Aidil Zafuan
Zafuan (left) playing for Malaysia against Syria in 2007
Personal information
Full name Mohamad Aidil Zafuan bin Abd. Radzak
Date of birth (1987-08-03) 3 August 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
2001–2003 Bukit Jalil Sports School
2004–2005 Negeri Sembilan U19
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2011 Negeri Sembilan 98 (11)
2012 ATM 21 (3)
2013–2023 Johor Darul Ta'zim 114 (4)
Total 233 (18)
International career‡
2004–2006 Malaysia U20
2007–2014 Malaysia U23 34 (4)
2007–2022 Malaysia 98[2] (3)
Managerial career
2024– Johor Darul Ta'zim (Assistant coach)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Malaysia
Men's football
AFF Championship
Runner-up 2018
Merdeka Cup
Winner 2007 Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2022

Mohamad Aidil Zafuan bin Abd. Radzak (born 3 August 1987) is a former Malaysian professional footballer. Currently he is serving as an assistant coach for Johor Darul Ta'zim.

He is a former member of Malaysia U-23 and Malaysia U-20 squad. He is the older of his twin, Zaquan Adha who also a footballer.[3][4]

Club career

Negeri Sembilan

Aidil Zafuan began his career with Negeri Sembilan youth team. He represented his hometown, Negeri Sembilan at 2004 Sukma Games. He won the gold medal during the tournament that took place at the Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium, Seremban. In 2005-06 season, he was promoted to the first team. In his season debut, Negeri Sembilan won their first Malaysia Super League title.

Malaysian Armed Forces

Aidil signed a contract with Malaysia Premier League side Malaysian Armed Forces for the 2012 Malaysia Premier League season. He won the Malaysia Premier League title in 2012 and reached the 2012 Malaysia Cup final.

Johor Darul Ta'zim

In 2013 season, Aidil joined the rebranded club Johor Darul Ta'zim (JDT) along with his twin brother, Zaquan Adha. With JDT he won the Malaysia Super League, Malaysia FA Cup, Malaysia Cup and historically part of JDT's 2015 AFC Cup winning team.

International career

Youth

Aidil has represented Malaysia since he was 14 years old. He is very experienced in international youth arena. He played for the Malaysia U-20 side on two AFC Youth Championship in 2004 in Malaysia as Malaysia reached the quarter-finals but was defeated by China. At the AFC Youth Championship in India, he was chosen as the captain of the team. Malaysia failed to win all three matches and only managed to score 1 goal and conceding 7 goals.

Under-23

Aidil started representing the Malaysia U-23 squad during 2008 Olympic Games qualifier. He continued to represent Malaysia in the 2007 Merdeka Tournament that held in Shah Alam and Petaling Jaya and managed to win the Merdeka Tournament after defeating Myanmar 3:1. He then represented Malaysia in the South East Asia Games held in Thailand. However, Malaysia failed to advance into the semi-finals after drawing against rivals Singapore. In 2009, he was selected as the captain for the national under 23 team at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games where Malaysia won their first gold medal after 20 years. In 2014, he was selected as one of the overage players for the 2014 Asian Games.

Senior

Aidil made his debut on 18 July 2007 against Cambodia. He also scored his first international goal in his debut against Cambodia. He then became one of the players from the under-23 side who were selected into Malaysia 2007 AFC Asian Cup squad. He only made his appearance in the last game against Iran where Malaysia lost 0–2.

Aidil received his first red card in international duty during the World Cup qualifier second leg against Bahrain. As a result, he was banned by FIFA from taking part in international match for three games.

He also represented the Malaysia XI (represent Malaysia for B match) squad against Chelsea F.C. at Shah Alam Stadium on 29 July 2008. The Malaysia XI eventually lost 0–2. However, Chelsea coach Luiz Felipe Scolari praise the Malaysia XI for giving a good fight against his team.

On July 12, 2016, Aidil with 71 international caps announced his retirement from international football via his football club's website and its Facebook page. He return in 2017 and was part of Malaysia's 2018 AFF Suzuki Cup squad earning 82 international caps during the tournament.[5] In 2019, he earned his 83rd international caps against Sri Lanka.[6]

He earn his 100 appearances for Malaysia in 2020 AFF Championship against Vietnam.[7][8] During his international career, Aidil went on to play a total of 101 matches for Malaysia and his international appearances comprise 98 'A' international matches as classified by FIFA including 3 international matches not classified as 'A'.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 15 November 2022.[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Negeri Sembilan 2005-06 Malaysia Super League 1 0 0 – – 1
2006-07 Malaysia Super League 1 0 0 5 0 – 1
2007-08 Malaysia Super League 4 0 0 – – 4
2009 Malaysia Super League 3 1 1 – – 5
2010 Malaysia Super League 1 0 0 – – 1
2011 Malaysia Super League 23 1 1 0 4 0 – – 28 1
Total 11 1 1 5 0 – 13
ATM 2012 Malaysia Premier League 21 3 1 0 11 1 – – 33 4
Total 21 1 1 0 11 1 – – 33 4
Johor Darul Ta'zim 2013 Malaysia Super League 15 1 5 1 8 0 – – 28 2
2014 Malaysia Super League 9 0 2 0 9 0 – – 20 0
2015 Malaysia Super League 15 1 0 0 6 0 5 0 – 26 1
2016 Malaysia Super League 16 1 7 0 2 0 10 1 – 35 2
2017 Malaysia Super League 12 0 0 0 5 1 5 0 – 22 1
2018 Malaysia Super League 11 0 0 0 7 0 5 0 – 23 0
2019 Malaysia Super League 13 0 0 0 9 0 4 0 – 26 0
2020 Malaysia Super League 8 1 – 1 0 1 0 – 10 1
2021 Malaysia Super League 9 0 – 0 0 1 0 – 10 0
2022 Malaysia Super League 5 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 – 10 0
2023 Malaysia Super League 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 1 0
Total 114 4 16 1 49 1 32 1 – 211 7

International

As of 26 March 2022[9][11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Malaysia 2007 6 1
2008 11 0
2009 8 0
2010 3 0
2011 8 2
2012 14 0
2013 7 0
2014 5 0
2015 4 0
2016 5 0
2017 3 0
2018 8 0
2019 5 0
2021 9 0
2022 2 0
Total 98 3

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 18 July 2007 Shah Alam, Malaysia  Cambodia 6–0 Won Friendly
2. 29 June 2011 National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Malaysia  Chinese Taipei 2–1 Won 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
3. 3 July 2011 Taipei Municipal Stadium, Republic of China  Chinese Taipei 2–3 Lost 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

Honours

Negeri Sembilan

Malaysian Armed Forces

Johor Darul Ta'zim

Malaysia U-18

Malaysia U-23

Malaysia

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Aidil Zafuan". Official website of Johor Darul Ta'zim FC. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  2. ^ Malaysia - Record International Players - RSSSF.
  3. ^ "7 AIDIL ZAFUAN". Johorsoutherntigers.com.my. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Goal Asia Team of the Month - July 2013 - Centre-back: Aidil Zafuan (Malaysia, Johor Darul Takzim)". Goal.com. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  5. ^ Aidil Zafuan excited about return to Harimau Malaya for Sri Lanka friendly, Malay Mail - Retrieved 06 Oct 2019
  6. ^ Aidil on track to becoming Msia's most prized footballer, New Straits Times - Retrieved 06 Oct 2019
  7. ^ 100 up for Aidil - SPORTIMES, 12 December 2021.
  8. ^ Paying the price for poor planning? - New Straits Times, 14 December 2021.
  9. ^ a b Mohamad Aidil Zafuan bin Abdul Radzak - International Appearances - RSSSF
  10. ^ "Aidil Zafuan". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  11. ^ "Abdul Radzak, Mohd Aidil Zafuan". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  12. ^ "Revealed: The AFC Cup All-time XI, as voted by you!". AFC. Archived from the original on 26 June 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

External links

Malaysia squad – 2007 AFC Asian Cup
Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. – current squad
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