Kamarulzaman Hassan

Malaysian footballer

Kamarulzaman Hassan

Personal information

Full name

Kamarulzaman bin Haji Hassan

Date of birth

(1979-01-17) 17 January 1979 (age 45)

Place of birth

Penang, Malaysia

Height

1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)

Position(s)

Goalkeeper

Youth career

1998–1999

Penang President Cup

Senior career*

Years

Team

Apps

(Gls)

2000–2003

Penang

2004

Sarawak

2005–2006

Penang

2006–2007

Melaka

2007–2008

Proton FC

International career^‡

1999–2001

Malaysia under-23

(0)

2000–2001

Malaysia

(0)

Medal record

Malaysia under-23

Sea Games
	Sea Games 2001	Football

*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 February 2009
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 August 2008

Kamarulzaman Hassan (born 17 January 1979) is a former Malaysian footballer. He is a former member of the Malaysian national team. Currently he works as assistant coach and goalkeeping coach in the Petaling Jaya Rangers F.C. football team.^[1]

Career

He spend his majority professional career at Penang FA, his birthplace football team. He also played with Malacca FA, Sarawak FA and Proton FC.

National team

Kamarulzaman represented the Malaysia national football team 8 times in 2000, during the height of his career. He made his debut during 2000 Tiger Cup in Thailand.^[2] He also represents Malaysia national under-23 football team for the SEA Games.

He, along with Muhamad Khalid Jamlus and Azmin Azram Abdul Aziz, was dropped from the national squad in early 2001 for staying out late at a disco before the 2002 World Cup preliminary games against Qatar, Palestine and Hong Kong.^[3]

Perhaps his infamous claim to fame occurs during the 2001 SEA Games in Malaysia, when the Malaysia under 23 team were in the final match against Thailand. With the pressure of winning the first gold medal in football since 1989 SEA Games, also in Malaysia, and in front on the home fans, Kamarulzaman, who until then were playing the best football of his career, made a grave mistake. A harmless cross from Sarawut Treephan, was deflected by Kamarulzaman who try to clear it, into the back of his own net. The goal, three minutes from full-time, proved to be the winning goal for Thailand.^[4] Kamarulzaman, blamed for the Malaysia loss, never played for Malaysia again.

Honours

Penang FA

Proton FC

Malaysia FAM Cup: 2007

References

^ "Skuad pemenang pingat perak sukan SEA 2001: Di mana mereka sekarang? | FourFourTwo". www.fourfourtwo.com. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017.
^ "Kamarulzaman cari pasukan baru (Kamarulzaman search for new team)". SabahRhinos.net. 7 November 2006. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
^ "Malaysia axe disco trio". BBC Sport. 28 February 2001. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
^ "Thai retain gold, thanks to fumbling M'sian goalie". Utusan Online. 16 July 2001. Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2011.