Club Faizal started his
Malaysia Hockey League career with
Terengganu Hockey Team. He was the 2011 league top goalscorer with 19 goals. In June 2011, Faizal started his overseas career along with another Malaysian
Sukri Mutalib. They were selected by the
Southern Hotshots team for the
Australian Hockey League. He represented Southern Hotshots in the ten matches league. He scored three goals in five matches for Southern Hotshots. He also played in the Adelaide League and made seven strikes for Forestville Hockey Club in three appearances. In 2012, he returned to Tenaga Nasional Berhad Hockey Club and earned the top goalscorer award with 20 goals. While playing for Tenaga Nasional Berhad, he received an offer to play in the Spanish Division One for
Atlètic Terrassa Hockey Club. After the 2012 season ended, Faizal was bought over by
Mumbai Magicians for US$26,000 (MYR79,560) in an auction to feature in the
Hockey India League. He is the highest paid hockey player in Malaysia, followed by
Kumar Subramaniam who featured for
Uttar Pradesh Wizards after being bought over for US$15,000 (MYR45,900). However he had a miserable outing in the HIL firing blanks in all 12 matches.
International Faizal made his national senior team debut in the Champions Challenge II in Dublin in 2009 aged 18. He was the members of the Malaysian squad that won the silver medal in the
2010 Asian Games. He also part of Malaysia youth team that won the 2012 Asian Hockey Youth Cup. He scored one of the two goals in the final against Pakistan. Faizal was the leading goal scorer at the
2018 Asian Men's Hockey Champions Trophy where he finished with 8 goals. Malaysia finished at the 3rd place after defeating Japan 3–2 in the penalty shootouts in the bronze medal match. ==References==