Nidzam Adzha

Muhammad Nidzam Adzha Yusoff (born 11 March 1968) is a Malaysian football coach and former footballer. He is the current assistant head coach of Malaysia Super League side Kuala Lumpur FC

Muhammad Nidzam Adzha

Personal information
Full name	Muhammad Nidzam Adzha Yusoff
Date of birth	(1968-03-11) 11 March 1968 (age 57)
Place of birth	Taiping, Perak, Malaysia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder, Striker
Youth career
1988	Perak FA
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1992	Perak FA	67	(20)
1993–1998	Kedah FA	51	(11)
1999	Kelantan FA	14	(3)
2000	Kedah FA	11	(2)
International career
1991–1995	Malaysia	24	(3)
Managerial career
2009	Kuala Muda NAZA FC
2010	Perlis FA
2011	Sime Darby FC (Youth Coach)
2012	Kedah FA (Youth Coach)
2012	Kedah FA (Caretaker)
2013	Felda United F.C. (assistant)
2014	Felda United F.C. (Youth Coach)
2015–2017	Kedah FA (assistant)
2017–2018	Kedah FA
2019	Melaka United (assistant)
2020	Kuala Lumpur (Coach)
2021	Kuala Lumpur (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

He formerly played with Kedah FA, as well with Perak FA in Malaysian League (M-League).

He also playing for the national team and made his debut in 1991 Merdeka Tournament and was dropped after the World Cup qualifier in 1991. It took him three years to return into the national team but again he dropped because of injury.

He once made controversy when he leave Perak to join Kedah in 1993 season. In his first season with Kedah, he help the team to win two trophy. In 1995, he arrested on suspicion of match-fixing but the charges against him were dropped.

Career as coach

Nidzam was formerly with Perlis FA as a coach in 2010.^[1] He also was an assistant coach with Kuala Muda Naza FC,^[2] later becoming head coach with them in 2009.^[3] Earlier, he was also an assistant coach with now defunct club, Kelantan TNB.^[4]

In 2012 he coaches Kedah FA President's Cup U-23 squad, and also the caretaker head coach for Kedah senior squad for the first 7 games of 2012 Super League Malaysia as head coach Wan Jamak Wan Hassan is suspended by Football Association of Malaysia for the same duration for criticising refereeing decisions in a 2011 Malaysia Cup match involving Kedah.^[5][6] On 23 May 2017 Mohd Nidzam was officially appointed as the head coach for Kedah by the Kedah Football Association (KFA) as a replacement for former coach Tan Cheng Hoe who has since joined the Malaysia national football team as assistant coach.^[7] He were released from his position to make way for new head coach Ramon Marcote before the start of the 2018 season, however he were reappointed by Kedah as head coach on March the same year, replacing Marcote.^[8]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 31 October 2020

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win%
Kedah	30 April 2017	5 November 2017	25	16	4	5	064.00
Kedah	13 April 2018	11 August 2018	19	7	6	6	036.84
Kuala Lumpur	2020	2020	11	6	3	2	054.55
Total			55	29	13	13	052.73

Honours

Coach

Club

Kedah FA

• Malaysia FA Cup : 2017
• Malaysia Cup runner-up: 2017