Muhammad Akram bin Mahinan (born 19 January 1993) is a

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n professional

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who plays for

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as a

defensive midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

. Also known as the passer in the national squad as he is always seeking for passes.

Club career

Johor Darul Ta'zim

In 2013, Akram left

Harimau Muda B Harimau Muda B was the club name for the former Malaysia Under-21 National Football Team and was managed by the Football Association of Malaysia. The national team played as a club under the name Harimau Muda B which took part in Malaysia Premi ...

and signed with

Johor Darul Ta'zim Johor Darul Ta'zim Football Club or simply JDT is a professional Association football, football club based in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. The club was founded in 1972 as PKENJ FC and currently competes in the top division of Malaysian football ...

. At Johor Akram were given jersey number 31 and he managed to make 18 appearances in his season debut. Akram has been demoted to Johor Darul Ta'zim II for 2014 and 2015 season. He has been promoted to Johor Darul Ta'zim in 2016 but has not made any league appearances, Akram somehow made 2 appearances in

2016 AFC Cup The 2016 AFC Cup was the 13th edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya defeated Bengaluru FC in the final to win their first AFC Cup title, becoming ...

Kedah

On 1 December 2016, Akram signed a one-year contract with

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side

Kedah Kedah (), also known by its honorific Darul Aman and historically as Queda, is a state of Malaysia, located in the northwestern part of Peninsular Malaysia. The state covers a total area of over 9,000 km2, and it consists of the mainla ...

. Akram made his league debut for Kedah in 1–1 draw away match on 20 January 2017. His debut goal for Kedah came in from 2–4 win over

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on 11 July 2017, he scored 1 goal in that match that was held in

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International career

Akram was part of the

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squad that participated in 2011 AFF U-19 Youth Championship. He scored 3 goals along that tournament. On 26 March 2015, Akram made his debut for the senior national team in a 6–0 defeat to

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Club

Kuala Lumpur City *

Malaysia Cup The Malaysia Cup ( ms, Piala Malaysia), formerly known as ''Malaya Cup'', is an annual football tournament in Malaysia, held at the end of the calendar year. The cup was first held in 1921. Despite its prestige and popularity as the nation's ol ...

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AFC Cup The AFC Cup is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Under its current rules, the competition is played primarily between clubs from nations that did not receive direct qualifying ...

runner-up:

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Johor Darul Ta'zim *

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Malaysia FA Cup The Malaysia FA Cup ( ms, Piala FA) is an annual national knock-out football (soccer), football tournament in Malaysia. The cup was first held in 1990. The competition was previously managed by Football Association of Malaysia (FAM), before bein ...

: 2016 Kedah Darul Aman *

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Malaysia Charity Shield Piala Sumbangsih (English: Malaysia Charity Cup), also known as Piala Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah ( en, Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Cup), is the Malaysian super cup competition. It is the curtain raiser match to the new Malaysian football season, pitting ...

runner-up:

Malaysia *

AFF Championship The ASEAN Football Federation Championship (less formally the AFF Championship or AFF Cup), currently known as the AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup for sponsorship reason, is the primary association football tournament organized by the ASEAN Footbal ...

runner-up:

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Akram Mahinan 1993 births Living people Malaysian footballers Malaysia international footballers Malaysia Super League players Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. players Kedah Darul Aman F.C. players Kuala Lumpur City F.C. players People from Kedah Malaysian people of Malay descent Association football midfielders