Aziz Ahmad (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 1930 | ||
Place of birth | Penang, British Malaya | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1950–1964 | Penang | ||
International career | |||
Malaya | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Aziz Ahmad was a Malaysian footballer who played for Penang as a striker.[1][2]
Career Overview
[edit]He had successful career with Penang sided, went he won 6 titles with them.[3][4][5][6] He scored the winning goal when Penang defeated Singapore 3–2 in the 1953 Malaya Cup final in Ipoh.[7] For a consecutive season, Penang defeated Singapore, this time with a scored of 3–0 in the final and Aziz scored the second goals.[8] On 23 August 1958, Penang meet again singapore in the final and aziz scored an early lead.[9] In replay match, Penang lifted the 1958 Malaya cup after defeated Singapore 2–0.[10]
He also a part of the Malaya national team that play in the first ever edition, inaugural Pestabola Merdeka 1957.[11][12][13]
Personal life
[edit]Namat and Shaharuddin, both his nephews, were also footballers.[14]
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- Penang
- Winners: 1953, 1954, 1958
- Winners: 1955, 1956, 1957
References
[edit]- ^ "FAP History". FAP. 13 August 2015. Archived from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ Penang was once a feared football force. New Straits Times. Archived from the original on 28 May 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "The 27th HMS Malaya Cup Final 1953". Malaysia Football Museum. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "Meraikan 100 Tahun Piala Malaysia – Final 1954 – Pulau Pinang V. Singapura" (in Malay). Legasi Lagenda. Archived from the original on 11 September 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ Penang enter Cup final. The Straits Times, 9 July 1957, Page 13 - National Library of Singapore
- ^ "Meraikan 100 Tahun Piala Malaysia – Final 1958 – Pulau Pinang V. Singapura" (in Malay). Legasi Lagenda. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "Malaysia 1953". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "Malaysia 1954". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "Malaysia 1958". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "Malaysia - List of Cup Winners". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ FAM NAMES 20 FOR MERDEKA GAMES SOCCER . The Straits Times. 12 August 1957, Page 12 - National Library of Singapore
- ^ Pestabola Merdeka 1957-1962. Malaysia football-dimos. (In Malay). Archived from the original on 1 February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ "Merdeka Tournament 1957 (Malaya)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- ^ "Former football ace defender Namat succumbs to cancer". Buletin Mutiara. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.