Azamuddin Akil
Azamuddin Bin Mohd Akil (born 16 April 1985), commonly known as Alex, is a Malaysian footballer who plays for Malaysia A2 Amateur League club YPM FC. Because of his pacy style of play, he is always used as a forward.
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| Full name | Azamuddin Bin Mohd Akil | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 April 1985 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Pahang, Malaysia | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | YPM FC | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 2003–2005 | Pahang U-21 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2008 | Shahzan Muda | 32 | (18) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | UPB-MyTeam | 24 | (10) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2015 | Pahang | 105 | (49) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | →Kelantan (loan) | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 25 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Selangor | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Kedah Darul Aman | 37 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | YPM FC | |||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2019 | Malaysia | 38 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 December 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Azamuddin Bin Mohd Akil (born 16 April 1985), commonly known as Alex, is a Malaysian footballer who plays for Malaysia A2 Amateur League club YPM FC. Because of his pacy style of play, he is always used as a forward.
Early life
[edit]Born in Relong, a village located in Kuala Lipis, he is also known as Alex among teammates. Alex started his career as a footballer with Pahang FA President's Cup Team under-19 as the main striker in the Youth Cup in 2003.[citation needed]
Club career
[edit]Youth career
[edit]He began his professional football career with Shahzan Muda FC President's Cup Team in 2005, at the age of 20. After showing encouraging performances, he signed first professional contract with Shahzan Muda FC. In 2008, he joined UPB MyTeam FC.[citation needed]
UPB-MyTeam
[edit]After impressed with Shahzan Muda, he decided to join UPB-MyTeam for 2008–2009 season. But his career at Myteam was not long enough after the management of UPB-MyTeam was withdrew from Malaysia League for 2010 season because financial problem. Thus, he returned to Pahang.[citation needed]
Pahang
[edit]UPB MyTeam FC lead to the dissolution of these players returned to the former team, Pahang and partner together with veteran striker, Azizul Kamaludin. In the years 2010 to 2011, he made his name as a main striker but suffered a hamstring injury that forced him to miss several games. After recovering, he returned to the team, but failed to help Pahang remain in the Malaysia Super League. For 2012 season, he was once again to be top scorer for Pahang and help the team to be promoted to Malaysia super league 2013. He continued to advance further in his games and he became one of Pahang's key player throughout the season. At the peak of his performance, on 3 November 2013, he superbly assisted Pahang to defeat Kelantan (0–1) in the Malaysian Cup final which ends Pahang's 21 years drought of the cup. He was then nominated the best player of the tournament.
Loan To Kelantan
[edit]In 2011 Malaysia Cup, he went on loan to Kelantan[1] and manage to score 6 goals for the team.
Return To Pahang
[edit]For 2012 season, he was once again to be top scorer for Pahang and help the team to be promoted to Malaysia super league 2013. He continued to advance further in his games and he became one of Pahang's key player throughout the season. At the peak of his performance, on 3 November 2013, he superbly assisted Pahang to defeat Kelantan (0–1) in the Malaysian Cup final which ends Pahang's 21 years drought of the cup. He was then nominated the best player of the tournament.
Johor Darul Ta'zim
[edit]On 17 December 2015, Azamuddin signed for 2015 AFC Cup winners Johor Darul Ta'zim on a two-year deal.[2] He made his debut as substitute on 13 February 2016 against Selangor in the 2016 Charity Shield, which JDT won on penalties.[3][4] That day, he also made his first appearance with the club on the first Super League matches.[5]
On 16 February 2016, Azamuddin scored his first JDT goal against T–Team in the 28th minute of the game.[6] He collected his first Super League title winner's medal at the end of the 2016 season.
Selangor
[edit]After two seasons with Johor Darul Ta'zim, Azamuddin signed a one-year contract with another Malaysian club Selangor on a free transfer.
Kedah
[edit]On 1 December 2018, Azamuddin Akil agreed to join Malaysia Super League side Kedah Darul Aman.[7]
International career
[edit]In Mac 2012, Mohd Azamuddin Akil was among the national team's recruits for the friendly against Sarawak FA in Kuching on 24 March.[8] The 26-year-old from Kuala Lipis has been in top form for Pahang FA, having scored seven goals in the Premier League.
National coach Datuk K. Rajagopal is preparing the team for the Asean Football Federation (AFF) Championship in November.
On 28 April 2012, he scored the first international goal for the senior team in a friendly match against Sri Lanka.[9] He scored in another game against Singapore giving Malaysia the lead on 8 June 2012.[10] On 30 July 2012, he scored the only Malaysia Selection goal in a friendly match against Manchester City with Malaysia XI lost 3–1 to Premier League champion.[11]
Malaysian coach K. Rajagobal has announced his 22-man squad for the side's AFF Suzuki Cup title defence which starts on 25 November. Rajagobal has dropped three players from the initial 25-man squad, with goalkeeper Izham Tarmizi omitted in favour of Kelantan's Khairul Fahmi and veteran Farizal Marlias from Perak.ATM defender Irwan Fadzli Idrus all misses out, along with Zaquan Adha, who is left out after injuring himself in Harimau Malaysia's final warm-up friendly against Bangladesh on Tuesday. He has been replaced by Pahang' Azamuddin Akil.[12]
International statistics
[edit]| International appearances and goals | ||||||
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| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Goal | Competition |
| 2012 | ||||||
| 1. | 28 April | Shah Alam, Malaysia |  Sri Lanka |
6–0 (W) | 1 | Friendly |
| 2. | 1 June | Shah Alam, Malaysia |  Philippines |
0–0 (D) | 0 | Friendly |
| 3. | 8 June | Jalan Besar, Singapore |  Singapore |
2–2 (D) | 1 | Friendly |
| 4. | 12 June | Shah Alam, Malaysia | Singapore |
2–0 (W) | 0 | Friendly |
| 5. | 11 September | Shah Alam, Malaysia |  Vietnam |
0–2 (L) | 0 | Friendly |
| 6. | 16 October | Mong Kok, Hong Kong |  Hong Kong |
0–3 (W) | 0 | Friendly |
| 7. | 3 November | Hanoi, Vietnam | Vietnam |
1–0 (L) | 0 | Friendly |
| 8. | 7 November | Muang Thong Thani, Thailand |  Thailand |
2–0 (L) | 0 | Friendly |
| 9. | 14 November | Shah Alam, Malaysia | Hong Kong |
1–1 (D) | 0 | Friendly |
| 10. | 25 November | Bukit Jalil, Malaysia | Singapore |
0–3 (L) | 0 | 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup |
| 11. | 1 December | Bukit Jalil, Malaysia |  Indonesia |
2–0 (W) | 1 | 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup |
| 12. | 9 December | Bukit Jalil, Malaysia | Thailand |
1–1 (D) | 0 | 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup |
| 13. | 13 December | Bangkok, Thailand | Thailand |
0–2 (L) | 0 | 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup |
| 2013 | ||||||
| 14. | 6 February | Doha, Qatar |  Qatar |
0–2 (L) | 0 | 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 15. | 22 March | Shah Alam, Malaysia |  Yemen |
2–1 (W) | 1 | 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 16. | 10 September | Tianjin, China |  China |
0–2 (L) | 0 | Friendly |
| 17. | 15 October | Shah Alam, Malaysia |  Bahrain |
1–1 (D) | 0 | 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 18. | 15 November | Riffa, Bahrain | Bahrain |
0–1 (L) | 0 | 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 19. | 19 November | Shah Alam Malaysia | Qatar |
0–1 (L) | 0 | 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 2014 | ||||||
| 20. | 27 April | Cebu, Philippine | Philippines |
0–0 (D) | 0 | Friendly |
| 21. | 8 August | Dushanbe, Tajikistan |  Tajikistan |
4–1 (L) | 0 | Friendly |
| 22. | 14 September | Surabaya, Indonesia | Indonesia |
2–0 (L) | 0 | Friendly |
| 23. | 20 October | Shah Alam, Malaysia |  Cambodia |
4–1 (W) | 0 | Friendly |
| 24. | 12 November | Shah Alam, Malaysia |  Syria |
0–3 (L) | 0 | Friendly |
| 25. | 16 November | Hanoi, Vietnam | Vietnam |
3–1 (L) | 0 | Friendly |
| 26. | 23 November | Jalan Besar, Singapore |  Myanmar |
0–0 (D) | 0 | 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup |
| 27. | 29 November | Kallang Stadium, Singapore | Singapore |
3–1 (W) | 0 | 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup |
| 28. | 7 December | Shah Alam Stadium, Malaysia | Vietnam |
1–2 (L) | 0 | 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup |
| 29. | 11 December | Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Vietnam | Vietnam |
2–4 (W) | 0 | 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup |
| 30. | 17 December | Rajamangala Stadium, Thailand | Thailand |
0–2 (L) | 0 | 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup |
| 31. | 20 December | Bukit Jalil Stadium, Malaysia | Thailand |
3–2 (W) | 0 | 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup |
| 2015 | ||||||
| 32. | 6 June | Shah Alam Stadium, Malaysia | Hong Kong |
0–0 (D) | 0 | Friendly |
| 33. | 6 June | Bukit Jalil Stadium, Malaysia |  Timor-Leste |
1–1 (D) | 0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 34. | 8 October | Thai Army Sports Stadium, Thailand |  Laos |
3–1 (W) | 1 | Friendly |
Honours
[edit]Pahang
Johor Darul Takzim
- Malaysia FA Cup: 2016
- Malaysian Charity Shield: 2016
- Malaysia Super League: 2016, 2017
- Malaysia Cup: 2017
Kedah
Malaysia
- AFF Championship : 2014 runner up
References
[edit]- ^ Red Warriors add more bite in attack with signing of Pahang duo
- ^ "Johor DT confirm acquisition of Azamuddin Akil". stadium.my. 17 December 2015. Archived from the original on 15 December 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ^ Duerden, John (13 February 2016). "Johor Darul Ta'zim edge Selangor to win Malaysia Charity Shield at Larkin". ESPN. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- ^ Kharbanda, Prashant (13 February 2016). "JDT retain Charity Shield". stadium.my. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- ^ "Johor Darul Ta'zim vs. Selangor". Soccerway. 13 February 2016.
- ^ "T–Team vs. Johor Darul Ta'zim". Soccerway. 16 February 2016.
- ^ Lugard, Gary (1 December 2018). "azammudin akil sah sarung jersi kedah". SEMUANYA BOLA.
- ^ "Pahang hotshot Azamuddin gets national call-up". Archived from the original on 25 February 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ K.Rajan (29 April 2012). "Wan Zack and Hazwan star as Malaysia thrash Sri Lanka". The Star (Malaysia). Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ^ Causeway Challenge: Singapore come back to draw 2–2 with Malaysia
- ^ "English Premier League champions stamp their class". Archived from the original on 13 May 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ Malaysia name Suzuki Cup squad
External links
[edit]- Alex, Razman tekad julang Harimau
- Goal Southeast Asia Player of the Week – Azamuddin Akil
- 'Saya macam dalam mimpi'
- Alex minta rakan usah leka
- Alex optimis singkir PKNS
- Harap tuah Darul Makmur
- Azammuddin selamatkan Pahang
- Kapten baru Pahang kecewa
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- Lapan pemain Pahang rebut empat kekosongan