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Kamarulzaman Hassan (born 17 January 1979) is a former Malaysian footballer. He is a former member of the Malaysian national team. Currently he works as assistant coach and goalkeeping coach in the Petaling Jaya Rangers F.C. football team.[1]

Kamarulzaman Hassan

Personal information
Full name	Kamarulzaman bin Haji Hassan
Date of birth	(1979-01-17) 17 January 1979 (age 43)
Place of birth	Penang, Malaysia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1998–1999	Penang President Cup
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2003	Penang
2004	Sarawak
2005–2006	Penang
2006–2007	Melaka
2007–2008	Proton FC
National team‡
1999–2001	Malaysia under-23		(0)
2000–2001	Malaysia	8	(0)
Honours Malaysia under-23 Sea Games Sea Games 2001 Football
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 February 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 August 2008

Career

He spend his majority professional career at Penang FA, his birthplace football team. He also played with Malacca FA, Sarawak FA and Proton FC.

National team

Kamarulzaman represented the Malaysia national football team 8 times in 2000, during the height of his career. He made his debut during 2000 Tiger Cup in Thailand.[2] He also represents Malaysia national under-23 football team for the SEA Games.

He, along with Muhamad Khalid Jamlus and Azmin Azram Abdul Aziz, was dropped from the national squad in early 2001 for staying out late at a disco before the 2002 World Cup preliminary games against Qatar, Palestine and Hong Kong.[3]

Perhaps his infamous claim to fame occurs during the 2001 SEA Games in Malaysia, when the Malaysia under 23 team were in the final match against Thailand. With the pressure of winning the first gold medal in football since 1989 SEA Games, also in Malaysia, and in front on the home fans, Kamarulzaman, who until then were playing the best football of his career, made a grave mistake. A harmless cross from Sarawut Treephan, was deflected by Kamarulzaman who try to clear it, into the back of his own net. The goal, three minutes from full-time, proved to be the winning goal for Thailand.[4] Kamarulzaman, blamed for the Malaysia loss, never played for Malaysia again.

Honours

Penang FA

• Malaysia Premier 1 League: 2001
• Malaysia FA Cup: 2002
• Malaysia Charity Shield: 2003

Proton FC

• Malaysia FAM Cup: 2007

References

External links

• Kamarulzaman Hassan at National-Football-Teams.com

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