![]() Amirul playing for Singapore in 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Muhammad Amirul Adli bin Azmi [1] | ||
Date of birth | 13 January 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Singapore | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Full-back, centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Tampines Rovers | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
2009–2014 | National Football Academy | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2017 | Young Lions | 86 | (1) |
2018–2020 | Tampines Rovers | 82 | (7) |
2021–2022 | Lion City Sailors | 42 | (0) |
2023 | Geylang International | 18 | (1) |
2024– | Tampines Rovers | 41 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2014–2018 | Singapore U23 | 10 | (0) |
2014– | Singapore | 36 | (1) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 May 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 June 2025 |
Muhammad Amirul Adli bin Azmi (born 13 January 1996) is a Singaporean professional footballer who plays as a full-back or a centre-back for Singapore Premier League club Tampines Rovers and the Singapore national team.
In 2014, Amirul was promoted from the National Football Academy to S.League club, Young Lions. He made his professional career debut in a league match against Balestier Khalsa on 23 February 2014.
On 31 July 2015, Amirul received his first career red card after picking up two yellow cards in a league match against DPMM.
Amirul scored his first career goal on 2 July 2017 in a 2–1 loss against Geylang International.
After four seasons playing with Young Lions, on 1 December 2017, Amirul was taken by Tampines Rovers for the newly revamped 2018 Singapore Premier League season.
On 21 January 2021, Amirul joined newly privatised club, Lion City Sailors in which he helped them to win the 2021 Singapore Premier League in his debut season and also the 2022 Singapore Community Shield. At the end of the season, he was being linked to Malaysia Super League clubs, Terengganu, Kelantan and Negeri Sembilan were all reported to be interested in the player but nothing materialised.
On 20 February 2023, Amirul joined Geylang International as a free agent. On 27 May 2023, he scored his first goal for Geylang against his former club, Young Lions.
On 26 January 2024, Amirul rejoined his former club, Tampines Rovers ahead of the 2024–25 Singapore Premier League season.
Amirul was first called up to the Singapore national team against Papua New Guinea and Hong Kong in 2014. [3] He made his international debut against Papua New Guinea on 6 September 2014, replacing Afiq Yunos in the 46th minute. [4] He got his second cap in a 2–0 win against Laos on 13 November 2014, replacing Baihakki Khaizan in the 87th minute. [5] He then got his third cap a few days later against Cambodia in a 4–2 on 17 November 2014, replacing Safuwan Baharudin in the 90th minute. [6]
Amirul's first major senior tournament was the 2014 AFF Championship, making him the youngest player in the national team at age 18. [7] His fourth cap came in the Singapore's last match of the 2014 AFF Championship against Malaysia replacing Shahfiq Ghani in the 76th minute. The game ended in a 3–1 loss to Singapore and was Amirul's first international loss with the national team. [8] He got a couple of call ups in 2015 but did not feature for the team in that year.
Amirul was part of the 2018 AFF Championship, 2020 AFF Championship and 2022 AFF Championship squads.
On 5 June 2025, Amirul scored his first international goal in a friendly match against Maldives in a 3–1 win.
He was selected in the Singapore national squad for The Sultan of Selangor's Cup to be held on 24 August 2019.
Club | Season | S.League | Singapore Cup | League Cup Charity Shield | Asia | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Young Lions | 2014 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 22 | 0 | |
2015 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 25 | 0 | ||
2016 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | — | 17 | 0 | ||
2017 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 22 | 1 | ||
Total | 85 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 1 | |
Tampines Rovers | 2018 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 4 |
2019 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 34 | 2 | |
2020 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 1 | |
Total | 58 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 82 | 7 | |
Lion City Sailors | 2021 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
2022 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |
Total | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 49 | 0 | |
Geylang International | 2023 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
Tampines Rovers | 2024–25 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 1 |
Career total | 220 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 261 | 10 | |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Singapore | |||
2014 | 4 | 0 | |
2019 | 7 | 0 | |
2021 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 14 | 0 |
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 5 June 2025 | Bishan Stadium, Singapore | ![]() | 1–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
Tampines Rovers
Lion City Sailors