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Soldadu Abdul Azizi bin Ali Rahman is a Bruneian
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who plays as a striker for
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side DPMM FC II.


Club career

Abdul Azizi began playing for the football team of the
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in 2009. He has won the
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with MS ABDB for 4 consecutive times, scoring in the 2015 final. He had once scored 6 goals in one match, in an 11–1 victory over Najip FC in 2013. He became the overall top scorer in the 2016 Brunei Super League with 8 goals to his name. He repeated this feat in the 2017–18 season, bagging 28 goals. Altogether he has won three championships and five FA Cup winner's medals with
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before his departure in 2018. Abdul Azizi officially joined DPMM FC on 13 February 2018, uniting him with his younger brother Azwan who has been playing there since 2013. He made his
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debut on 24 May against Young Lions in a 1–1 draw, coming on for brother Azwan in the 70th minute. Azizi made his first start at home against
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on 18 August in place of the suspended Ukrainian Volodymyr Pryyomov and duly scored a hat-trick to send DPMM to a 3–1 victory. Under Renê Weber, Abdul Azizi made only two starts in 15 appearances in the 2018 season. After the appointment of
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as DPMM head coach in
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, Abdul Azizi became a regular in the starting lineup, partnering
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in a 3-5-2 formation. He opened his account for the season in a 2–0 victory at home to
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on 4 May. He altogether bagged six goals for DPMM, including the winner in a 0–1 away victory against
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, to help his side clinch the Singapore Premier League title. For the year 2022, DPMM played domestically in the
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. Abdul Azizi registered seven goals for the campaign including a hat-trick against
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on 16 October. His team went all the way to the final of the tournament, and prevailed over
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2–1 which gave Abdul Azizi his sixth
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medal. Returning to the
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the following year, Abdul Azizi opened his account for the season against
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in a 1–3 loss on 19 March. He added another goal to his tally on 8 July against league leaders Albirex Niigata SIngapore in a commendable 1–1 draw. Azizi was announced to be leaving DPMM on 7 February 2024, along with other experienced players like
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,
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,
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,
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and
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. However, he returned to the side's second team competing in the
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from January 2025, and scored a goal against Kota Ranger in a 6–1 victory on the 28th. Ultimately, the team finished as runners-up to
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after a 2–3 loss in the final fixture of the two sides. On 18 May 2025, he played as a starter in the
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final against
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. His team prevailed 1–0 through a goal by Matías Hernández, bringing him his seventh FA Cup medal in his career.


International career

Abdul Azizi made his international debut against
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on 12 March 2015, coming on for his brother Azwan Ali Rahman in the 75th minute of the 2018 World Cup qualifier first leg, which ended 1–0 to the
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. He came off the bench for an injured
Fakharrazi Hassan Pengiran Mohammad Fakharrazi bin Pengiran Haji Hassan (born 15 July 1989), sometimes erroneously referred to as Ak Fakharazzi, is a Bruneian retired footballer who played as a right-sided defender or midfielder. Club career Fakharrazi was a ...
on 22 minutes in the second leg on 17 March, the final result was a 0–2 reverse which eliminated Brunei from the
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. Abdul Azizi scored his first international goal against
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in a friendly match on 3 November 2015. Despite opening the scoring, Brunei lost 1–6. He played a bit-part role in Brunei's international tournament outings of 2016, namely the 2016 AFF Suzuki Cup qualification and the
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. Abdul Azizi was to play a huge role by newly appointed Brunei coach Robbie Servais for the upcoming 2022 World Cup qualification matches in June 2019, but Abdul Azizi declined the callup for unknown reasons. In March 2022, Abdul Azizi was back in the fold of the national team for a friendly match on 27 March against
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in
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. He started the game in a 3–2 defeat. Two months later he made a substitute appearance in a 4–0 defeat against
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in
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on 27 May. On 21 September he also came off the bench on half time for the home friendly against the Maldives, which resulted in a 0–3 loss. Six days later he was played from the start against Laos and this time the Wasps emerged as victors with a 1–0 win. On 5 November 2022 Azizi scored two goals in the first half of a 6–2 win against
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in the first leg of the 2022 AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup qualifying fixture held in
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. He was a substitute in the second leg which was a 1–0 defeat, but Brunei went through to the group stage of the Cup with a 6–3 aggregate win. At the tournament held the next month, Azizi made three appearances and failed to score against the likes of
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,
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and
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whereby Brunei were consigned to defeats in all of them. On 11 September 2023, Azizi came on in the second half for
Abdul Mu'iz Sisa Abdul Mu'iz bin Sisa (born 20 April 1991) is a Bruneian footballer who plays as a left-sided full-back. He won the first two Brunei Super League championships with Indera SC in 2012–13 and 2014, afterwards winning the Singapore Premier Leagu ...
at the away friendly defeat against
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that finished 10–0. Nevertheless, he was selected for the Wasps the following month coming against
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over two legs at the 2026 World Cup qualification first round for AFC. He was handed a starting berth for the second leg at home at the
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on 17 October, and lasted for 60 minutes before coming off for Hariz Danial Khallidden, the resulting score was 0–6 to the Indonesians.


International goals


Honours


Team

;MS ABDB *
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(3):
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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
, 2017–18 *
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(5): 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 ;DPMM FC *
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(2):
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Individual

* General Service Medal (Armed Forces) * Royal Brunei Armed Forces Golden Jubilee Medal (31 May 2011) * Royal Brunei Armed Forces Diamond Jubilee Medal (31 May 2021) *
Brunei Super League The Brunei Super League ( abbr: BSL; – LSB) is a professional league for men's association football in the sultanate of Brunei Darussalam. It is at the top tier of the Bruneian football league system, and it is managed by the Football As ...
Top Scorer (2):
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, 2017–18 *
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Best Player:
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Personal life

Abdul Azizi's younger brother Azwan is also a Bruneian international who plays for
DPMM FC Duli Pengiran Muda Mahkota Football Club (English language, English: His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Brunei Football Club; Abbreviation, abbrev: DPMM or Brunei DPMM) is a professional association football, football club based in Bandar S ...
. Their cousin is fellow Brunei international
Hendra Azam Idris Mohammad Hendra Azam bin Mohammad Idris (born 10 August 1988) is a Bruneian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Brunei Super League club Indera and the Brunei national team. Club career Hendra began his career with Majra ...
who plays for
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.


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Abdul Azizi Ali Rahman 1987 births Living people Bruneian Muslims Men's association football forwards Bruneian military personnel Bruneian men's footballers Brunei men's international footballers DPMM FC players Royal Brunei Armed Forces Sports Council players Brunei Super League players Singapore Premier League players Place of birth missing (living people)