Ahmad Azlan bin Zainal (born 16 April 1986) is a

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who plays for Kingstown Klang FC as a defender. He was also a member of Malaysia's national team. Born and grew up in Kuala Lumpur Azlan spend his teenage years in Bukit Jalil Sports School, Azlan later played for Perak President Team. Before being promoted onto Perak senior side. Azlan began his career with

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as a youth player in 2004. He helped Perak win the

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Final in 2004 against

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by 3-0 in Bukit Jalil Stadium. He also brings

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reach the 2007

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final, which they lost to

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, 3-0. He made his senior international debut against

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on 23 February 2006. Serve as captain of Malaysia's Under-20 team at the AFC Youth Championship 2004, where he scored one goal in the tournament. He also turned out for Malaysia's national Under-23 side at the 2006 Doha Asian Games,

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2006 in Manila, Philippines and was part of Malaysia's Under-23 squad which won the

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. He joined

Kelantan FA Kelantan Football Club () was a Malaysian professional football club based in Kota Bharu, Kelantan. Founded in 1946, the club had a long-standing rivalry with Terengganu. The two east coast clubs were involved in the East Coast Derby. Their ...

for the 2009 season which ended prematurely due to a severe injury when he ruptured his anterior cruciate ligaments. After being released by Kelantan, Azlan was signed by

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Azlan signs with KL
/ref> as a free agent halfway through the 2010 season. He agreed to join

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for the 2012

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. 2016 - Azlan signed for his hometown, Kuala Lumpur after so long plying his trade for other team.

References

http://matbiografi.blogspot.my/2016/04/skuad-olimpik-malaysia-2007.html http://www.kosmo.com.my/kosmo/content.asp?y=2009&dt=0305&pub=Kosmo&sec=Sukan&pg=su_03.htm http://www.thestar.com.my/story/?file=/2009/3/4/sports/3399301&sec= http://kisahbolasepak.com/malaysia-pemain-pertahanan.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160830143056/http://www.sinarharian.com.my/mobile/ultras/terengganu-miliki-pasukan-serba-lengkap-1.320543

External links

Player Summary Ahmad Azlan Bin Zainal
* * https://web.archive.org/web/20161124221126/http://m.aipsmedia.com/index.php?page=news&cod=957&tp=n 1986 births Living people Malaysian men's footballers Malaysia men's international footballers Perak F.C. players Selangor F.C. Under-23 players Kelantan F.C. players Kuala Lumpur City F.C. players Terengganu FC players Footballers from Kuala Lumpur Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games Malaysian people of Malay descent Men's association football defenders Asian Games competitors for Malaysia {{Malaysia-footy-defender-stub