Azmin Azram Abdul Aziz (born 1 April 1976) is a former Malaysian footballer. He represented four state teams and one club team in his career. He also represented Malaysia from 1998 to 2004.

Azmin Azram
Personal information
Full name Azmin Azram Abdul Aziz
Date of birth (1976-04-01) 1 April 1976 (age 48)[1]
Place of birth Selangor, Malaysia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Công An Hà Nội (Goalkeeping coach)
Youth career
1992 Kuala Lumpur FA
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1998 Kuala Lumpur FA 129 (0)
1999 Negeri Sembilan FA 29 (0)
2000–2003 Selangor FA 79 (0)
2004–2005 Pahang FA 31 (0)
2006 Selangor MPPJ 19 (0)
Total 305 (0)
International career
1998–2004 Malaysia 28[2] (0)
Managerial career
2017–2022 Malaysia (Goalkeeping coach)
2023– Công An Hà Nội (Goalkeeping coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Currently Azmin is the goalkeeping coach of V.League 1 club Công An Hà Nội.

Playing career

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Azmin started his career with Kuala Lumpur FA youth team.

In 2002, Azmin was call up for an international friendly match against five times World Cup winners Brazil. He was selected as one of the first eleven to play against Brazilian stars such as Ronaldo and Barca's Ronaldinho.[3][4][5]

He was guided by former Malaysia goalkeeper, Abdul Rashid Hassan 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.

At the age of 30, he choose to retire after receiving knee injury.[6] He has since worked as goalkeeper coach and scout talent at the National Sports Council.

Coaching career

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Malaysia

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On 4 April 2017, Azmin was chosen by head coach Tan Cheng Hoe to be part of his backroom staff where he was given the goalkeeper coach role until 16 February 2022.

Công An Hà Nội

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In January 2023, Azmin joined Vietnamese club Công An Hà Nội as their goalkeeping coach.

Honours

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Kuala Lumpur

Selangor

Pahang

Malaysia

References

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  1. ^ Azmin Azram at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ^ Mamrud, Roberto. "Malaysia - Record International Players". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 2002-2003". Dennis David Woods RSSSF. RSSSF Brasil. 20 August 2020. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Malaysia vs Brazil". Sky Sports at Wayback Machine. 2021. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Brazil lawan Malaysia, Stadium Bukit Jalil (2002)". Chedinsphere at Wayback Machine. 2021. Archived from the original on 14 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Azmin bangkit lepas tumbang (Kosmo!) - 25 January 2009". Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2009. (in Malay)