Azizol Abu Haniffah is a former midfielder of Perak FA and Malaysia national team.Malaysia - Record International Players - RSSSF. Azizol, a player with high skills equals previous midfield legends such as Shukor Salleh and Wong Choon Wah. He also well known for having involved in 1994 Malaysian football scandal and severely punished, thus ending his football career aged 29.
Career Overview He start played for Perak FA since 1983. In the same year, Azizol made his international debut which ended in a 3–1 Won against Saudi Arabia in 1984 Summer Olympics – Asian qualification at the age of 18.The bite of the Tiger The Straits Times, 11 October 1983.Azizol Abu Haniffah - International Appearances - RSSSF. In 1990, he captained Perak FA to win the inaugural competition of Malaysia FA Cup by beating Selangor FA 4–2. With the national team, he won the 1989 Southeast Asian Games gold medal and 1993 Merdeka Tournament.Merdeka Tournament (Malaysia) - RSSSF He played 71 times and scored 8 goals for the Malaysia national football team.
On 17 September 2014, FourFourTwo list him on their list of the top 25 Malaysian footballers of all time.List of 25 Greatest Malaysian Football Players Of All-Time by FourFourTwo—Best FBKL Media. Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
Honours Perak Liga Semi-Pro Divisyen 2 promotion: 1989Liga Semi-Pro 1989 - Malaysiadimos at Wayback MachineMalaysia - List of Second Level Champions - RSSSF Malaysia FA Cup: 1990; runner-up 1991Malaysia 1991 - RSSSF
Malaysia Pestabola Merdeka: 19931993 Merdeka Tournament at RSSSF.com website SEA Games: 1989Southeast Asian Games 1989 at RSSSF.com website
Individual AFC Asian Team of the Year First XI: 1991Azizol Abu Haniffah Biography In.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016. Malaysian Player of The Year: 1991ON A ROLL, 6 October 1993, New Paper at National Library Singapore.
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External links Player statistics at FIFA.com