Aziz Ahmad (footballer)

Aziz Ahmad was a Malaysian footballer who played for Penang as a striker.[1][2]

Aziz Ahmad
Personal information
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

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 second year in a row, 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

  1. ^ "FAP History". FAP. 13 August 2015. Archived from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  2. ^ Penang was once a feared football force. New Straits Times. Archived from the original on 28 May 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  3. ^ "The 27th HMS Malaya Cup Final 1953". Malaysia Football Museum. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ Penang enter Cup final. The Straits Times, 9 July 1957, Page 13 - National Library of Singapore
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Malaysia 1953". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Malaysia 1954". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Malaysia 1958". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Malaysia - List of Cup Winners". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  11. ^ FAM NAMES 20 FOR MERDEKA GAMES SOCCER . The Straits Times. 12 August 1957, Page 12 - National Library of Singapore
  12. ^ Pestabola Merdeka 1957-1962. Malaysia football-dimos. (In Malay). Archived from the original on 1 February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  13. ^ "Merdeka Tournament 1957 (Malaya)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  14. ^ "Former football ace defender Namat succumbs to cancer". Buletin Mutiara. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.