Mohamad Aidil Zafuan bin Abd. Radzak (born 3 August 1987) also known as Aidil Zafuan, is a Malaysian retired professional footballer who last played primarily as a centre-back and is currently working as an assistant coach for Malaysia Super League club Johor Darul Ta'zim. In his time with Johor Darul Ta'zim, he has won 26 trophies in total and making 211 appearances for the club.
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| Full name | Mohamad Aidil Zafuan bin Abd. Radzak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 3 August 1987 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Johor Darul Ta'zim (Assistant coach) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2003 | Bukit Jalil Sports School | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Negeri Sembilan U19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2011 | Negeri Sembilan | 23 | (11) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | ATM | 21 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2023 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 114 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Malaysia U20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2014 | Malaysia U23 | 34 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2022 | Malaysia | 101[2] | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Johor Darul Ta'zim (Assistant coach) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 September 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Aidil is a former member of the Malaysia U23 and Malaysia U20 squad and has represented the Malaysia national team at the 2007 AFC Asian Cup. He is the older of his twin, Zaquan Adha who is also a professional footballer.[3][4]
Aidil has individually won 5 FAM Football Awards 'Best Defender Award' making him the only defender in the league to hold this record. Aidil has also won 11 Malaysia Super League title where he is the first and only player in the league history to win 10th consecutive league title with Johor Darul Ta'zim. He has also win 5 Malaysia Cup, 8 Malaysia Charity Shield, 4 Malaysia FA Cup and 1 AFC Cup.
Club career
editNegeri Sembilan
editAidil 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
editAidil 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
editIn the 2013 season, Aidil joined the rebranded club Johor Darul Ta'zim 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. Aidil was chosen as the club captain mid-way throughout the 2021 Malaysia Super League season after actual club captain, Hariss Harun left the club.
On 16 November 2022, He made his 200th appearance with the club in all competitions in a 1–0 away win against Sabah where he joins Safiq Rahim and Farizal Marlias to become the third player to reach this milestone[5]
International career
editYouth
editAidil has represented Malaysia since he was 14 years old. He is very experienced in international youth arena. He played for the Malaysia U20 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.
Aidil started representing the Malaysia U23 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
editAidil made his debut on 18 July 2007 against Cambodia where 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 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers second leg against Bahrain. As a result, he was banned by FIFA from taking part in international match for three games.
On 12 July 2016, Aidil with 71 international caps announced his retirement from international football via his football club's website and its Facebook page. He returned in 2017 and was part of Malaysia's 2018 AFF Suzuki Cup squad earning 82 international caps during the tournament.[6] In 2019, he earned his 83rd international caps against Sri Lanka.[7]
He earn his 100 appearances for Malaysia in 2020 AFF Championship against Vietnam.[8][9] 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'.[10]
Others
editAidil also represented the Malaysia XI (represent Malaysia for B match) squad against Chelsea at the 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.
Managerial career
editAfter Aidil retirement at the end of the 2023 Malaysia Super League season, he would then take the coaching role as an assistant under head coach, Héctor Bidoglio at Johor Darul Ta'zim.
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of 16 December 2023.[11]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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| 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 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | – | 28 | 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 | ||||
| Total | 158 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 60 | 3 | 37 | 1 | – | 272 | 7 | |||
International
edit| 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
edit| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 18 July 2007 | Shah Alam Stadium, 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, Taiwan | Chinese Taipei |
2–3 | Lost | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) |
Honours
editClub
editNegeri Sembilan
edit- Sukma Games gold medal: 2004
- Malaysia Super League: 2005−06
- Malaysia Cup: 2009, 2011
- Malaysia FA Cup: 2010
Malaysian Armed Forces
edit- Malaysia Premier League: 2012
Johor Darul Ta'zim
edit- AFC Cup: 2015
- Malaysia Super League: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
- Malaysia FA Cup: 2016, 2022, 2023
- Malaysia Cup: 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023
- Malaysian Charity Shield: 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
International
editMalaysia U-18
- Lion City Cup: 2005
Malaysia U-23
- Pestabola Merdeka: 2007; runner-up 2008
- SEA Games : 2009
Malaysia
- AFF Championship runner-up: 2018
Individual
edit- Malaysia Super League 'Best Defender Award': 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2020
- AFC Cup All-Time XI: 2021[13]
References
edit- ^ "Aidil Zafuan". Official website of Johor Darul Ta'zim FC. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ Malaysia – Record International Players – RSSSF.
- ^ "7 AIDIL ZAFUAN". Johorsoutherntigers.com.my. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ "Goal Asia Team of the Month – July 2013 – Centre-back: Aidil Zafuan (Malaysia, Johor Darul Takzim)". Goal. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ "AIDIL SETS NEW MILESTONE WITH JDT – 200 APPEARANCES". Johor Darul Ta'zim FC. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ Aidil Zafuan excited about return to Harimau Malaya for Sri Lanka friendly, Malay Mail – Retrieved 6 Oct 2019
- ^ Aidil on track to becoming Msia's most prized footballer, New Straits Times – Retrieved 6 Oct 2019
- ^ 100 up for Aidil – SPORTIMES, 12 December 2021.
- ^ Paying the price for poor planning? – New Straits Times, 14 December 2021.
- ^ a b Mohamad Aidil Zafuan bin Abdul Radzak – International Appearances – RSSSF
- ^ "Aidil Zafuan". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ "Abdul Radzak, Mohd Aidil Zafuan". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ^ "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
edit- Aidil Zafuan at National-Football-Teams.com
- Aidil Zafuan at Soccerway