Nilmaizar (also written Nil Maizar; born 2 January 1970) is a current Indonesian head coach. He holds a

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degree from Ekasakti University.

Playing career

He is a former Indonesia national football team player and defender who had trained with

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in 1990.

Coaching career

Nil Maizar was the head coach of

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's youth team and the assistant coach of

for five years before appointed as the head coach in 2010. As a manager, his quality has been proven to improve the achievement of Semen Padang. He has different touch with the players and more like as motivator. He transmuted exiles, ageing, and ordinary players be a powerful squad in one team and led the club to reach fourth position in

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, although performing as a promotion team. He led Semen Padang to gain their first title in

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. Following his success with the club, The

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decided to employ Nil Maizar as a senior coach for the

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. He was sacked in March 2013. On 25 May 2014, he was appointed as head coach by Putra Samarinda F.C. replacing Mundari Karya. He was planned to coach Putra Samarinda for the

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but after the club changed ownership and name, he was replaced with

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on 17 December 2014. He was signed by Semen Padang on 25 January 2015, to replace Jafri Sastra as their head coach. On 4 July 2018, he was appointed as head coach by

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, replacing Rudy Eka Priyambada.

Honours

Player

;Semen Padang Winner * Piala Galatama: 1992

Manager

;Semen Padang Winner *

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: 2011–12

International matches

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maizar, Nil Indonesian men's footballers 1970 births Living people Minangkabau people Indonesia men's international footballers Indonesian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Czechoslovakia AC Sparta Prague players Semen Padang F.C. players PSP Padang players Men's association football defenders Indonesia national football team managers Indonesian football managers Sriwijaya F.C. managers Indonesia Super League managers Liga 1 (Indonesia) managers Sportspeople from West Sumatra