Muhammad Azizul bin Baharuddin (born 27 February 1998) is a
Malaysian
footballer
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who plays as a
forward
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People
* Forward (surname)
Sports
* Forward (association football)
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** Point forward
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.
Club career
Early year
Born and raised in
Selangor, Azizul was in the
Selangor FA
Selangor Football Club (Malay: ''Kelab Bola Sepak Selangor''), commonly referred to as Selangor F.C. is a Malaysian professional football club based in the city of Shah Alam, Selangor, that currently competes in the Malaysia Super League, the ...
's youth team at the age of 17, having arrived from local side
Bukit Jalil Sports School and
Harimau Muda B
Harimau Muda B was the club name for the former Malaysia Under-21 National Football Team and was managed by the Football Association of Malaysia. The national team played as a club under the name Harimau Muda B which took part in Malaysia Premi ...
. Before that, Azizul had represented Selangor MSSM in the MSSM Football Competition at Pasir Gudang, Johor in 2013, when he was 14 years old.
Selangor
Azizul was a key player for Selangor President Cup and Academy. In addition to winning his first
President Cup medal with Selangor under-21 on
2017
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, he also finished the season with 23 appearances and scoring three goals. On 27 November 2017, Selangor under-21 manager,
Ariffin Ab Hamid confirmed that Azizul would be definitely promoted to Selangor's first team for 2018 season.
International career
Azizul previously represented Malaysia at
U19 and
U21 level, but rarely get a place to play with the national team squad.
Career statistics
Club
1 Includes Malaysia FA Cup
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matches.
2 Includes Malaysia Cup
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matches.
Honours
Club
Selangor
*
President Cup (1):
2017
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References
External links
Profile at faselangor.my{Dead link, date=June 2020 , bot=InternetArchiveBot , fix-attempted=yes
1998 births
Living people
Malaysian men's footballers
Selangor F.C. players
Malaysia Super League players
Malaysian people of Malay descent
Footballers from Selangor
Men's association football wingers
Men's association football midfielders