Amirul Hisyam Awang Kechik

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Amirul Hisyam Awang Kechik
Personal information
Full name Muhammad Amirul Hisyam bin Awang Kechik
Date of birth (1995-05-05) 5 May 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Kedah, [1] Malaysia
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder/Centre back
Team information
Current team
Kedah Darul Aman
Number 77
Youth career
2011–2012 Malaysia U-17
2013 Kedah U-21 [2]
2013–2014 Harimau Muda C
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015 Harimau Muda B 16 (1)
2016– Kedah Darul Aman 95 (1)
International career
2010–2012 Malaysia U-17 9 (0)
2012–2015 Malaysia U-20 6 (0)
2015– Malaysia U-23 15 (1)
2016– Malaysia 3 (0)
Honours
Malaysia under-23
Sea Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg Sea Games 2017 Football
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 11, 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of August 29, 2017

Muhammad Amirul Hisyam bin Awang Kechik (born 5 May 1995) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Malaysian club Kedah Darul Aman and the Malaysia national team. [3]

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Club career

Amirul was a product of the Tunku Anum state sports school in Kedah prior to joining Harimau Muda in 2013. [4] While playing for the Tunku Anum sports school their team won the Minister of Education Challenge Cup for three years running. He was initially picked to join Kedah's 2013 President Cup squad but impressed coaches at a selection conducted by Harimau Muda C. He then went on to be part of Ong Kim Swee’s squad that played in the Queensland Premier League in 2014 and the 2015 Southeast Asian Games. [5] In 2015, Amirul played in the S.League under Razip Ismail as the head coach.

Amirul has played for Malaysia in various age groups, and made his debut for the senior team on March 2016, in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Saudi Arabia. [6] [7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 11 December 2022 [8]
Club performance
SeasonClubLeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
SingaporeS.LeagueCupLeague CupContinentalTotal
2015 Harimau Muda B S.League 1610000161
Total161000000161
SeasonClubLeagueLeagueFA CupMalaysia CupContinentalTotal
2016 Kedah Malaysia Super League 1905190331
2017 1302090240
2018 1501000160
2019 1004020160
2020 90001000100
2021 2010050251
2022 90100030130
2023 00000000
Total951131260301372
Career total1112131260301533

International Appearances

As of 22 March 2018
Malaysia national team [9]
YearAppsGoals
201630
Total30

Honours

Club

Kedah Darul Aman

International

Malaysia U-23

Silver medal with cup.svg Silver Medal: 2017 [10]

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