Mat Zan Mat Aris is a Malaysian

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and former professional

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. He is currently coaching

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club

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. He spent most of his football career playing for

Kuala Lumpur FA Kuala Lumpur City Football Club, known simply as KL City FC, is a Malaysian professional association football, football club based in Kuala Lumpur. The club competes in the Malaysia Super League, the top level of Football in Malaysia, Malaysia ...

during the 1980s and early 1990s.

Career

Playing career

Mat Zan began his career as a player for Kuala Lumpur in the early 1980s. He played with

for whom he played 13 years and won treble Malaysia Cup 1987, 1988 & 1989. Mat Zan made his full international debut in 1985 and he won Gold Medal in

1989 SEA Games The 1989 Southeast Asian Games (), officially known as the 15th Southeast Asian Games, were a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 20 to 31 August 1989 with 25 sports featured in the games. It was officially opened by 9th Yang ...

Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur (KL), officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, is the capital city and a Federal Territories of Malaysia, federal territory of Malaysia. It is the largest city in the country, covering an area of with a census population ...

Managerial career

Mat Zan start out his managerial and coaching stint as head coach for his employee while working with DBKL FC before pursuing his career as a full-time football coach. Mat Zan coached

in 1999 and won Malaysia FA Cup in 1999 and Charity Cup in 2000. In 2001, Mat Zan then move as head coach of

Terengganu FA Terengganu Football Club is a professional football club based in Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia, that competes in the Malaysia Super League, the first division of Malaysian football league system. The club had won major trophies in Mal ...

and He won the 2001 Malaysia Cup, 2001 Malaysia Charity Cup and second place in Malaysia League. With PLUS F.C. in 2008 he took 2nd place in Premier League and automatically promoted to Malaysia Super League. In 2012, he comeback with

and go through to FA Cup Semi-finals and round two in AFC Cup. In 2015 Mat Zan move to

Melaka United Melaka United Football Club () was a Malaysian professional football club based in Malacca that competed in the Malaysia Super League. They were owned by Kenteam Sdn Bhd, which is one of main nitrile glove producers in Malaysia. The club's hom ...

and won 2015 Malaysia FAM League and won

2016 Malaysia Premier League The 2016 Liga Premier (), also known as the 100PLUS Liga Premier for sponsorship reasons, was the 13th season of the Liga Premier, the second-tier professional association football, football league in Malaysia.

. After his contract was not renewed with Melaka at the end of 2016, he was appointed as new head coach of AirAsia Allstars FC, which was renamed as Petaling Jaya Rangers F.C., for the 2017 season. He signed a 1-year contract with

Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan (, Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Nogoghi Sombilan'', ''Nismilan''), historically spelled as Negri Sembilan, is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state in Malaysia which lies on the Peninsular Malaysia#Other features, wes ...

form the 2019 season. Mat Zan also assistant coached the club side of Malaysia U-21 squad,

Harimau Muda B Harimau Muda B (''The Young Tigers'') was the Malaysia under-21 national football team managed by the Football Association of Malaysia. which took part in Malaysia Premier League from the 2007–08 season and also FA Cup Malaysia. In 2015, Ha ...

, who won plate winner Singapore Starhub League Cup, Thanj Nien Newspaper Cup, Vietnam 3rd place and Hassanal Bolkiah Cup, Brunei 3rd place

Honours

Managerial honours

;

*1999

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(1): 2000 Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Cup (1) ;

*2001

Malaysia Cup The Malaysia Cup (), 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 country's oldest cup tournament, i ...

(1): 2001 Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Cup (1) ;

* 2015 Malaysia FAM League (1):

(1) ; Immigration F.C. * 2023 Malaysia M3 League (1)

References

{{Negeri Sembilan FC managers 1958 births Living people Malaysian men's footballers Malaysia men's international footballers Malaysian football managers Kuala Lumpur City F.C. players Footballers from Negeri Sembilan Petaling Jaya Rangers F.C. managers Malaysian people of Malay descent SEA Games gold medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in football Men's association football midfielders Competitors at the 1989 SEA Games Kuala Lumpur City F.C. managers