Azizol Abu Haniffah
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Azizol Abu Haniffah was a midfielder with Perak FA and former Malaysia national team footballer.[1] Azizol, a player with high skills equals previous midfield legends such as Shukor Salleh and Wong Choon Wah.[2] He also well known for having involved in 1994 Malaysian football scandal and severely punished, thus ending his football career aged 29.[3]
Career Overview
He start played for Perak FA since 1983. In the same year, Azizol made his international debut which ended in a 3–1 Won against Saudi Arabia in 1984 Summer Olympics – Asian qualification at the age of 18.[4][5] In 1990, he captained Perak FA to win the inaugural competition of Malaysia FA Cup by beating Selangor FA 4–2. With the national team, he won the 1989 Southeast Asian Games gold medal and 1993 Merdeka Tournament.[6][7] He played 71 times and scored 8 goals for the Malaysia national football team.[5][8]
On 17 September 2014, FourFourTwo list him on their list of the top 25 Malaysian footballers of all time.[9][10]
Honours
Perak
- Liga Semi-Pro Divisyen 2 promotion: 1989[11][12]
- Malaysia FA Cup: 1990;[13] runner-up 1991[14]
Malaysia
Individual
References
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- ↑ Malaysia - Record International Players - RSSSF.
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- ↑ The bite of the Tiger The Straits Times, 11 October 1983.
- ↑ a b Azizol Abu Haniffah - International Appearances - RSSSF.
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- ↑ Merdeka Tournament (Malaysia) - RSSSF
- ↑ Malaysia - Record International Players - RSSSF.
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- ↑ List of 25 Greatest Malaysian Football Players Of All-Time by FourFourTwo—Best FBKL Media. Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ↑ Liga Semi-Pro 1989 - Malaysiadimos at Wayback Machine
- ↑ Malaysia - List of Second Level Champions - RSSSF
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- ↑ Malaysia 1991 - RSSSF
- ↑ 1993 Merdeka Tournament at RSSSF.com website
- ↑ Southeast Asian Games 1989 at RSSSF.com website
- ↑ Azizol Abu Haniffah Biography In.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
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- ↑ ON A ROLL, 6 October 1993, New Paper at National Library Singapore.
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