Nazry Aiman
Nazry with Brunei in 2023
Personal information
Full name Mohammad Nazry Aiman bin Azaman
Date of birth (2004-07-01) 1 July 2004 (age 19)
Place of birth Brunei
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
DPMM FC
Number 21
Youth career
2019–2021 DPMM
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 DPMM II
2023 MS ABDB 16 (2)
2024– DPMM 1 (0)
International career
2019 Brunei U15 5 (0)
2019 Brunei U19 4 (0)
2022– Brunei U23 10 (0)
2023– Brunei 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 March 2024

Soldadu Mohammad Nazry Aiman bin Azaman (born 1 July 2004) is a Bruneian professional footballer who plays for Brunei DPMM FC and the national team as a defender.[1]

Club career

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Nazry developed his footballing skills with the DPMM FC youth teams from 2019 to 2021.[2] He was also registered with the local side that won the 2018–19 Brunei Premier League unbeaten thanks to the goals of Hakeme Yazid Said and Abdul Azizi Ali Rahman.[3][4]

Nazry joined the football team of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces for the 2023 Brunei Super League and was a regular starter under coach Yusof Matyassin. On 26th May, Nazry scored the winning goal against the then undefeated league leaders Wijaya FC.[5] He added to his goal tally with the final goal of the game in a 5–0 victory over BAKES FC on 6 August.[6] MS ABDB finished the season in a respectable fourth place out of 16 teams.

In March 2024, DPMM FC announced the signing of Nazry along with several other local talents to the first team for the upcoming 2024–25 Singapore Premier League season.[7] He signed full terms on 8 May and was given the number 21 shirt.[8] He made his professional league debut on 22 June against Geylang International as a substitute in a 3–3 draw at the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium, which was the first time DPMM played a home fixture in Brunei since the COVID-19 pandemic.[9]

International career

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Youth national teams

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Nazry was the captain for the Brunei under-15s at the 2019 AFF U-15 Championship in Thailand in July–August. The Young Wasps finished the tournament with one point out of five games, managing a 1–1 draw with Cambodia.[10] The following November, he was promoted to the under-19s participating in the 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification matches held in Phnom Penh. He featured from the start in the first game against the Northern Marianas in a 4–3 victory.[11] He made three further appearances, each of them heavy defeats to Thailand, Malaysia and Cambodia.[12][13]

Nazry's next international youth tournament was with the under-23s at the February 2022 AFF U-23 Championship held in Cambodia.[14] Beaten 6–0 by the hosts in the first game,[15] the Young Wasps were unable to recover from the setback despite the heroics of Hakeme Yazid Said who managed to score against Timor-Leste and the Philippines.[16][17] In August 2023, Nazry was called up to the same age group for the 2023 AFF U-23 Championship held in Thailand as well as the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification matches in Jordan the following month. He made a total of seven appearances in the two fruitless campaigns for the Young Wasps.[18]

Senior national team

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Nazry was given his first callup to the full international team in October 2023 at the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches, a two-legged affair against regional powerhouse Indonesia.[19] He was an unused substitute in both games, which finished 0–12 on aggregate.

In March 2024, he travelled to Saudi Arabia with the national team for the 2024 FIFA Series against Bermuda and Vanuatu, but did not see action.[20] He finally made his international debut on 8 June 2024 against Sri Lanka, as a substitute for Faturrahman Embran in a 1–0 victory.[21] He made the starting lineup against the same opposition five days later, the Wasps claiming a second victory against the South Asian nation.[22]



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  2. ^ "Tabuan show attacking might in emphatic Setia Perdana rout". Borneo Bulletin. 4 January 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  3. ^ "24 DPMM FC youth players to compete in Brunei DST Premier League". Borneo Bulletin. 7 January 2019. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  4. ^ "DPMM FC crowned Premier League champs". Borneo Bulletin. 27 February 2019. Archived from the original on 5 March 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
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  6. ^ "07/08/2023 Brunei Super League". Radio Television Brunei. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
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  8. ^ "DPMM FC 2024 SQUAD LIST". BruSports News. 8 May 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
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  10. ^ "NATIONAL U15 FOOTBALL TEAM TAKE POSITIVES OUT OF AFF CAMPAIGN". BruSports News. 6 August 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  11. ^ "AFC U-19 CHAMPIONSHIP 2020: NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 3 - 4 BRUNEI DARUSSALAM". Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Malaysian Tigers trounce Brunei 11-0 in AFC U-19 qualifiers". The Star (Malaysia). 6 November 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  13. ^ "AFC U-19 CHAMPIONSHIP 2020: BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 0 - 3 CAMBODIA". Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  14. ^ "Young Wasps locked and loaded ahead of AFF Under-23 Championship in Cambodia". Borneo Bulletin. 11 February 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  15. ^ "Brunei under-23s' first AFF match against Cambodia 'an eye-opener'". Borneo Bulletin. 16 February 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  16. ^ "Brunei lose 3-1 to Timor Leste". Borneo Bulletin. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  17. ^ "PHL U-23 wraps AFF U-23 Youth Championship with win over Brunei". GMA Network. 20 February 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  18. ^ "23 national under-23 players called up for AFF meet". Borneo Bulletin. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  19. ^ @fa.bruneidarussalam (9 October 2023). "Here's the 25 players that will be representing Brunei Darussalam in the World Cup Qualifiers". Retrieved 11 October 2023 – via Instagram.
  20. ^ @fa.bruneidarussalam (23 March 2024). "Introducing our twenty-three players representing Brunei Darussalam for the FIFA Series in Saudi Arabia". Retrieved 23 March 2024 – via Instagram.
  21. ^ "Brunei 1-0 Sri Lanka :: National Team Friendlies 2024 :: Match Events :: playmakerstats.com". playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  22. ^ "WASPS HANG ON TO EDGE SRI LANKA". BruSports News. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.