Zainizam Marjan

Zainizam Marjan (born 11 May 1980) is a Malaysian footballer who was a midfielder for Sabah FA in the Malaysia Premier League. He is a former member of Malaysia national football team and the younger brother of Sabah and Malaysia top striker during the 1990s, Matlan Marjan.

Career

Zainizam started his football career with Sabah during the 2002 season. He scored 11 goals in 24 matches during the 2002 season to help Sabah clinch third place in the Malaysia Premier I League. He also helped Sabah to reach the finals of the 2002 Malaysia Cup scoring six goals.

Allan Harris, the national team coach at that time, took him into the national senior team. He then made his international debut against Myanmar on 17 May 2002. He was also featured in the match against Brazil and was part of the Malaysia under-23 2002 Asian Games squad. He was also part of the 2002 Tiger Cup squad.

During 2003, he helped Sabah to finish fourth in the Malaysia Premier I League scoring four goals. He then helped Sabah qualify to the final of Malaysia Cup for the second time, eventually losing to Selangor MPPJ by 3–0.

After that, Zainizam was called up by Allan Harris to represent the Malaysia under-23 side for the 2003 SEA Games. He managed to score 1 goal in the Malaysia 3–4 defeat to host Vietnam. The SEA Games was his last appearances for the national team.

Since joining Sabah in 2000, Zainizam has 62 goals for Sabah. This makes him the second overall top scorer behind Scott Ollerenshaw.

In 2014, Sabah FA officially released him from the current squad.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
Under-23
1.	9 December 2003	Hanoi, Vietnam	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Vietnam	flag alias = Flag of Vietnam.svg	flag alias-1863 = Royal Flag of Vietnam (1802–1885).svg	flag alias-1885 = Flag of Central Vietnam (1885-1890).svg	flag alias-1890 = Standard of the Nguyen Dynasty (1890 - 1920).svg	flag alias-1920 = First flag of the Nguyen Dynasty.svg	flag alias-1945 = Flag of the Empire of Vietnam (1945).svg	flag alias-1945a = Flag of North Vietnam (1945-1955).svg	flag alias-naval = Ensign of Vietnam People's Navy.svg	link alias-naval = Vietnam People's Navy	flag alias-navy = Vietnam People's Navy flag.svg	link alias-navy = Vietnam People's Navy	flag alias-army = Flag of the People's Army of Vietnam.svg	link alias-army = Vietnam People's Ground Force	flag alias-military = Flag of the People's Army of Vietnam.svg	link alias-military = People's Army of Vietnam	flag alias-air force = Flag of the Vietnam People's Air Force.svg	link alias-air force = Vietnam People's Air Force	flag alias-coast guard = Vietnam Coast Guard flag.svg	link alias-coast guard = Vietnam Coast Guard	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }} || 3–2 || 4–3 || 2003 SEA Games
Senior
1.	11 December 2002	Kelana Jaya, Malaysia	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Cambodia	flag alias = Flag of Cambodia.svg	flag alias-1863 = Flag of Cambodia (1863–1948).svg	flag alias-1942 = Flag of Cambodia under Japanese occupation.svg	flag alias-1970 = Flag of the Khmer Republic.svg	flag alias-1975 = Flag of Democratic Kampuchea.svg	flag alias-1979 = Flag of the People's Republic of Kampuchea.svg	flag alias-1989 = Flag of the State of Cambodia.svg	flag alias-1992 = Flag of Cambodia under UNTAC.svg	link alias-naval = Royal Cambodian Navy	link alias-air force = Royal Cambodian Air Force	flag alias-air force = Flag of the Royal Cambodian Air Force.svg	link alias-army = Royal Cambodian Army	link alias-navy = Royal Cambodian Navy	link alias-military = Royal Cambodian Armed Forces	flag alias-military = Flag of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces.svg	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }} || 4–0 ||rowspan="2"| 5–0 ||rowspan="2"| Friendly
2.				5–0

Honours

Sabah

• Malaysia Cup: runner-up 2002, 2003

Malaysia

• SEA Games: Template:BronzeMedal Bronze 2003

External links

• Sabah FA squad for 2007/08 Malaysia Premier League