Azaruddin Aziz

Azaruddin Aziz
Personal information
Full name	Mohd Azaruddin Mohd Aziz
Date of birth	7 January 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth	Dungun, Terengganu, Malaysia
Position(s)	Defender/Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1990–2001	Pahang FA
2002	Negeri Sembilan Cempaka
2003	Transnasional FC
2004	Kesura FC
International career
1994–1999	Malaysia
Managerial career
2005	Pahang U19 (assistant coach)
2006	SUKMA Pahang (assistant coach)
2007	Akademi Bola Sepak Pahang (head coach)
2008–2009	Pasukan Piala Emas Raja-Raja Pahang (head coach)
2010–2012	UMP FC (head coach)
2013– 2015	Pahang U21 (head coach)
2016–	Pahang FA (assistant head coach)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Azaruddin Aziz (born 7 January 1971) is a former Malaysian footballer who was a midfielder for Pahang and the Malaysia national football team.^[1]

Career

Aziz began playing at age 10 for his school's under-12 football team.

At 19, Azaruddin was the youngest player for the Pahang FA team after successfully attracting the attention of the Hungarian coach, Gyorgy Syager. Gyorgy convinced him to join the team.

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, Azaruddin earned his coaching license and became an assistant coach for the under-19 state squad. In 2006, he took an assistant coaching position for the Sukma state squad. In 2007, he became Head Coach at the Pahang Football Academy and also spent two years coaching the Gold Cup squad Rulers of Pahang.

He is currently head coach for Pahang's U21s team.