Azi Shahril bin Azmi (born 20 September 1985) is a Malaysian international

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who plays as

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Club career

His high school is Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Putra Kangar, Perlis. Later, he was chosen to represent the team president cup Perlis before playing in the senior squad

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International career

He is a member of the Malaysia National and former Malaysia Under-23 squad. Azi made his first international senior debut against

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on 23 February 2006 as a substitute. Azi was stand-in captain of the side that beat Myanmar 3–1 in the final to win the

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. The original captain Shukor Adan pulled out of the game because of injury.

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* * 1985 births Living people Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian footballers Malaysia international footballers Perlis FA players People from Perlis Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games Association football midfielders Asian Games competitors for Malaysia {{Malaysia-footy-bio-stub