Amirul Hadi Zainal

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Amirul Hadi Zainal
Personal information
Full name Mohd Amirul Hadi Zainal
Date of birth (1986-05-27) 27 May 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Alor Gajah, Malacca, Malaysia
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Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Johor Darul Takzim F.C.
Number 5
Youth career
2002–2003 Selangor FA Football Academy
2004–2006 Selangor FA President's Cup Team
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2012 Selangor FA 136 (53)
2013 Pahang FA 26 (3)
2014- Johor Darul Ta'zim 13 (2)
Total 173 (57)
International career‡
2007–2009 Malaysia U-23 27 (8)
2007– Malaysia 32 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 August 2014
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 August 2014

Mohd Amirul Hadi Zainal born in Alor Gajah, Malacca but grew up in Klang, Selangor is a Malaysian footballer who is currently an center midfielder for Johor Darul Takzim FC in Malaysia Super League. He is the son of former top Selangor FA player in 1990s, Zainal Nordin. He is a member of the Malaysian national team.

Club career

Pahang FA

Amirulhadi joined Pahang FA from Selangor FA ahead of the 2013 season.[1] For Pahang, he played as a central midfielder. He was man of the match as Pahang took a one-goal lead in the quarter-final of the 2013 Malaysia Cup against PKNS FC,[2] and on 3 November 2013, he assisted Pahang to defeat Kelantan 1–0 in the Cup Final which ended the team's 21-year drought in the Cup.[3] In the 2013 Malaysia Super League season, he scored once in 19 appearances.[4] After reviving his career with Pahang FA and helped them to lift the long sought trophy,he decided to not extend the contract with them for the upcoming season as he joined Johor Darul Takzim FC later for the new challenge down south.

International career

Amirul has represented the Malaysian under 23 side for the 2008 Olympic Games qualifier. He scored a brilliant solo goal against the Hong Kong under 23 team in the qualifier.

Amirul made his senior debut against Bahrain in 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier. Malaysia lost their first match of the qualifier 4–1 before drawing 0–0 at Shah Alam. Amirul also represented the Malaysia XI squad against Chelsea F.C. at Shah Alam Stadium on 29 July 2008. He was one of Malaysia's more impressive player in the match after getting three attempts on goal but failed to score. The Malaysia XI eventually lost 0–2.[5] However, Chelsea coach Luiz Felipe Scolari praised the Malaysia XI for giving a good fight against his team.

Amirul scored his first international senior goal against Myanmar in 2008 Merdeka Tournament. He was also part of the 2009 Southeast Asian Games winning squad.

In November 2010, Amirul was called up to the Malaysia national squad by coach K. Rajagopal for the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup. Amirul scored at the final group game against Laos in a 5–1 victory. Malaysia won the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup title for the first time in their history.

International goals

Under-23

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 7 March 2007 Mongkok Stadium, Hong Kong  Hong Kong
0–1
0–1 (W)
 2008 Summer Olympics qualification
2. 3 December 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand  Laos
1–0
4–0 (W)
 2007 SEA Games
3. 8 December 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand  Singapore
1–0
1–1 (D)
 2007 SEA Games
4. 2 December 2009 New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane  Timor-Leste
10–0
11–0 (W)
 2009 FIFA

Senior team

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 23 October 2008 National Stadium, Bukit Jalil  Myanmar
4–0
 4–0 (W) 2008 Merdeka Tournament
2. 11 November 2008 Thuwunna Stadium, Myanmar  Myanmar
2–1
 4–1 (L) 2008 Myanmar Grand Royal Challenge Cup
3. 29 November 2008 MBPJ Stadium  Singapore
2–2
 2–2 (D) Friendly Match
4. 11 September 2009 MBPJ Stadium  Lesotho
4–0
 5–0 (W) Friendly Match
5. 7 December 2010 Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium  Laos
3–1
 5–1 (W) 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup
6. 9 February 2011 Shah Alam Stadium  Hong Kong
2–0
 2–0 (W) Friendly Match
7. 18 June 2011 Sultan Mohammad IV Stadium  Myanmar
1–0
 2–0 (W) Friendly Match

Honours

Club

Selangor
Pahang
Johor Darul Takzim

International

References

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