Azaruddin Aziz (born 7 January 1971) is a former Malaysian footballer who was a midfielder for Pahang and the Malaysia national football team.

Career

Aziz began playing at age 10 for his school's under-12 football team. At 19, Azaruddin was the youngest player for the Pahang FA team after successfully attracting the attention of the Hungarian coach, Gyorgy Syager. Gyorgy convinced him to join the team.

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, Azaruddin earned his coaching license and became an assistant coach for the under-19 state squad. In 2006, he took an assistant coaching position for the Sukma state squad. In 2007, he became Head Coach at the Pahang Football Academy and also spent two years coaching the Gold Cup squad Rulers of Pahang. He is currently head coach for Pahang's U21s team.

Achievements

International

* Runners-up

Tiger Cup 1996 The 1996 AFF Championship, sponsored by Asia Pacific Breweries and officially known as the 1996 Tiger Cup, was the inaugural edition of the AFF Championship. It was hosted by Singapore from 1 to 15 September 1996 with all 10 nations of Southeas ...

Club

With Pahang FA * Champion 1992

Malaysia Cup The Malaysia Cup ( ms, Piala Malaysia), formerly known as ''Malaya Cup'', is an annual association football, football tournament in Malaysia, held at the end of the calendar year. The cup was first held in 1921. Despite its prestige and popular ...

* Runners-up 1994, 1995, 1997

* Champion 1992, 1995 M-League

References

External links

Lepaskan tawaran IPTA, bangga bantu Pahang

Pahang 1994

Sabah muff penalty as Pahang come away as winner

UMP dan UniKL Catat Keputusan Seri

1971 births Malaysian footballers Living people Sportspeople from Pahang Malaysian people of Malay descent Men's association football midfielders Footballers at the 1994 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Malaysia Sri Pahang FC players {{Malaysia-footy-bio-stub