1 8 ▁Malays ia ▁FA ▁Cup ▁against ▁U i TM . ▁On ▁ 1 4 ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁he ▁scored ▁his ▁first ▁goal ▁of ▁the ▁Malays ian ▁Super ▁League ▁season ▁against ▁PK NS . ▁ ▁International ▁career ▁Saf aw i ▁Ras id ▁made ▁his ▁debut ▁for ▁the ▁Malays ia ▁Under - 2 2 ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁Nations ▁Cup . ▁In ▁August ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁Saf aw i ▁Ras id ▁was ▁called ▁up ▁to ▁the ▁Malays ian ▁national ▁team ▁for ▁the ▁match ▁against ▁Indones ia . ▁He ▁made ▁his ▁debut ▁for ▁the ▁senior ▁team ▁in ▁the ▁match ▁as ▁a ▁st arter , ▁as ▁Malays ia ▁lost ▁ 0 – 3 . ▁He ▁was ▁then ▁called ▁up ▁again ▁for ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁C ause way ▁Challenge ▁against ▁riv als , ▁Singapore , ▁which ▁ended ▁ 0 – 0 . ▁ ▁Before ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁A FF ▁Su zu ki ▁Cup , ▁Saf aw i ▁Ras id ▁was ▁omitted ▁from ▁the ▁final ▁ 2 3 - man ▁squad . ▁The ▁dem otion ▁of ▁Saf aw i ▁from ▁O ng ▁Kim ▁S we e ▁was ▁heavily ▁critic ized ▁by ▁Malays ian ▁football ▁fans ▁despite ▁veter an ▁stri ker , ▁Sa fe e ▁S ali ▁man aging ▁to ▁be ▁in ▁the ▁squad ▁despite ▁having ▁a ▁poor ▁season ▁earlier ▁with ▁Joh or ▁Dar ul ▁Ta ' z im . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁S out