Aizil Yazid

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Aizil Yazid
Personal information
Full name Muhammad Aizil Mohamed Yazid
Date of birth (2004-12-24) 24 December 2004 (age 19)
Place of birth Singapore
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Young Lions (on loan from Hougang United)
Number 1
Youth career
2015–2016 ANZA Soccer
2016–17 Chelsea FC International
2018–19 Singapore Sports School
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020 Albirex Niigata (S) 0 (0)
2021– Hougang United 6 (0)
2023–Young Lions (loan) 26 (0)
International career
2019 Singapore U15 0 (0)
2022– Singapore U19 3 (0)
2022– Singapore U23 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:54, 16 September 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 September 2022

Muhammad Aizil bin Mohamed Yazid (born 24 December 2004), more commonly known as Aizil Yazid, is a Singapore professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Singapore Premier League club Young Lions, on loan from Hougang United and the Singapore U23 national team.

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Club career

Albirex Niigata (S)

Aizil signed for Albirex Niigata Singapore and was part of the 2020 Singapore Premier League squad that won the league title over rivals, Tampines Rovers. [1] [2]

Hougang United

On 15 January 2021,16-year-old Aizil signed for Hougang United prior to the 2021 season as part of the goalkeeping trio of Mukundan Maran and Ridhuan Barudin. [3]

Aizil would go on to make his professional debut against the same side Tampines Rovers in a 4–2 win over The Stags making him the second-youngest goalkeeper debutant in the league's history at 17 years and 218 days old, just falling short of his father's record at 16 years and 309 days. [4]

Aizil would then make four more consecutive appearances for The Cheetahs before being unavailable during Hougang's league match against Tanjong Pagar United. [5]

Young Lions

Aizil signed on loan from Hougang due to his enlistment to national service ahead of the 2023 Singapore Premier League with the Young Lions. [6] [7]

He made his debut in a 3–0 defeat to Albirex Niigata. [8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 27 Aug 2022. [9]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hougang United 2022 Singapore Premier League 60200080
Total60200080
Young Lions 2023 Singapore Premier League 2000000200
2024–25 60000060
Total3202000260
Career total3200000320
Notes

    International career

    Aizil was called up for the Singapore under-15 squad ahead of the 2019 AFF Championships. [10]

    In 2022, Aizil was called up to the provisional squad for the Singapore under-23 team ahead of the under-23 AFF Championships [11] held in Cambodia but ultimately didn't make the cut. Aizil was then called up to the Singapore under-19 team for the under-19 AFF Championships [12] [13] held in Indonesia after Hougang's AFC Cup campaign but didn't travel with the squad as he appeared on the bench against Young Lions a few days after the tournament's opening. Aizil was called up for the team again for the AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualifiers and made his debut against group hosts Tajikistan, producing a man of the match performance as he kept a clean sheet including a penalty save to give The Cubs a hard-fought draw. [14] [15] [16] [17]

    Aizil was called up for the 2023 Merlion Cup campaign where he made his Under-23's debut in a 1–0 loss to Hong Kong, along with a loss, Aizil would be awarded a red card for his behaviour against the referee near the end of the match. [18] Following his good showing in his league campaign, he was then called up for the 2023 SEA Games 25-men provisional squad. [19] He then made the final cut for the squad and made his first SEA Games appearance in a 3–1 defeat to Thailand in the group opener. [20] [21] Aizil was also given the starting position in the 7-0 thrashing from Malaysia, leading to the intense criticism despite his stellar performances in goal. [22]

    International Stats

    U23 International caps

    NoDateVenueOpponentResultCompetition
    124 March 2023 Jalan Besar Stadium, Jalan Besar, SingaporeFlag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 0–1 (lost)Merlion Cup
    229 April 2023 Prince Stadium, Phnom Penh, CambodiaFlag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1–3 (lost)2023 SEA Games
    33 May 2023Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 1–3 (lost)
    46 May 2023Flag of Laos.svg  Laos 0–0 (draw)
    511 May 2023Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 0–7 (lost)
    66 September 2023 Việt Trì Stadium, Phú Thọ, VietnamFlag of Yemen.svg  Yemen 0-3 (lost)2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification
    79 September 2023Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 1-1 (draw)

    Personal life

    Aizil is the son of Singapore goalkeeping legend, Yazid Yasin and the younger brother of Young Lions centre-back, Aqil Yazid. [23] [24] [25] [26]

    Honours

    Club

    Albirex Niigata (S)

    Hougang United

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