Azmin Azram Abdul Aziz (born 1 April 1976) is a former

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. He represented four state teams and one club team in his career. He also represented Malaysia from 1998 to 2004. Currently he is the goalkeeping coach of

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. Azmin started his career with Kuala Lumpur youth team. In 2002, Azmin was call up for an international friendly match against five times World Cup winners

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. He was selected as one of first eleven to played against Brazilian stars such as

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and Barca's

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. He was guided by former Malaysia goalkeeper,

Abdul Rashid Hassan Abdul Rashid Hassan (born 17 July 1954 in Malacca) is a former Selangor FA, Kuala Lumpur FA and Malaysia goalkeeper. Career overview He helped Kuala Lumpur win the Malaysia Cup hat-trick in 1987, 1988 and 1989. With the Malaysia national team, ...

and Lim Chuan Chin. Under the duo's guidance, Azmin earned the status of Malaysia's number one goalkeeper from 2002 to 2004 before his place was taken by

Mohd Syamsuri Mustafa Mohd Syamsuri Mustafa (born 6 February 1981) is a Malaysian footballer currently playing as a goalkeeper for Hanelang F.C. in the Malaysia FAM League. Club career Before moved to Pahang FA, he was the primary goalkeeper for Terengganu FA. His ...

. At the age of 30, he choose to retire after receiving knee injury. He has since worked as goalkeeper coach and scout talent at the National Sports Council.

Honours

Kuala Lumpur *

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: 1993, 1994, 1999 Selangor * Malaysia Premier 1: 2000 *

: 2001 *

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: 2002 Pahang *

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Malaysia *

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runner-up:

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References

Living people Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian footballers Malaysia international footballers Selangor FA players Kuala Lumpur City F.C. players Sri Pahang FC players Negeri Sembilan FA players 1976 births People from Selangor Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games Association football goalkeepers Asian Games competitors for Malaysia {{Malaysia-footy-goalkeeper-stub