ngee Ann Polytechnic.
He has since signed for Gombak United Football Club.