Rilwan Waheed

Rilwan Waheed is a Maldivian professional footballer.

Nicknamed "Riley", he plays as a winger for Club Green Streets and the Maldives national team.

Rilwan played his first league match of the season on 25 June against VB Sports Club coming in to play in the second half, coming on for Ahmed Nashid in the 59th minute where they lost the match 3–2.

He played his first full match in the league that season on 19 July in the 3–1 win against Thinadhoo ZC.

He was also cautioned in that match.

Rilwan signed with Club Valencia at the age of 15 in 2006, but the FAM rules did not allow him to play at senior level football.

In the following year 2007, at the age of 16, he started playing in the 1st Division.

He made his debut on 30 July 2007 against New Radiant as a substitute in the second half of the match where they won 1–0.

Rilwan ended his debut season with third in league, runner up in the FA Cup and crowning the Cup Winners' Cup.

Rilwan was used as a substitute in the season most of the time and featured in a few games.

On 30 August, Club Valencia won the 2008 Dhivehi League title and Rilwan came in to play as a substitute in the final match against New Radiant in which they won the match 2–1.

On 15 September, Rilwan played his first ever President's Cup final against Victory Sports Club and they went on winning the match 3–2.

Mohamed Rifau scored the winning goal from a diving header by a cross provided by Rilwan.

Rilwan started the 2009 season as a first team player, on 29 January in the Charity Shield match against VB Sports Club where they went on to win the game by 2–1.

On 5 May, Rilwan scored his first ever AFC Cup goal on his debut against Provincial Electricity Authority of Thailand in the 4–1 away defeat from a penalty when he was just 18 years old.

He was involved in three league goals in the season.

His first contribution was to assist Ibrahim Shiyam to score against Kalhaidhoo, on 9 July.

He was also sent-off with a second caution for a hand ball inside the penalty area, resulting in a penalty for the opposition team.

On 10 September, Rilwan provided assists for captain Mohamed Jameel and Ahmed Thariq, one for each in their 3–2 win against All Youth Linkage, their last league game of the season.

On 25 April, Rilwan was sent off for a slap on Mukhthar Naseer's face during the 1–1 draw league game against Victory.

Rilwan scored his first ever league goal on 16 May against Vyansa to put his side 1–0 up, by a thunderbolt shot out from the middle of the opposition half which hit the post before finding the back of the net.

The game ended with a 3–0 victory.

On 17 July, Rilwan was again sent off for making a harsh tackle against Ali Umar inside the penalty box and giving away a penalty for VB Sports Club, ending the match with a 3–1 defeat.

Rilwan missed two of his penalties in the penalty shoot-out during the FA Cup 2010.

On 30 September, his first spot kick was saved by Maziya goalkeeper Ahmed Athif in the quarter-finals but won the shoot-out by 3–1 after match ended as a 1–1 draw after 120 minutes.

He missed his second penalty, which went wide against Victory in the semi-finals, on 5 October.

They lost the shoot-out by 4–1 after 2–2 at the end of extra time.

In his last season for Valencia, he made 14 league appearances with one goal.

His last goal for the club was scored on 18 September against Maziya in the final league game, scoring the equalizing goal in the 1–1 draw.

Rilwan signed for Victory Sports Club at the age of 20 and the team management decided to include him in the club's 2012 FAM Youth Championship as the captain.

They crowned the under-21 champions for the first time and Rilwan scored one goal in the competition against Club Eagles from a spot kick in a semi final match, where they lost 2–1.

Rilwan made his senior debut for Victory on 18 February 2012 in the 2012 AFC Cup qualifying play-off.

They lost the match 3–4 to Yemen's Al-Tilal.

Victory's second goal of the match was scored by captain Shafiu Ahmed, a header from a corner kick cross taken by Rilwan.

In his first season playing for Victory, he made 16 appearances in the League and ended the season as runners-up.

They were also the runners-up of President's Cup, losing 2–1 to New Radiant where Rilwan failed to score in the penalty shoot-out, and Charity Shield losing 1–0 to VB Addu FC in the extra time.

On 24 October 2013, Rilwan agreed to join New Radiant under two-year contract.

He was assigned the number 8 shirt.

He played his Cup Winners' Cup debut on 16 February, coming on as a 65th-minute substitute for the goal scorer Ubaidhulla Hassan in a 2–1 defeat against New Radiant.

Despite the bitter start of the season with two losses in the Cup Winners Cup and starting from the bench in the second half in both matches they played against New Radiant SC in the group stage, Rilwan was included in the starting lineup for the quarter-final match of the FA Cup against FC Baaz in which they won 8–0 and scored two goals.