KUALA LUMPUR: Spanish coach Juan Torres Garrido has called up two Malaysian players attached to foreign clubs - Luqman Hakim Shamsudin and Annil Vigneswaran - for the Under-23 Asian Cup from April 15-May 3 in Doha.
Annil plays for German club SV Waldhof Mannheim in the third tier of the Bundesliga while Luqman turns out for Yokohama SCC in Japan's J3 League.
The duo will be among 17 players attending centralised training starting Sunday under Garrido.
The Under-23 team will be joined later by several players currently with the national senior team under South Korean Kim Pan Gon.
The 11 Under-23 players with the senior team are Mukhairi Ajmal Mahadi, V. Ruventhiran, Ahmad Zikri Mohd Khalili, Harith Haiqal Adam Afkar, Aliff Izwan Yuslan, Nooa Laine. Safwan Mazlan, Azam Azmi Murad, Haqimi Azim Rosli, Sikh Izhan Nazrel Sikh Azman and T. Saravanan.
In the Under-23 Asian Cup, Malaysia are drawn in Group D with Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Kuwait.
The 17-player training squad:
Daryl Sham K.K George, Najmudin Akmal Kamal Akmal, Fergus Tierney, Umar Hakeem Suhar Rezwan (JDT); Azim Al Amin Kamaruddin, Syahir Bashah, Abu Khalil (Selangor); Rahadiazli Rahalim, Ubaidullah Shamsul Fazili, Faris Rifqi Abdul Rashid
(Terengganu); Aiman Khairul Yusni, Firdaus Ahmad Fuad (Perak); Aiman Afif Md Afizul (Kedah); Alif Ikmalrizal Anuar (Penang); Saiful Jamaluddin (Pahang); Annil Vigneswaran (Waldhof Mannheim); Luqman Hakim Shamsudin (Yokohama Scc).
