Mohd Nidzam bin Jamil (born 15 April 1980) is a former Malaysian footballer Selangor. He is also a former member of the Malaysian national team. His present position as assistant head coach of Malaysia Super League club Selangor.[1][2]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mohd Nidzam bin Jamil | ||
Date of birth | (1980-04-15) 15 April 1980 (age 42) | ||
Place of birth | Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Selangor (assistant) | ||
Youth career | |||
1998–1999 | Selangor | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1999–2004 | Selangor | ||
2005–2006 | PKNS | ||
2006–2007 | Negeri Sembilan | ||
2007–2008 | Proton | ||
National team‡ | |||
2000–2001 | Malaysia U-23 | 6 | (0) |
2002–2003 | Malaysia | 4 | (1) |
Teams managed | |||
2010–2013 | SPA FC | ||
2014 | SPA FC (team manager) | ||
2015 | AirAsia F.C. | ||
2016–2017 | Malaysia University | ||
2017–2018 | Felda United F.C. (assistant) | ||
2019–2020 | Felda United F.C. | ||
2022– | Selangor (assistant) | ||
2022 | Selangor (interim) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 22, 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 December 2015 |
He spend his majority professional career at Selangor F.C. He has started his career in football at the age of 18 in President Cup squad. He also played with PKNS FC, Negeri Sembilan FA and Proton FC.
Due to injuries and multiple operations on his ankle and knees, he decided to stop playing at the age of 28 and started to concentrate in coaching arena.
At the age of 32, he is one of the youngest coach that has won the senior national level championship title in Malaysia as a coach, for SPA FC in the 2012 Malaysia FAM League. Also in 2012 Malaysia FA Cup tournament, he guided the team to the quarter final, where SPA FC has become the first team from FAM League to reach this stage so far.
He also have coached AirAsia F.C. in the FAM League and guided Malaysia University Football team in 29th World University Games Summer Universiade at Taipei 2017.
In 2017, he was appointed as assistant head coach of Felda United F.C.[3] After B. Sathianathan leaves his post as the team's head coach in November 2018, Nidzam were promoted to head coach position.[4][5]
After 18 years later on 22 November 2021, Nidzam had officially returned to his "home" again Selangor F.C. and appointed as assistant coach for Head Coach Michael Feichtenbeiner.[6]
On 9 August 2022, Selangor F.C. announced that the management and Michael Feichtenbeiner have mutually agreed to let go of his position as the First Team Head Coach of Selangor F.C. and continue the football development project as Selangor F.C.’s Sporting Director which he has held since 2020.[7] In the meantime, the First Team Head Coach responsibilities will be taken up by the Assistant Head Coach, Nidzam Jamil as Interim Head Coach for the remainder of the 2022 Malaysian League season.[8]
Nidzam has played for Malaysia national football team, and the Malaysia under-23 team. Both teams he played for were then under the charge of Allan Harris.
He scored his only international goal in the 2002 Tiger Cup competition, a penalty against Laos in the group stage.[9]
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 22 December 2002 | Bishan Stadium, Singapore | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2002 Tiger Cup |
He also appeared in Malaysia satellite TV channel Astro Arena as football pundit or as guest commentator in their Malaysian football league programmes. His late brother Zaid Jamil was also a footballer and had represented Selangor and Malaysia.
In 2018,his football life has been featured in a Digi Hari Raya short clip called Niat or Nawaitu. The clip features the life of Nidzam Jamil and his late brother
Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win% | |||
Felda United | 12 November 2018[10] | 15 November 2020 | 46 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 021.74 |
Selangor (interim) | 9 August 2022[11] | 23 September 2022 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 020.00 |
Total | 51 | 11 | 15 | 25 | 021.57 |
Selangor
SPA F.C.
Felda United F.C. – Head coaches | |
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Felda United F.C. – current squad | |
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