Mohamad Aidil Zafuan bin Abd. Radzak (born 3 August 1987) also known as Aidil Zafuan, is a Malaysian retired professional

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who last played primarily as a

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and is currently working as an assistant coach for

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club

Johor Darul Ta'zim Johor, also spelled Johore,'' is a state of Malaysia in the south of the Malay Peninsula. It borders with Pahang, Malacca and Negeri Sembilan to the north. Johor has maritime borders with Singapore to the south and Indonesia to the east and w ...

. In his time with Johor Darul Ta'zim, he has won 26 trophies in total and making 211 appearances for the club. Aidil is a former member of the Malaysia U23 and Malaysia U20 squad and has represented the Malaysia national team at the

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. He is the older of his twin,

Zaquan Adha Mohamad Zaquan Adha bin Abd. Radzak (born 3 August 1987) is a Malaysian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is the younger of a set of twins; his brother, Aidil Zafuan, who is also a footballer. Club career Negeri Se ...

who is also a professional footballer. Aidil has individually won 5

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'Best Defender Award' making him the only defender in the league to hold this record. Aidil has also won 11

title where he is the first and only player in the league history to win 10th consecutive league title with

. He has also win 5

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, 8

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, 4

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and 1

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Club career

Negeri Sembilan

Aidil Zafuan began his career with Negeri Sembilan youth team. He represented his hometown,

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at 2004 Sukma Games. He won the gold medal during the tournament that took place at the

Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium The Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium (STAR; Malay: ), also known by its informal name Stadium Paroi or Paroi Stadium and nickname The STAR of Paroi, is a multi-purpose stadium in Paroi, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. It is currently used mostly for ...

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. In 2005–06 season, he was promoted to the first team. In his season debut, Negeri Sembilan won their first

title.

Malaysian Armed Forces

Aidil signed a contract with

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side

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for the

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season. He won the

title in 2012 and reached the

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Final.

Johor Darul Ta'zim

In the 2013 season, Aidil joined the rebranded club

along with his twin brother,

. With JDT, he won the Malaysia Super League, Malaysia FA Cup, Malaysia Cup and historically part of JDT's

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winning team. Aidil was chosen as the club captain mid-way throughout the

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season after actual club captain,

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left the club. On 16 November 2022, He made his 200th appearance with the club in all competitions in a 1–0 away win against

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where he joins Safiq Rahim and Farizal Marlias to become the third player to reach this milestone

International career

Youth

Aidil has represented Malaysia since he was 14 years old. He is very experienced in international youth arena. He played for the Malaysia U20 side on two AFC Youth Championship in 2004 in Malaysia as Malaysia reached the quarter-finals but was defeated by China. At the AFC Youth Championship in India, he was chosen as the captain of the team. Malaysia failed to win all three matches and only managed to score 1 goal and conceding 7 goals. Aidil started representing the Malaysia U23 squad during 2008 Olympic Games qualifier. He continued to represent Malaysia in the

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that held in Shah Alam and Petaling Jaya and managed to win the Merdeka Tournament after defeating Myanmar 3:1. He then represented Malaysia in the South East Asia Games held in Thailand. However, Malaysia failed to advance into the semi-finals after drawing against rivals Singapore. In 2009, he was selected as the captain for the national under 23 team at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games where Malaysia won their first gold medal after 20 years. In 2014, he was selected as one of the overage players for the

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Senior

Aidil made his debut on 18 July 2007 against

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where he also scored his first international goal in his debut against Cambodia. He then became one of the players from the under-23 side who were selected into Malaysia

squad. He only made his appearance in the last game against

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where Malaysia lost 0–2. Aidil received his first red card in international duty during the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers second leg against

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. As a result, he was banned by FIFA from taking part in international match for three games. On 12 July 2016, Aidil with 71 international caps announced his retirement from international football via his football club's website and its Facebook page. He returned in 2017 and was part of Malaysia's 2018 AFF Suzuki Cup squad earning 82 international caps during the tournament. In 2019, he earned his 83rd international caps against Sri Lanka. He earn his 100 appearances for Malaysia in

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against

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. During his international career, Aidil went on to play a total of 101 matches for Malaysia and his international appearances comprise 98 'A' international matches as classified by FIFA including 3 international matches not classified as 'A'.Mohamad Aidil Zafuan bin Abdul Radzak – International Appearances – RSSSF
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Others

Aidil also represented the Malaysia XI (represent Malaysia for B match) squad against Chelsea at the

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on 29 July 2008. The Malaysia XI eventually lost 0–2. However, Chelsea coach

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praise the Malaysia XI for giving a good fight against his team.

Managerial career

After Aidil retirement at the end of the

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season, he would then take the coaching role as an assistant under head coach, Héctor Bidoglio at

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

Honours

Club

Negeri Sembilan

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gold medal: 2004 *

: 2005−06 *

: 2009, 2011 *

: 2010

Malaysian Armed Forces

: 2012

Johor Darul Ta'zim

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

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 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

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International

Malaysia U-18 *

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: 2005 Malaysia U-23 *

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2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

; runner-up

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

SEA Games The Southeast Asian Games, commonly known as SEA Games is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia. The games are under the regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with su ...

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

Malaysia *

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runner-up:

Individual

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* Malaysia Super League 'Best Defender Award': 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2020 *

All-Time XI: 2021

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aidil Zafuan 1987 births Living people Identical twins Footballers from Negeri Sembilan Malaysian twins Malaysian men's footballers Malaysian people of Minangkabau descent Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysia men's international footballers 2007 AFC Asian Cup players Negeri Sembilan FC players Armed Forces F.C. players Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. players Malaysia Super League players 21st-century Malaysian sportsmen Men's association football central defenders Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games SEA Games gold medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in football Competitors at the 2009 SEA Games Asian Games competitors for Malaysia