Muhammad Nurridzuan bin Abu Hassan Saari is a

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n professional

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who plays as an

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for

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club

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. He is known for his free-kick ability.

Club career

Nurridzuan began his career at Perak President Cup team setup in 2010. In the following year, he has been promoted into Perak first team and made 15 appearances during his season debut. In 2012, Nurridzuan was not listed in the Perak's first team and only played for Perak President Cup team. As captain of the youth team, he led the team to the 2012 President Cup championship, scoring 7 goals in the competition including the winning goal in the final against

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. As a result, Nurridzuan once again were drafted into the first team for the rest of the season. In 2012, Perak President Cup team played in the 2012

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football tournament in Pahang, where Nurridzuan and the team achieved silver medal when they were defeated 3–0 in the final by

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after extra time. In November 2012, Nurridzuan was offered to join

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team, the Malaysian national under-21 team at the time playing in S.League, along with his Perak teammate D. Kenny Pallraj starting 2013 season and the Perak Football Association agreed to release both players to Harimau Muda A. After spent 2 years playing for Harimau Muda side, Nurridzuan returned to Perak for the 2015 season. In December 2016, Nurridzuan left Perak and signed a contract with

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. It was announced by Sports representative agency MVP Sports Agency on their social media. He spent only a season with Pahang, before joining

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in December 2017, for the 2018 season. Nurridzuan left PKNS after his contract expired in November 2018. In December, he signed a deal with

, which had the option of being extended depending on his performance for the club.

International career

Due to his good performances in the President Cup team, Nurridzuan, along with his Perak teammate D. Kenny Pallraj was called by

head coach

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to join the Harimau Muda A squad for the

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friendly tournament. He made his debut for the national under-21 squad in the tournament and was instrumental in helping the team win the tournament, supplying the assist for the winning goal by

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Career statistics

Club

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and

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Honours

Club

;Pahang *

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: Runner-up

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Individual

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: June 2015

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* {{PKNS F.C. squad 1992 births Footballers from Perak Malaysian men's footballers Perak F.C. players Sri Pahang FC players Men's association football midfielders Living people Malaysian people of Malay descent