Muhamad Nor Azam bin Abdul Azih (born 3 January 1995) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays for Malaysia Super League club Sri Pahang and the Malaysia national team as a deep-lying playmaker. He can operate as a box-to-box midfielder and is known for his creativity, accurate passes, ball control and technique. He is also known as a long range shoot specialist.
Personal information | |||||||||||||
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Full name | Muhamad Nor Azam bin Abdul Azih[1] | ||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1995-01-03) 3 January 1995 (age 27) | ||||||||||||
Place of birth | Maran, Pahang, Malaysia | ||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||
Position(s) | Central Midfielder | ||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||
Current team | Sri Pahang | ||||||||||||
Number | 20 | ||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||
2013 | Pahang U-19 | ||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
2014 | Harimau Muda B | 22 | (1) | ||||||||||
2015– | Sri Pahang | 127 | (7) | ||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Malaysia U-23 | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||
2017– | Malaysia | 21 | (0) | ||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 September 2022 |
Nor Azam was born in Jengka 21, Maran, Pahang and is the fifth of six siblings.[2] He was member of Harimau Muda B that competed in 2014 S.League.[3]
Nor Azam was signed from Harimau Muda B at the start of 2015 season. His first appearances for Pahang was against Johor Darul Ta'zim on 31 January 2015 coming on from a bench in the 85th minute. Overall he made 24 appearances in all competition for Pahang during his season debut but an anterior cruciate ligament injury in July 2015 ruled him out for the rest of the season.[4] Nor Azam received his breakthrough in Pahang when Azidan Sarudin picked up an injury early in the 2015 season. He took full advantage of it and the more experienced Azidan found himself on the bench once he recovered.[5]
On 27 May 2017, Nelo Vingada called up Nor Azam for the senior team to play in 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification.[6] During 2017 Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur, Nor Azam made 5 appearances and scored 1 goal.[7]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Harimau Muda B | 2014 | S.League | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 23 | 1 | |
Total | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 23 | 1 | |||
Sri Pahang | 2015 | Malaysia Super League | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
2016 | Malaysia Super League | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | ||
2017 | Malaysia Super League | 20 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | — | 34 | 2 | ||
2018 | Malaysia Super League | 20 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | 33 | 2 | ||
2019 | Malaysia Super League | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | 29 | 2 | ||
2020 | Malaysia Super League | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | ||
2021 | Malaysia Super League | 19 | 2 | — | 6 | 0 | — | 25 | 2 | |||
2022 | Malaysia Super League | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 24 | 3 | ||
Total | 127 | 7 | 26 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 194 | 11 | ||
Career Total | 149 | 8 | 26 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 217 | 12 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Malaysia | 2017 | 2 | 0 |
2018 | 1 | 0 | |
2019 | 10 | 0 | |
2021 | 3 | 0 | |
2022 | 5 | 0 | |
Total | 21 | 0 |
Malaysia U-23
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 16 August 2017 | Shah Alam Stadium, Malaysia | ![]() | 2–1 | Win | 2017 Southeast Asian Games |
Sri Pahang
Malaysia U-23
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