Mohd Nidzam bin Jamil (born 15 April 1980) is a former

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. He is also a former member of the Malaysia national team who most currently managed

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Personal life

Nidzam also appeared in Malaysia satellite TV channel Astro Arena as football pundit or as guest commentator in their Malaysian football league programmes. His late brother Zaid Jamil was also a footballer and had represented Selangor and Malaysia. In 2018, his football life has been featured in a Digi Hari Raya short clip called Niat or Nawaitu. The clip features the life of Nidzam Jamil and his late brother.

Club career

He spent the majority of his professional career at Selangor F.A. He has started his career in football at the age of 18 in President Cup squad. He also played with PKNS,

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and

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. Due to injuries and multiple operations on his ankle and knees, he decided to stop playing at the age of 28 and started to concentrate in coaching arena.

International career

Nidzam has played for Malaysia national team, and the Malaysia under-23 team. Both teams he played for were then under the charge of

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. He scored his only international goal in the

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competition, a penalty against

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in the group stage.

International goals

Managerial career

SPA

At the age of 32, Nidzam is one of the youngest coaches to win the senior national level championship title in Malaysia as a coach, for

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in the 2012 Malaysia FAM League. Also in

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tournament, he guided the team to the quarter-final, where SPA became the first team from FAM League to reach this stage so far.

Air Asia

Nidzam has also coached

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in the FAM League and guided the Malaysia University Football team in 29th World University Games Summer Universiade at Taipei 2017.

FELDA United

In 2017, he was appointed as assistant head coach of

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. After B. Sathianathan left his post as the team's head coach in November 2018, Nidzam was promoted to the head coach position on 12 October 2018.

Selangor

After 18 years, on 22 November 2021, Nidzam officially returned to his "home" again and was appointed as assistant coach for

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. On 9 August 2022,

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announced that the management and

had mutually agreed to let go of his position as the head coach of the club and to continue the football development project as sporting director which he has held since 2020. In the meantime, the head coach responsibilities were taken up by Nidzam as the club's interim head coach for the remainder of the 2022 season. Nidzam was then moved to assistant head coach after Selangor appointed Tan Cheng Hoe as the new head coach. In the 2024–25 season, Nidzam was appointed as the new head coach after Tan Cheng Hoe left his post to joined

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side

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. After a half-year in charge, Nidzam Jamil left the club by mutual consent on 30 October 2024, despite successfully managing the teams and maintaining their top form in competitions, including guided the team all the way to the

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Negeri Sembilan

On 13 June 2025,

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respectfully announces the appointment of Mohd Nidzam Jamil as the head coach of the Super League squad for the 2025-26 season. With extensive experience and a vision for developing young players, he will lead the team with a lineup of local and new import players, including three key local players who were brought in.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Selangor *

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: 2002

International

Malaysia U-23 *

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: silver

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Manager

SPA F.C. *

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References

External links

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