Azwan Ali Rahman

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Place of birth Brunei Number 7 Name Muhammad Ali Height 1.65 m Career start 2011		Playing position Midfielder 2004–2010 Sports School Role Footballer Weight 56 kg
Full name Muhammad Azwan bin Ali Rahman Date of birth (1992-01-11) 11 January 1992 (age 23) Current teams Brunei national football team (Midfielder), Brunei DPMM FC (#7 / Midfielder)

Azwan Ali Rahman Skills/Goals/Assists Singapore Premier League

2019 AIA Singapore Premier League: Brunei DPMM vs Tampines Rovers

Muhammad Azwan bin Ali Rahman is a Bruneian international footballer who plays as a midfielder for Brunei DPMM FC and the Brunei national team.

Club career

A product of Brunei's Sports School, Azwan first represented Jerudong FC in the Brunei Premier League at the tender age of 15. He was transferred to a national youth team (formerly the under-16s) playing in the Brunei Premier League II in 2011 and became their captain.

Azwan moved to Indera SC in 2012 and in the following year won the inaugural Brunei Super League, scoring 17 goals (including seven in one match) to finish as top scorer.

Azwan immediately linked up with Brunei's sole professional team Brunei DPMM FC and made 16 appearances in his first season with the club. The following year, he flourished in the first team with 6 goals in 26 games, receiving plaudits from his new manager Steve Kean who claimed that he would not look out of place in any top league.

Azwan started the first half of the 2015 season in the same vein, until he was sent off for unsportsmanlike behavior in the game against Tampines Rovers FC on 10 May. He began the second half of the season in hot form, getting on the scoresheet in 3 consecutive home matches. However, he again saw red for violent conduct in the game against Young Lions on 23 August. The league concluded on 21 November with DPMM lifting the title.

In the 2016 season, Azwan was deployed predominantly on the left wing with Ramazotti and Paulo Sergio occupying the other attacking positions as Kean sought to defend the S.League title using a 3-4-3 formation. His 7 goals contributed to DPMM finishing in third place in a season curtailed by an ankle injury suffered in June.

International career

Azwan was in the Brunei under-21 team that won the 2012 edition of Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy, a tournament for the national under-21 teams of ASEAN countries. He played for the Brunei under-23s at the 2013 SEA Games held in Myanmar, scoring against Laos in their penultimate game. He repeated the same feat at the 2015 SEA Games in a 1–2 loss.

Azwan made his senior debut for Brunei against Indonesia on 26 September 2012. He was included in the squad for the 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup qualification and scored his first senior international goal in the tournament against East Timor in a 2–1 win.

Azwan missed the 2016 AFF Suzuki Cup qualification games in October 2016 due to an ankle injury. He recovered just in time to be included in the Brunei squad for the 2016 AFC Solidarity Cup in Malaysia a fortnight later. Azwan came on as a second-half substitute in the first game against Timor-Leste and made an immediate impact as he broke the deadlock four minutes into his introduction, and further adding a second goal 6 minutes later. The match ended 4-0 to the Wasps, their biggest victory to date. He lasted 70 minutes in the semi-final against Macau before succumbing to his longstanding injury.