Khairulazhan Khalid

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Mohd Khalid is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Mohd Khairulazhan.

Khairulazhan Khalid
Khairulazhan warming up for Malaysia in 2017
Personal information
Full name Muhammad Khairulazhan bin Mohd Khalid[1][2][3][4][5]
Date of birth (1989-11-07) 7 November 1989 (age 34)[1]
Place of birth Pahang, Malaysia
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[6]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Selangor
Number 1
Youth career
2009–2010 Sri Pahang U-21
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Shahzan Muda 36 (0)
2013–2015 Sri Pahang 51 (0)
2016– Selangor 150 (0)
International career‡
2014– Malaysia 14 (0)
2015 Malaysia XI 1 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Malaysia
AFF Championship
Runner-up 2014
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 June 2021

Muhammad Khairulazhan bin Mohd Khalid (born 7 November 1989)[7] is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper[8] for Selangor[9] and the Malaysia national team.

Club career

Youth

The Kuantan-born custodian began his career as a footballer with Pahang U-21 as the main goalkeeper of the team.[10] Khairulazhan participated in the 2010 Sukma Games, representing Pahang state. Khairulazhan continued his development through Pahang FA feeder team, Shahzan Muda in the FAM League.[11][12]

Pahang

Khairulazhan signed with Pahang in 2013, and was Dollah Salleh's third choice goalkeeper in early 2013 season but injuries to Rosfaizul Azuar Ali and Nasril Nourdin in April 2013 saw the budding goalkeeper called into action. Khairulazhan made his competitive first appearance for Pahang in a 2–1 league match win over T-Team on 13 April 2013. He came on in the 71st minute to replace injured Rosfaizul Azuar.[13] On 16 April 2013, Khairulazhan made his Malaysia FA Cup debut a 0–2 victory over Sime Darby.[14] In his first season at Pahang, Khairulazhan finished his first season, making 9 league appearances and 2 clean sheets.[citation needed]

In his second season at Pahang, Khairulazhan continued to remain a first choice goalkeeper this season following the departure of Rosfaizul Azuar to Kuantan. On 17 January 2014, Khairulazhan made his Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Cup debut against LionsXII.

On 13 November 2014, Khairulazhan won two awards in the National Football Awards. He won the Best Goalkeeper Award and the Most Valuable Players Award for 2014.[15] Khairulazhan is the key player in Pahang's successful season in 2014 when his club won the Malaysia FA Cup and Malaysia Cup.[16] Khairulazhan made 2 clean sheets, conceded 10 goals in 6 appearances during 2015 AFC Cup campaign. His debut was 2–3 win against Yadanarbon on 25 February 2015.[17]

Selangor

In December 2015, Khairulazhan left Pahang to sign with Selangor.[18] Khairulazhan made his competitive debut for the club against Petaling Jaya Rangers on 19 February 2016 in the Malaysia FA Cup.[19] He made his Super League debut in a 1–3 away win over Pahang on 27 February 2017.[20] Khairulazhan made 1 appearance in 2016 AFC Cup on 10 May 2016 in a 1–0 defeat to Tampines Rovers.[21]

International career

On 14 February 2014, Khairulazhan earned his first national call up for Malaysia's training squad preparation for 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification match against Yemen.[22] Khairulazhan made his debut in a friendly against Philippines on 1 March 2014.[23] Khairul received praises from the media and also his coach Ong Kim Swee, after his performances keeping a clean sheet in the 0–0 draw.[24] Khairulazhan however was unable to play against Yemen due to injuries sustained in the Philippines match.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 7 June 2023[25][26][27]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] League Cup[b] Continental[c] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Shahzan Muda 2011 Malaysia FAM League ?? 0 — ?? 0
2012 Malaysia FAM League ?? 0 1 0 — ?? 0
Total ?? 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 ?? 0
Sri Pahang 2013 Malaysia Super League 9 0 3 0 11 0 – 23 0
2014 Malaysia Super League 20 0 7 0 8 0 – 35 0
2015 Malaysia Super League 22 0 5 0 8 0 6 0 41 0
Total 51 0 15 0 27 0 6 0 99 0
Selangor 2016 Malaysia Super League 8 0 2 0 8 0 2 0 20 0
2017 Malaysia Super League 14 0 1 0 3 0 – 18 0
2018 Malaysia Super League 14 0 5 0 3 0 – 22 0
2019 Malaysia Super League 12 0 0 0 10 0 – 22 0
2020 Malaysia Super League 9 0 0 0 1 0 – 10 0
2021 Malaysia Super League 21 0 0 0 7 0 – 28 0
2022 Malaysia Super League 7 0 0 0 7 0 – 14 0
2023 Malaysia Super League 13 0 0 0 0 0 – 13 0
2024–25 Malaysia Super League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 98 0 8 0 39 0 2 0 147 0
Career total 149 0 24 0 66 0 8 0 247 0
  1. ^ Includes Malaysia FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes Malaysia Cup
  3. ^ Includes AFC Champions League, AFC Champions League Two and AFC Cup

International

As of 27 May 2022[28]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Malaysia 2014 1 0
2015 2 0
2016 3 0
2017 3 0
2019 3 0
2021 2 0
2022 1 0
Total 15 0

Honours

Club

Sri Pahang
Selangor

International

Individual

References

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  2. ^ "Senarai 25 pemain skuad Harimau Malaysia bertemu Singapura pada 7 Oktober 2016". www.fam.org.my. Football Association of Malaysia. 15 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Mohd Khairulazhan Mohd Khalid". www.pinterest.com.uk. Pinterest. 15 November 2016.
  4. ^ "National Team Officials and Players Lists for the International Friendly Match Malaysia VS Tajikistan on 13th August 2014". www.fam.org.my. Football Association of Malaysia. 13 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Senarai 23 pemain skuad Harimau Malaysia untuk kem latihan pusat Mac 2017". www.fam.org.my. Football Association of Malaysia. 9 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Malaysia AFF Suzuki Cup 2014 players". www.affsuzukicup.com. AFF Suzuki Cup 2014. 15 November 2014.
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  8. ^ "Pahang's Hafiz, Gopi, Razman and Azhan join Selangor". www.goal.com. Goal.com. 18 December 2015.
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  10. ^ "Hadiah hari lahir Khairul Azhan". www.sinarharian.com.my. Sinar Harian. 5 November 2013.
  11. ^ "Dari pemain simpanan, Yan kini bintang". www.utusan.com.my. Utusan Malaysia. 1 November 2013.
  12. ^ "Patience pays off for Pahang coach Dollah". www.thestar.com.my. The Star Online. 5 November 2013.
  13. ^ "Liga Super 2013: Pahang 2 T-Team 1". tokgajahforever.blogspot.my. Tok Gajah Forever. 14 April 2013.
  14. ^ "Piala FA 2013: Dua gol Conti membawa Pahang ke separuh akhir". tokgajahforever.blogspot.my. Tok Gajah Forever. 17 April 2013.
  15. ^ "Khairul Azhan named MVP". www.fourfourtwo.com. FourFourTwo. 13 November 2014.
  16. ^ "Pahang goalkeeper Khairul bags two awards". www.thestar.com.my. The Star. 13 November 2014.
  17. ^ "Yanadarbon vs. Pahang 2 - 3". www.the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 25 February 2015.
  18. ^ "Senarai pemain kekal 2016". www.faselangor.my. FA Selangor. 18 December 2015.
  19. ^ "PJ Rangers vs. Selangor 0 - 2". www.soccerway.com. Soccerway.com. 19 February 2016.
  20. ^ "Pahang vs. Selangor 1 - 3". www.soccerway.com. Soccerway.com. 27 February 2016.
  21. ^ "Tampines Rovers vs. Selangor 1 - 0". www.the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 10 May 2016.
  22. ^ "Kim Swee has 2 weeks to prepare for Yemen match". www.thestar.com.my. The Star Online. 13 February 2014.
  23. ^ "International Friendly Match: Malaysia vs Philippines". www.fam.org.my. Football Association of Malaysia. 1 March 2014.
  24. ^ "Southeast Asia Player of the Week". www.goal.com. Goal.com. 4 March 2014.
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  26. ^ "Rangkuman Pahang FA musim 2013". Tok Gajah Forever. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  27. ^ "Pusingan 1 Piala FA 2012 - Shahzan Muda 0-4 Selangor". Salleh's Gerrard. 20 February 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  28. ^ "Khalid, Khairul Azhan". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  29. ^ a b "FAM announce 100Plus Football Awards winners". www.stadium.my. STADIUM.MY. 13 November 2014.