Valuable player: Winger Arif Aiman Hanapi (centre) has been a key figure not just for JDT but also in Malaysia’s attacking unit and a role model for younger players. — Bernama
PETALING JAYA: Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) sensation Arif Aiman Hanapi may be Malaysia’s most valuable footballer, but the gifted winger knows that status means little when it comes to earning a spot in the national team’s starting eleven.
With the recent influx of new heritage and homegrown talents under coach Peter Cklamovski, the 23-year-old, who has won the Malaysian Football League (MFL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) award for four consecutive times since 2021, has embraced the heightened competition not with fear, but with determination.
