Norhafiz Zamani

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Misbah is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Norhafiz Zamani.

Norhafiz Zamani Misbah

Norhafiz Zamani Misbah
Personal information
Full name	Norhafiz Zamani Bin Misbah
Date of birth	(1981-07-15) 15 July 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Malacca, Malaysia
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Mokhtar Dahari Academy (assistant coach)
Youth career
1995–1998	Negeri Sembilan
1999	Malaysia U-19
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2004	Negeri Sembilan
2005–2008	Pahang
2009–2010	KL PLUS FC
2011–2014	Negeri Sembilan
2015–2017	Kelantan	46	(0)
2018	Penang	19	(0)
2019–2020	Negeri Sembilan	11	(0)
International career‡
2001–2012	Malaysia	66 [1]	(2)
Managerial career
2021–	Mokhtar Dahari Academy (assistant coach)
Medal record Malaysia under-23 Sea Games Sea Games 2001 Football Merdeka Tournament Winner 2007 Malaysia AFF Championship 2004
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 August 2014 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 August 2014

Norhafiz Zamani bin Misbah (born 15 July 1981) is a Malaysian professional football coach and former player who played as a centre-back. He is a former member of the Malaysia national team. ^{[2] [3]} With a calm character and good at controlling the situation in the penalty box, have led him to be compared to compatriot Soh Chin Ann. ^{[4] [5]}

Club career

Negeri Sembilan

He made his first appearance in professional football with Negeri Sembilan in 2001. ^[6]

Pahang

He moved to Pahang with a high-profile transfer after spending many years with Negeri Sembilan. Pahang was delighted with his signing and said 'Zamani is Malaysia's best defender this time'. He made superb performances with his new club. He played in the ASEAN Club Championship with other clubs in Southeast Asia, such as Tampines Rovers. ^[7]

KL Plus FC

He wants to move to another club after underperformance with Pahang. He said that he wants to move because Pahang have more difficulties after his former teammate, Indra Putra Mahayuddin moved to Selangor. He later transfer to KL PLUS FC. ^[8]

Return to Negeri Sembilan

Norhafiz joined Negeri Sembilan for the 2011 Liga Super season. ^[9] After spent 3 seasons playing with Negeri Sembilan, he moved to Kelantan on 2015.

Kelantan

On 1 December 2014, Norhafiz signed to Kelantan for 2015 season after spent 4 seasons playing for Negeri Sembilan. Norhafiz made his Kelantan debut on 1 March 2015 as a substitute in the 69th for Badhri Radzi in a league match lost to Kedah. He made a strong defence partnership with Jonathan McKain. Norhafiz also operated as a defensive midfielder during his time at Kelantan. ^[10] He made 18 league appearances during his debut season with Kelantan. On 27 December 2016, although the team was having financial problems, he has confirmed to remain with Kelantan for the third season despite offers from other clubs. ^[11]

Penang

In 2018, he signed a one-year contract to play for Penang. ^[12]

Return again to Negeri Sembilan and retired

Norhafiz return again to Negeri Sembilan and finally retired in 2020. ^[13]

International career

National team

He was one of the players who won a silver medal at the 2001 SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur. ^[14] In 2002, Norhafiz was called up for an international friendly match against Brazil. ^{[15] [16] [17]} He also was part of the squad in the 2004 AFF Championship which finished at third place.

He then became the part of the national football team preparing for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup. He was then chosen into the squad of Malaysia 2007 Asian Cup. He only made his first appearance in the Asian Cup in the first group match against China where Malaysia had heavy defeated 1–5. ^[18] After this run of bad luck, he became one of three senior players to play at the 2007 Merdeka Tournament. With a combination of senior and U-23 players, Malaysia defeated Myanmar 3–1 in the final to win the trophy.

At the 2008 Merdeka Tournament, Norhafiz helped Malaysia reach the final but his missed shot during the penalty shoot-out against Vietnam lost Malaysia the match.

At November 2010, Malaysia coach, K. Rajagopal called up Norhafiz for the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup, but he was injured during the 2010 Asian Games and replaced by Razman Roslan. ^[19]

Malaysia XI

Norhafiz also appeared for the Malaysia League XI. He was selected by coach as a defender in the Malaysia squad in a preseason friendly against Manchester United. At the inaugural Premier League Asia Trophy that involved two more English clubs Birmingham City and Newcastle United. ^[20] After losing to Chelsea in the opening game, Malaysia competed for the 3rd place against Birmingham City. After the game which Malaysia lost, then manager of Birmingham City, Steve Bruce) was asked to single out a Malaysian player which had impressed him, his answer was Norhafiz Zamani Misbah. ^[21] He featured and captained the Malaysia XI in the 2 matches friendly against Manchester United in July 2009. Furthermore, on 21 July 2011, Norhafiz captained the Malaysia League XI in a match against Chelsea, which ended in a 0–1 loss for the Malaysia League XI.

Managerial career

On 1 February 2021, Norhafiz was hired to become assistant coach for Mokhtar Dahari Academy to aid producing quality young players from the grassroots development program. ^[22]

Career statistics

Club statistics

As of match played 8 August 2018. ^[23]

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2015	Kelantan	Malaysia Super League	18	0	6	0	4 [a]	0	–		28	0
2016			13	0	2	0	5 [a]	0	–		20	0
2017			15	0	1	0	3 [a]	0	–		19	0
Total			46	0	9	0	12	0	0	0	67	0
2018	Penang	Malaysia Premier League	19	0	2	0	1 [b]	0	–		22	0
Career total			64	0	11	0	13	0	0	0	89	0

1. Appearances in Malaysia Cup
2. Appearances in Challenge Cup

International

As of 10 October 2017. ^[24]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Malaysia	2001	5	0
	2002	6	0
	2003	6	1
	2004	8	0
	2005	2	0
	2006	7	0
	2007	12	1
	2008	9	0
	2009	6	0
	2010	2	0
	2011	2	0
Total		65	2

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	12 October 2003	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Bahrain	2–2	Draw	2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2.	24 March 2007	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	1–4	Won	Friendly

Honours

Club

Negeri Sembilan

• Malaysia FA Cup: 2003
• Malaysia Cup: 2011
• Charity Cup: 2012; runner-up 2004

Pahang

• Malaysia Super League: runner-up 2005
• Malaysia FA Cup: 2006
• ASEAN Club Championship: runner-up 2005

Kelantan

• Malaysia FA Cup: runners up 2015

International

Malaysia U-23

• Sea Games Silver :2001

Malaysia

• AFF Championship  : 2004 third place
• Pestabola Merdeka  : 2007

Individual

• Malaysia Super League 'Best Defender Award': 2011

References

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2. "Kelantan Pertaruh Lapan Pemain Baharu Musim Depan". MStar. 1 December 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
3. "Barisan Malaysia XI". Seladang.net. 29 July 2008. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
4. Ahmad Ridzuan (2 July 2020). ""Kombinasi Norhafiz Zamani Dengan Aidil Umpama Soh Chin Aun Dan Santokh Singh Dari Segi Cara Permainan" – Farizal Marlias" (in Malay). vocketfc.my. Archived from the original on 19 October 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
5. T. AVINESHWARAN (2 July 2020). "Keeper Farizal: Norhafiz and Aidil remind me of Chin Aun and Santokh". The Star. Archived from the original on 19 October 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
6. General Information for Negeri Sembilan FA in 2001 – NFT
7. "Piala FA milik Pahang". Utusan Malaysia . 21 May 2006. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
8. "Turning Norhafiz into an attacking midfielder paying off for KL Plus". The Star (Malaysia) . 20 May 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
9. General Information for Negeri Sembilan FA in 2011 – NFT
10. "Taj akhiri teka teki, pilih sertai Kelantan". Harian Metro. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
11. "Setia bersama The Red Warriors". Utusan Malaysia . 27 December 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
12. Penang 2018 Season – NFT
13. Negeri Sembilan 2019 Season – NFT
14. South East Asian Games 2001 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) – Match Details – RSSSF.
15. "Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 2002–2003". Dennis David Woods RSSSF. RSSSF Brasil. 20 August 2020. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
16. "Malaysia vs Brazil". Sky Sports at Wayback Machine. 2021. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
17. "Brazil lawan Malaysia, Stadium Bukit Jalil (2002)". Chedinsphere at Wayback Machine. 2021. Archived from the original on 14 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
18. Malaysia vs. China 2007-07-10 – NFT
19. Tiga Pemain Malaysia yang Wajib Diwaspadai Timnas – Republika.co.id (In Indonesia).
20. FA Premier League Asia Cup 2003 (Kuala Lumpur) – RSSSF
21. 2003 MATCHES, OTHER MATCHES – RSSSF
22. Sulaiman (1 February 2021). "Norhafiz Zamani Misbah Sertai Barisan Jurulatih Akademi Mokhtar Dahari" (in Malay). Vocket FC. Archived from the original on 19 October 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
23. "Norhafiz Zamani Misbah". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
24. "Norhafiz Zamani Misbah". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 18 November 2017.

External links

• Norhafiz Zamani at Soccerway
• Norhafiz Zamani Misbah at Football Malaysia