League match against Penang FA, as a substitute for Ashri Chuchu, that has gotten himself an injury in the 26th minute and Ali Imran continued to fight till the last second of the match. International career Ali Imran began his international career at a young age of 15 years old for Malaysia Under-16 in 2013 for the AFF U-16 Youth Championship and continued on his journey in the following year for the AFC U-16 Championship, both under Malaysian U-16 coach S. Balachandran. 2013 AFF U-16 Championship In 2013, Ali Imran was named to join the Malaysia U-16 for the 2013 AFF U-16 Youth Championship in Myanmar. The team started off the championship by being listed in Group B to play against 4 other participating teams, Indonesia, Singapore, Laos and Philippines. The team ended up being placed on top of the table with 2 wins and 2 draws with Indonesia following close with points tied, but differed in goal difference. On 31 August 2013, the team knocked Vietnam out in the semi-finals with a tight win of 1–0 to advance to the finals. On 2 September 2013, the 2013 AFF U16 Youth Championship finals kicked off with Malaysia U-16 going head on against Indonesia. Both teams battled out to win the title but the game ended with a draw that lead to a penalty shoot-out that puts Malaysia U-16 as the winner of the Championship with a 3–2 score against Indonesia 2014 AFC U-16 Championship On 6 April 2014, the draw for the competition was held in Bangkok, Thailand settling Malaysia U-16 in Group A with other qualified teams which included South Korea, Thailand and Oman. The team secured their target to merge into quarter finals with 6 points alongside South Korea that scored a big win with 9 points. On 14 September 2014, the team had to intensely face Australia in the quarter finals to be eliminated with a narrow defeat of 2–1. The team was devastated, however Malaysia achieved the best quarter-final appearance in its history of AFF U-16 Championship up to this date. 2017 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games On 24 May 2017, Ali Imran was listed among 26 players that was called up to join the Malaysia U-22 Southeast Asian Games Project Training Camp in preparation for the SEA Games. The training camp was held at Wisma FAM from 29 May to 23 June 2017. They flew to