Amirul Hisyam Kechik
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| Full name | Muhammad Amirul Hisyam bin Awang Kechik | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 5 May 1995 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kedah,[1] Malaysia | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||
| Positions | ||||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Penang | |||||||||||||
| Number | 77 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Malaysia U-17 | |||||||||||||
| 2013 | Kedah U-21[2] | |||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Harimau Muda C | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2015 | Harimau Muda B | 16 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2016–2025 | Kedah Darul Aman | 124 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 2025– | Penang | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Malaysia U-17 | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | Malaysia U-20 | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Malaysia U-23 | 15 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Malaysia | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 January 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 29 August 2017 | ||||||||||||||
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Muhammad Amirul Hisyam bin Awang Kechik (born 5 May 1995) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Malaysia Super League club Penang and the Malaysia national team.[3]
Club career
Amirul was a product of the Tunku Anum state sports school in Kedah prior to joining Harimau Muda in 2013.[4] While playing for the Tunku Anum sports school their team won the Minister of Education Challenge Cup for three years running. He was initially picked to join Kedah's 2013 President Cup squad but impressed coaches at a selection conducted by Harimau Muda C. He then went on to be part of Ong Kim Swee’s squad that played in the Queensland Premier League in 2014 and the 2015 Southeast Asian Games.[5] In 2015, Amirul played in the S.League under Razip Ismail as the head coach.
On 4 December 2024, Amirul scored a stoppage time goal to rescue his team to a 1–1 draw to Perak.
International career
Amirul has played for Malaysia in various age groups, and made his debut for the senior team in March 2016, in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Saudi Arabia.[6][7]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 5 June 2025[8]
| Club performance | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Singapore | S.League | Cup | League Cup | Continental/Others | Total | |||||||
| 2015 | Harimau Muda B | S.League | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 16 | 1 | |
| Total | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | ||
| Season | Club | League | League | FA Cup | Malaysia Cup | Continental/Others | Total | |||||
| 2016 | Kedah Darul Aman | Malaysia Super League | 19 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | – | 33 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | – | 24 | 0 | |||
| 2018 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 16 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 16 | 0 | |||
| 2020 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 25 | 1 | |||
| 2022 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 16 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4[a] | 2 | 25 | 5 | ||
| Total | 124 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 178 | 7 | ||
| Career total | 140 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 191 | 5 | ||
- ↑ Appearances in MFL Challenge Cup
International Appearances
- As of 22 March 2018
| Malaysia national team[9] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 3 | 0 |
Honours
Club
Kedah Darul Aman
Penang
- MFL Challenge Cup runner-up: 2026[10]
International
Malaysia U-23
References
- ↑ "Kalau Bukan Pemain Kedah, Amirul Hisyam Ada Cita-Cita Lain". mstar.com.my. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ↑ "Kedah unveil new team". thestar.com.my. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ↑ "Budak Jual Sayur Kini Pemain Tengah Kedah Dan Malaysia". mstar.com.my. mStar. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ↑ "The rise of Amirul Hisyam". FourFourTwo. 22 March 2016. Archived from the original on 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ↑ "Kim Swee senaraikan awal 29 pemain". sinarharian.com.my. 6 April 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ↑ "Malaysia call-up for Brendan Gan while JDT's Safee Sali dropped". espnfc.com. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ↑ "Saudi Arabia vs Malaysia Match report". fifa.com. 24 March 2016. Archived from the original on 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ↑ "Amirul Hisyam". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ↑ "Hisyam, Mohd Amirul". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ↑ "MFL Challenge Cup Final: Sabah lengkapkan minggu gemilang wakil Borneo". 19 April 2026.
- ↑ "SEA Games: Malaysia loses to Thailand 1-0 in football final". thestar.com.my. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
External links
- Amirul Hisyam Kechik at Soccerway
- Amirul Hisyam Kechik at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Malaysian men's footballers
- Malaysia men's international footballers
- Kedah Darul Aman F.C. players
- Penang F.C. players
- Malaysia Super League players
- 21st-century Malaysian sportsmen
- Malaysian people of Malay descent
- Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games
- Men's association football midfielders
- SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia
- SEA Games silver medalists in football
- Footballers at the 2017 SEA Games
- Medalists at the 2017 SEA Games
- Asian Games footballers for Malaysia
- Footballers from Kedah
- Malaysian football midfielder stubs